This afternoon (6/6) I had some extra time until my flight departed from St Louis back to Philadelphia. Most people would have probably headed to a bar on a Friday afternoon for a good start to their weekend, but in true "foodie like" fashion, I headed for an old very well known food establishment-- Crown Candy Kitchen.
Crown Candy Kitchen is over 100 years old and is St Louis' oldest soda fountain. The restaurant is located in an urban part of St Louis-- upon arriving, I was immediately sat in a small booth and my experience began.
The lunch/dinner menu is mostly sandwiches and of course all different types of ice cream concoctions. I ordered the "Heart Stopping" BLT sandwich which is described on the menu as thick sliced bacon, lettuce and tomato with miracle whip on white toast ($8.99). This sandwich was absolutely delicious. The bacon could have fed 3 people and there was an ample amount of lettuce and tomato. Don't worry though, I did order the miracle whip on the side so I could at least do some damage control! Sometimes the simple things in life are the best and that definitely held true with this sandwich.
I did save enough room for dessert and ordered the hot fudge banana sundae. This was served in the old style glass sundae dish and had a nice amount of hot fudge and bananas. The ice cream I ordered was black cherry and chocolate mint so I had a lot of flavors going on with the sundae and it work very well together. This sundae ($6.29) was terrific and I would encourage people to try the place just for the ice cream if nothing else.
Dinner for 1 was around $16 before tip. Be careful when paying because Crown has a well stocked candy counter and it would have been very easy to add some additional items to go back to Philadelphia with that evening.
Overall: 4.25 Brownies
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