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St. Louis: Red Sauce Capital of the Midwest

We found ourselves in St. Louis recently with a crowd of Italians. So we just had to take them to the city's own Italian neighborhood, The Hill. Entertainment? It was handled by an enormous meal at one of The Hill's best restaurants, LoRusso's.

The restaurant has a separate bar area where women of a certain age down dark liquor in snifters while chatting with friends. We loved it. After a cocktail, we moved into the main dining room, where the live piano player set the mood. (We did not ask to hear "That's Amore," thankyouverymuch.)

The thing to order is the Tenderloin Mudega, breaded and broiled steak with a mushroom sauce. It was knock-out Italian-American grub. We skipped the pasta bowl, but it's also a stand-by: a new recipe is developed each year, but Chef Rich LoRusso remembers 'em all. So if, say, the '03 pasta bowl sounds good, order it up.

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· LoRusso's [Official Site]