Food & Drink

You can still vote for your favorite new restaurants in the metro-east. The results so far

Illustration by Jennifer Green

Well, it’s been nearly a week since we launched our latest food-related reader poll, and I wanted to check in with you and share the rankings so far.

In this poll, we asked two questions.

The first, which restaurant to open in 2023 is your favorite? The second, which new café, bakery or dessert place is the fave?

Here’s what readers are saying so far:

For favorite new restaurant, Clara B’s Kitchen Table is leading with 32% of the vote.

Reine is in second place with 25%, and Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant has 14%.

The others are:

  • Marco’s Express - 11%

  • Grüv Bistro & Wine Bar - 7%

  • Sneaky’s Bar and Burger Joint - 7%

  • Steel Town Burgers (formerly Down Home Cookin) - 4%

  • Followed by Clean Eats, Fusion Bar & Restaurant and Lexi’s BFF - 0%

In the café/bakery/dessert category, the list is as follows:

If your favorite isn’t as high up in the rankings as you’d like, well, get in there and cast some votes.

The poll is open through Sunday, Aug. 13, so there’s still plenty of time to pick those faves.

Don’t forget, you can vote more than once. After completing the poll, refresh the page in your browser and vote again. There’s no limit to the number of times you can vote.

And remember that these polls are just for fun. There’s nothing scientific about them, but they help let us know what businesses people are interested in.

If these polls aren’t your thing, that’s cool. Take a peek and scroll on. We have plenty of other restaurant-related stories to share with you.

Jennifer Green
Belleville News-Democrat
Jennifer Green has been with the Belleville News-Democrat since 2006. She covers restaurants and business openings/closings. Green is a 2001 graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Please share tips and feedback at 618-239-2643 or jgreen@bnd.com.
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