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Sidney Street Cafe
2000 Sidney St
St Louis, MO 63104
www.sidneystreetcafe.com
314-771-5777

Zagat:28-23-26-$43

New American
Benton Park
Hours: tues-thur
        5p to 9:30p
        Fri-Sat
        5p to 10:30p
       Closed Sun

This restaurant is rated #1 for food and popularity by the 2008 Zagat survey. It's housed in a century old storefront building and the atmosphere is "informally elegant, set with crystal, candlelight and linen tablecloths" when you enter the interior has hardwood floors surrounded by exposed brick walls. The main dining room is situated on several levels and the atrium is full of plants, skylights and a brick floor.
Menu items feature entrees that range in price from $18 to $28 and include a choice of soup or salad. Appetisers such as Lobster Turnovers with lobster, spinach and herbed cream cheese sauce baked in a phyllo pastry with roasted tomato brandy sauce or Veal Dumplings- chinese style pot stickers with roasted veal, corn, spinach, ginger, and asian spices seared and steamed and served with a chinese salsa. A large selection of entrees include Steak Wasabi- a filet encrusted with japanese horseradish and pan seared served with tempura vegetables and an oriental shitake sauce or the Roasted Buttermilk Chicken -pan roasted organic Amish chicken with smothered green, crispy fingerling potatoes, buttermilk biscuit. and a red-eye gravy.

According to the very helpful waitress, the Filet Bearnaise, a prime cut tender filet stuffed with lobster and langostino and covered with a bearnaise sauce.($28)is one of the more popular items.
My meal began with a bread course of beignets with a sweet garlic spread. They were light and wonderful. I took our servers suggestion and ordered the Lobster Turnovers. The phyllo was thin and also light. The lobster blended well with the herbed cream cheese and the tomato brandy sauce. It was delicious. For my entree I opted for the Applewood Smoked Duck, a duck breast with confit of leg, herbed gnocchi, and forest mushrooms in a Port Red wine reduction.($25). The meat was tender and very moist and flavorfull. I thought the reduction sauce really complimented the smoky flavor of the duck. All entrees come with choice of soup or salad so I choose the house salad with was very fresh. I was so full after finishing everything on my plate that I didn't order dessert.  
With the popularity of this eatery reservations are highly recommended.


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# posted by David S. Rust @ 1:25 PM