Good Eats

Each year during Bear Beginnings, our first-year student orientation, Chancellor Martin and I lead a group of incoming first-year students on a tour of some of the many amazing restaurants in the St. Louis area. This year, we stopped by a few of downtown Clayton’s yummiest spots, including Crushed Red and 5 Star Burgers. Crushed […]

WashU has local restaurants on the Danforth Campus serving unique menus to our students. For today’s blog post, we’re highlighting two excellent on-campus options: Beast Craft BBQ and LaJoy’s Coffee Café.

Being big sushi fans, Chancellor Martin and I decided Sado would be a great place to try out with the 2023-24 WashU Student Union President Emily Chen and Vice President Mishka Narasimhan.

Nami Ramen is a fun spot just across the street from the Danforth campus on Skinker Boulevard that has Japanese food including salads, ramen, rice plates and fried rice.

Picture this: It’s a cold winter morning in St. Louis on our Danforth Campus. A fresh, homemade hot breakfast with a large coffee sounds perfect to warm you up from the chilly outside air. Luckily for you, your pathway takes you right by Coffeestamp at Grounds for Change in Hillman Hall.

With so many great local eateries now just steps away from all our on-campus living, we decided to shift the focus of our Good Eats Food blog to start highlighting the local restaurants on the Danforth Campus. The first location the Chancellor and I decided to visit was Corner 17 at Whispers Café located in the Olin Library.

For our “in the Lou” food tour we popped into a handful of locations, including Confluence Kombucha. Chancellor Martin and I were thrilled to make this stop because students learned more about the kombuchery and their processes used for brewing.

Chancellor Martin and I joined students to venture through The Grove and take in a few stops along the way, one of them at Sameem Afghan Restaurant which offers traditional and fusion dishes.

What better way to make new students feel at home that than to take them to a local favorite that specializes in an all-American classic like hot dogs!

Down the street from WashU’s off-campus Loft Apartments, Turmeric Pan-Indian Cuisine is the perfect restaurant to frequent with your friends and is a great choice to take your family when they come to visit.