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Lost Tables

Lost Tables

By: Harley Hammerman
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Lost Tables collects the culinary memories of lost St. Louis restaurants.

© 2026 Lost Tables Art Cooking Food & Wine Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Cookies, Cookies & More

    Cookies, Cookies & More
    31 Oct 2026

    In 1980, Susan Brown opened a little dessert shop on Maryland Avenue in St. Louis' Central West End. She called it Cookies, Cookies & More. Her cookies, brownies and decadent desserts quickly attracted a devoted following, and before long, that little shop had grown into a business with seven locations.

    Behind all those sweet treats was a remarkable woman. Jason Brown, Susan's son, shares his mother's story, with an assist from restaurateur Charlie Downs, who was instrumental in Susan’s success.

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    19 min
  • Ray Gallardo: Casa Gallardo

    Ray Gallardo: Casa Gallardo
    26 Dec 2025

    Eighty-eight-year-old Ray Gallardo first came to the United States from Mexico as a young man, working as a dishwasher at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara. His next visit to the Biltmore would be as a successful restaurateur.

    Ray told me his story at his office above the City Coffee & Creperie in Clayton, which he owns with his wife Ann.

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    42 min
  • Eddie Neill: Cafe Provencal & More

    Eddie Neill: Cafe Provencal & More
    19 Dec 2025

    Eddie Neill is best known for Cafe Provencal, which has thrived in Kirkwood for almost 30 years. But from his first restaurant, T.P. Neill’s, to Chez Leon, to The Dubliner, there were many others along the way. I talked with Eddie at his home, a 5-minute walk from Ted Drewes.

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    31 min
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