ST. LOUIS — Fall means pumpkin spice and all things nice at St. Louis-area restaurants and breweries.
5 On Your Side made a list of local businesses with seasonal menu items to help you take a bite out of fall. Try them before they're gone.
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Andy’s Frozen Custard
Andy’s Frozen Custard is marking the season with the return of two frozen treats and a take on an autumn classic:
- The pumpkin pie concrete blends a whole slice of pumpkin pie with Andy’s made-fresh-hourly custard.
- The s’mores jackhammer combines vanilla frozen custard with hot fudge, graham crackers and sweet marshmallow.
- New this year, Andy’s is offering three types of caramel apples: double caramel dip, Reese’s Pieces and roasted pecan. They’re made with Midwest-grown Granny Smith apples and hand-dipped in crème caramel.
The fall menu options will be available through Thanksgiving.
Clementine's Naughty & Nice Creamery
Clementine’s is going all out for autumn with an entire collection of handcrafted seasonal flavors. At the Kirkwood location, the flavors will only be available as pints.
- Maple pumpkin crunch is a sweet maple-flavored ice cream with ribbons of pumpkin pie and candied pecan crumble throughout.
- Coquito, inspired by the traditional Puerto Rican drink, is a spiced rum ice cream with cinnamon and nutmeg. This flavor is not available at the Edwardsville location.
- Indian chai is a masala chai tea ice cream that’s warmed with cinnamon and clove.
Culver’s
Culver’s is adding a salted caramel concrete mixer and pumpkin spice shake to its menu through Nov. 26 or until supplies last. Also, pumpkin pecan custard will be added to the rotation of each restaurant’s unique Flavor of the Day calendar. Check your nearest location to see when you can grab a scoop.
Duck Donuts
Duck Donuts is celebrating the season with the Sweet as Pie donut assortment box, which features apple pie, pumpkin roll and peanut butter pie donuts. Pair the treats with a pumpkin macchiato through Nov. 26.
First Watch
First Watch, the St. Louis-based café chain, is launching a full menu of fall-inspired breakfast and lunch options that includes a million-dollar harvest hash, cinnamon spice churros, barbacoa quesadilla benedict, pomegranate pear punch, butternut squash bisque and pumpkin pancake breakfast.
Fritz’s Frozen Custard
Fritz’s is bringing on the spice with the return of its cinnamon-flavored custard. The flavor is available on a cone, as a sundae or in a take-home quart.
Gateway Coffee Company
Located in Creve Coeur, Gateway Coffee Company is offering a pumpkin spice latte and apple pie chai for fall. Both drinks are available hot, iced or frozen.
Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co.
Kaldi’s Coffee has an expansive menu of seasonal specials from drinks – cinnamon brûlée and baked maple pumpkin lattes – to pastries – a black cherry walnut muffin, blackberry orange scone and pumpkin muffin with walnut streusel – to food – a chicken power bowl, Italian breakfast sandwich and churro waffles.
Schlafly Beer
Schlafly is paying tribute to Oktoberfest with its new Biergarten variety 12-pack. The pack features three cans each of Dunkel Lager, Oktoberfest Amber Lager, Munich Helles Lager and Bavarian Weiss Ale. The packs are available anywhere Schlafly’s is sold, as well as at its brewpubs in downtown St. Louis, Maplewood, St. Charles and Highland.
Scooter’s Coffee
Pumpkin lovers have many options to choose from at Scooter’s. The coffee chain is offering a pumpkin caramelicious drink, a pumpkin spice latte and a pumpkin cold foam as well as pumpkin spice cake bites and pumpkin caramelicious muffins.
Silver Spoon Ice Cream & Sweets
Fall has arrived at Silver Spoon Ice Cream & Sweets. Witches’ brew combines espresso and pumpkin-spiced ice creams for a pumpkin spice latte-inspired dessert. Pumpkin pie is a smooth, spiced pumpkin ice cream. Lastly, Snap-O-Lantern is an award-winning combination of spicy pumpkin ice cream and gingersnap cookies.
The Fountain on Locust
At the Fountain on Locust, enjoy spooky treats and cocktails throughout October.
- Vampire's Bite is a white chocolate ice cream martini with vanilla ice cream, 360 Chocolate Liqueur and White Cacao Liqueur. The drink is garnished with fake blood (grenadine) and a set of vampire's teeth.
- Purple Potion is a sparkly cocktail with pea flower-infused gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, edible glitter and a splash of Blue Curacao and grenadine. It's topped with soda water and served on the rocks.
- Graveyard combines Zanzibar chocolate, vanilla and after-dinner mint ice creams. It's topped with hot fudge, Oreo crumbles, whipped cream and candy bones.
- Screamsicle is a milkshake that combines vanilla ice cream and orange sherbet with fresh raspberry sauce, whipped cream and a marshmallow-and-Oreo rim.
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