Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary adventures happen in the most ordinary-looking places, and Schottzie’s Bar & Grill in St. Louis is living proof that you should never judge a book by its Michelob sign-adorned cover.
Let me tell you about a place where the words “brain sandwich” appear on the menu without a hint of irony, and locals don’t even bat an eye.
In a world of pretentious small plates and deconstructed classics that require an engineering degree to reassemble, there’s something refreshingly honest about a joint that proudly serves up cerebral cuisine alongside cold beer in unpretentious surroundings.
You might drive past this unassuming spot a hundred times without giving it a second glance, but that would be a mistake of, well, brain-numbing proportions…