St. Louis Restaurant and Food Updates During COVID-19

The coronavirus outbreak has made life complicated for many of us. We’ve compiled a list of resources for members of the St. Louis region experiencing food-shortages and for those wondering what options there are for take-out, delivery and finding food outside of the grocery store.

Students who rely on school lunches and breakfasts for most of their meals can find free grab-and-go meals at the locations listed here.

For those families who need help finding meals for their children that their kids would normally get at school a group of teachers have banded together and created this meals resource.

Also, Expensify is matching SNAP grocery purchases up to $50 for families in need.

All restaurants are no longer able to offer dine-in services, many will be offering take-out, curbside pick-up, and/or delivery - but we’d suggest you check their social media pages for the specifics of what is offered during this outbreak. St. Louis Magazine has a list of restaurants still operating.

St. Louisans who work in the service industry and rely on tips and regular shifts are adding their names to this STL Virtual Tip Jar sheet. You can petition the government to help the service industry using letter the RFT has published for Governor Parson and our senators. 4 Hands developed a fund one for service workers and asking for a donation to it in exchange for the hand sanitizer they’ve learned to make. You can also call the brewery at (314) 436-1559 to donate or you can find the GoFundMe to help service workers they’ve set up here.

Hamilton Hospitality, Square One Distillery, and Still 360 have also started making hand sanitizer.

There is also a GoFundMe for service workers in the Grove who are impacted.

Additionally, grocery stores are changing their hours and adding special shopping hours for those most at risk of complications from COVID-19.

Dierbergs reduced hours at all store locations to 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and only adults over the age of 60 or people with compromised immune systems are able to shop from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. every day.

Schnucks Stores will now be open daily from 6 a.m. -10 p.m. with only adults over the age of 60 or people with compromised immune systems are able to shop from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. every day. Four stores will have different hours. Culinaria downtown will be open Monday-Friday, from 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. and will be closed on the weekends.

You can check the status of your Schnucks here.

Grace Meat + Three is offering a to-go Grace Gives Meat + Three plate for $13.50 and giving 15% of each Grace Gives Plate to a furloughed bartender, server, or cook in the St. Louis area.

Both the owners of Salt + Smoke and Hamilton Hospitality restaurants have said they are forgoing salaries and trying to help. Salt + Smoke is donating part of their proceeds to a fund for their laid-off workers and Hamilton Hospitality is giving a discount to all service workers. Peno too is doing everything they can think of to help.

Many places have completely closed for the time being, and hope to re-open when the threat of this pandemic is through, but many are still offering take-out, delivery and curbside pick-up. CurbsideSTL, the Sauce Guide, and the STL Magazine Guide are great resources for learning what is still open, but it’s still smart to check their social media with how quickly everything is changing. If you’re looking for take-out of a particular type of food, but are at a loss of who serves it that is still open, leave us a comment and we’ll reply back as soon as possible with some options.