Urban Eats

05/01/2026

02/14/2026

Winter is an important build season for food businesses.

Urban Eats is a working food incubator, which means some food business owners are preparing limited-time menus, testing ideas, or serving customers offsite right now — while others appear on rotating public service days.

This is how we help food businesses launch and then grow sustainably, rather than rushing into full-time retail too early.

We will share our upcoming weekly lineup, so visitors know what to expect.

Thank you for continously support of our independent small businesses.

09/20/2025

🔥 HAPPENING NOW! 🔥

Urban Eats Food Day and Community Festival returns to Downtown Dutchtown! 🎉
Join us and let's celebrate food, place, and people of Dutchtown!

📍 Meramec St & Virginia Ave | FREE to attend

09/20/2025

Today’s the day! 🎉

Join us at Urban Eats Food Day & Community Festival from 11am–5pm on Meramec & Virginia.

🍴 Food from Urban Eats members & pop-ups
🎶 Music, fun, and community vibes
💪 KIC volunteers start the morning with neighborhood cleanup & receive $7 Grub Bucks to spend on food + drink

It’s FREE to attend — bring friends, family, and an appetite! 🍽

09/20/2025

🍪 First-ever pop-up! Esther’s Bakeshop makes her debut tomorrow at Urban Eats Food Day & Community Festival, 12–4pm only.

On the menu:
🍪 Chocolate Chip Cookies – $5
🍯 Brown Butter Caramel Rice Krispies – $4
🍰 Birthday Cake Sandwich Cookies – $6

Come support Jillian’s launch as a new Urban Eats Kitchen member — and grab her debut treats before they’re gone!

09/19/2025

🥪 Skeeter’s Deli Bar has been making waves since opening last month inside Urban Eats — and even got a feature in Feast Magazine!

This Saturday, they’re bringing the flavor to Food Day with:
✅ Free samples
✅ Coupons
✅ Menus to take home

Don’t miss your chance to meet one of Dutchtown’s hottest new spots. Come hungry!

📍 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 | 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎 | 𝟏𝟏𝐚𝐦–𝟓𝐩𝐦

💪 Before the food comes service! Join Keep-It-Clean (KIC) neighborhood cleanup Saturday morning in Dutchtown. Volunteers receive $7 in Grub Bucks to spend on food and drink from Urban Eats members during the festival.

09/19/2025

This Saturday, Urban Eats Food Day & Community Festival returns to Downtown Dutchtown! 🎉

🗓 Saturday, Sept 20 | 11am–5pm
📍 Meramec St & Virginia Ave | FREE to attend

✅ Delicious food from Urban Eats members & pop-ups
✅ Community spirit with SLACO’s Keep-It-Clean (KIC) volunteers
✅ $7 Grub Bucks for all KIC volunteers to spend on food & drinks
✅ Live cooking demo, pop-up tastings, and more!

Plan your day and join us as we celebrate the food, place, and people of Dutchtown!

09/19/2025

🔥 Brand new at Urban Eats! HERbachi (Chef Shay Redd LLC ) makes its debut this Saturday.

👉 Live cooking demo + free tasting (2–3pm at Meramec & Virginia)
👉 Every bowl purchase = raffle entry for a private dinner for 2 in October.

Come welcome Chef Shay and support the newest member of our Neighborhood Food Hall!

📍 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 | 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎 | 𝟏𝟏𝐚𝐦–𝟓𝐩𝐦

💪 Before the food comes service! Join Keep-It-Clean (KIC) neighborhood cleanup Saturday morning in Dutchtown. Volunteers receive $7 in Grub Bucks to spend on food and drink from Urban Eats members during the festival.

05/24/2025

💔 Our hearts are with our community 💔

On May 16th, devastating tornadoes tore through our region, leaving destruction in their wake.

At Urban Eats, we are more than a Shared Commercial Kitchen & Restaurant incubator —we are a family. One of our much loved Restaurant Members lost their home, a place they had poured seven years of love and labor into. Two of our other team members were also directly impacted. Thankfully, all are safe, and we are rallying around them, first and foremost.

In the face of loss, our community is rising.

Urban Eats Member’s direct contributions
🌮 Tacos La Jefa Their heart is with the community, and they’re looking for sustainable ways to help.
🌱Straight Outta Plantz is collecting donations and preparing meals for impacted seniors.
🍕Nicky Slices is gathering supplies and volunteers to help on the ground.
🍪Mr. Souvlaki/Samonides Sweets is donating 50% of cookie sales (May 21–31) to the City of St. Louis Tornado Response Fund. Order at samonidessweets.com.

- Urban Eats is opening our shared Commercial Kitchen to the World Central Kitchen and others for food prep efforts for those in need and working with local organizations to expand our impact.

- The Neighborhood Innovation Center, (NICstl) as a regional ESO (Entrepreneur Support Organization) has volunteered to compile an SBA loan Regional resource tool, and other grants available for those small businesses affected.

We are collecting current canned & dry goods here at Urban Eats, if you’d like to bring them. There will be a bin on the Pickup Bar you can deposit them in.

This is what community looks like. 💪

If you’d like to help or need support, please reach out. We’re here. We’re in this together. ❤️

12/16/2024

🍴 What a wonderful Wednesday night! A big thank you to our Urban Eats members and alumni and partners for making the Winter Wonderland Holiday Gala unforgettable with your incredible food and drink offerings. Your creativity and passion fuel our community!

12/13/2024

Celebrate the Holidays with Shopping and Flavor at Meramec Magic + Dutchtown Open House

Kick off the holidays with tasty bites and festive shopping at Urban Eats. Explore local flavors and find unique gifts from Dutchtown’s amazing businesses, all while soaking in holiday cheer.

Use your Discover Dutchtown Passport or Turfhunt app (code: RRZYIF) to collect stamps and win exciting prizes!

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: 3100–3400 Blocks of Meramec

👉 RSVP now on Facebook: https://bit.ly/41vX8RO or MeetUp: https://bit.ly/4iAfQOj
🔎 Learn more about Discover Dutchtown: discoverdutchtown.org

Celebrate food, flavors, and finds this holiday season!