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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Brick River Cider Co.
Brick River Cider Pumpkin Spice hard apple cider is full of fall flavors. The semi-sweet cider is fortified with real pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger and black pepper, according to its website. Pick up cans of the cider while supplies last from its St. Louis tap house, located at 2000 Washington Ave., or local retailers.
Duck Donuts
Duck Donuts, located in Chesterfield, is jumping into fall with a new limited-time Girl Scout Coconut Caramel Cookie Crumble and with the return of the fan-favorite apple topping and the Bourbon Caramel Drizzle. Pair your donuts with a Pumpkin Macchiato or a Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie Milkshake.
First Watch
Fall flavors are back in the lineup at First Watch, which has locations in throughout the region. The fall menu includes:
- The Blazing Dragon, a drink featuring strawberry, lemon, dragon fruit and sugar cane.
- The Million Dollar Breakfast Sandwich, is an English muffin featuring First Watch's signature Million Dollar Bacon, a pork sausage patty, an over-easy egg, smoke Wisconsin gouda, fresh arugula and a drizzle of Mike's Hot Honey. The sandwich is served with lemon-dressed greens.
- The Honey Bacon Brussels Hash, which is hardwood-smoke bacon, honey-roasted brussels sprouts in a potato hash topped with cheddar and Monterey jack cheese, house-roasted onions, two cage-free eggs, herbed goat cheese, lemon-dressed arugula and a drizzle of chili crisp.
- The Pumpkin Pancake Breakfast, which features a signature spiced pumpkin pancake, two cage-free eggs and a chicken sausage patty.
- Salted Caramel Holey Donuts, which are cake doughnut holes tossed in pumpkin pie spice sugar, served over warm apple butter, drizzled with crème anglaise and sea salt caramel and topped with gingerbread cookie crumbles and powdered cinnamon sugar.
Fitz's
Pumpkin Pop is back! Fitz's iconic seasonal soda, which combines all-natural pumpkin flavor with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger allspice and clove, is back in stock at St. Louis-area grocery stores. You can also purchase a case online.
Goshen Coffee Company
Goshen, with locations in Soulard and Edwardsville, is going all-out for fall with a seasonal menu that includes the following items:
- Banana Bread Latte, which is made with espresso, milk of your choice, banana bread syrup and topped with nutmeg.
- Chaider, which combines house-made chai with apple cider, caramel sauce and apple juice.
- Fall Spice Latte, which is made with espresso, milk of your choice, fall spice syrup and a chai foam.
- Pecan Pie Latte, which is made with maple syrup, brown sugar and candied pecans.
- Apple Cider Scone, made with Granny Smith apples and topped with a cider icing.
- French Onion Scone, made with caramelized red onion, swiss, thyme and rosemary.
- Java Joy Brownie, which is vegan and gluten-free. It's made with Bona Fide espresso, gluten-free flour, chia seeds and cocoa powder.
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Schlafly
Available August through November, Schlafly's Oktoberfest brew is a smooth, toasted malt Marzen that payers tribute to Midwestern German roots and the Bavarians who crafted the recipe and brewed it at their Oktoberfests, according to the brewer's website.
Shaw's Coffee
Shaw's Coffee, located on The Hill, has flavors for every fall craving on its lengthy seasonal menu. It includes the following items:
- Pumpkin Pie Latte, which is a latte topped with pumpkin pie spice.
- Cinnamon Roll Latte, which is a white mocha with brown sugar cinnamon that's topped with cinnamon sugar and a mini cinnamon roll.
- Golden Days Latte, which is an iced latte with dulce de leche and topped with chocolate cream cold foam, chocolate shavings and a caramel drizzle.
- Apple Spice Shaken Espresso, which is an espresso shaken with apple cider and cinnamon and topped with milk and apple pie spice.
- Bourbon Caramel Latte is topped with whipped cream, caramel bits and a caramel drizzle.
- Spice & Warmth Latte has caramel, cinnamon and vanilla and is topped with autumn sprinkles.
- Autumn Nut Crunch Latte has butter pecan and hazelnut and is topped with whipped cream and candied pecans.
- Campfire Mocha is a s'mores mocha topped with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs, mini marshmallows and a chocolate bar.
- Apple Pie Latte has apple, caramel and cinnamon and is topped with apple pie spice.
- Pumpkin Patch Chai, which is made dirty with a shot of espresso or iced with pumpkin cold foam.
- Green Apple Envy Matcha is a blend of creamy matcha and crisp, sweet apple.
- Harvest Fizz is a caramel apple Italian soda.
- Apple Picking Chai is the perfect amount of spice and sweet, topped with apple pie spice.
- Campfire Cocoa is hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, graham cracker crumbs, a chocolate drizzle and a mini chocolate bar.
- Cinnamon Roll Steamer is steamed milk with white chocolate and brown sugar cinnamon. It's topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a mini cinnamon roll.
- Sweater Weather is a decaffeinated cardamom cinnamon tea latte topped with cinnamon.
- Apple Cider, which is steamed and topped with cinnamon powder.
Silver Spoon Ice Cream
Silver Spoon Ice Cream, located in Wildwood and Eureka and coming soon to Chesterfield, is scooping some fall-inspired flavors, including:
- Bourbon Pecan Pie, a smooth bourbon ice cream with a sea salt fudge ripple and pecans.
- Caramel Apple Pie, a spicy cinnamon ice cream with real apple pieces, crispy cinnamon shortbread pieces and a thick caramel ripple.
- Snap-O-Lantern, a combination of spicy pumpkin ice cream and gingersnap cookies.
- Pumpkin Pie, a smooth, spiced pumpkin ice cream.
- Cinnamon Stick, a spicy-yet-smooth, cinnamon-flavored ice cream.
Sugarwitch Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sugarwitch in Carondelet is combining sweet and savory for a unique fall sundae. Think apple pie à la mode with cheddar. It's a spiced apple ice cream made with sweet-tart pie apples, vanilla bean whipped cream, homemade caramel sauce, cheddar crisps and a pie crust sail. It's available all September long.
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
O-KATZ (Oachkatzlschwoaf) is an easy-drinking amber lager brewed specifically for Urban Chestnut's annual Oktoberfest celebration. According to the brewer's website, it's malty yet well-balanced like beer traditionally serviced at Oktoberfest in Munich.
