Historical November–December 2004 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
This is the tale of two women who love to lunch and who decided to explore a venue close by. 609, located on Eastgate at Delmar, has been open for at least 6 months. Needless to say, the women who lunch are not always quick on the uptake.
The restoration of the building has been very nicely done.
The setting is modern but with a nice degree of comfort.
We were particularly glad that the window on the north side of the dining area had been preserved. That keeps a piece of St. Louis in a restaurant with strong continental overtones.
We debated what to order and finally decided to share two dishes. One was a peanut-encrusted chicken sandwich and the other was crabcakes.
The chicken was fine but the crabcakes were little short of divine.
We attempted to guess at spices as we savored every morsel. Steve Yu, manager, appeared and we queried him about the flavors.
He said he managed, he didn’t cook. But, he was quite pleased at our response. 609 is truly a fusian restaurant. Normal American food is cooked in an Asian fashion with spices much more common to Asian cooking. And the translation works.
It was a lovely lunch, with good service, and we know we’ll be back.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2004.
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