Collin Preciado

Collin Preciado is a St. Louis-based writer who has written for such publications as The Hard Times, Polygon, St. Louis Magazine, The Riverfront Times, The Pitch, Cincinnati CityBeat, and others.

Latest from Collin Preciado

Family

St. Louis libraries are some of my favorite places to take my kids—except for one glaring problem

Today’s libraries offer everything from STEM play spaces to story times. So why is the hardest part of every visit pulling my toddler away from a giant touch screen?

by Collin Preciado June 30, 2026 June 29, 2026

Family

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital ER, reviewed!

It’s not where you want to go. But sometimes, it’s where you end up.

by Collin Preciado June 2, 2026 June 1, 2026

Family

Every St. Louis parent eventually ends up shopping at Dierbergs for the car carts alone

Not for the prices. Not for the selection. Just for the one shopping cart capable of containing a 2-year-old for more than six seconds.

by Collin Preciado May 27, 2026 May 26, 2026

Family

In praise of the Saint Louis Zoo train

My kids don’t care about the animals. They just want to inhale fumes while chugging through a tunnel.

by Collin Preciado January 21, 2026 January 21, 2026

Dining

Best restaurants in St. Louis

100-plus top dining establishments across the metro area

by Cheryl Baehr & Christine Jackson & Collin Preciado & George Mahe & Mike Miller & Dave Lowry & Jarrett Medlin & Bill Burge & Pat Eby & Holly Fann & Emily Wasserman & Gaby Mendoza & Grace Snelling & Trevor Johnson December 15, 2025 January 6, 2026

Family

St. Louis’ best holiday event for small kids is a giant alcohol factory

Take it from a dad who knows.

by Collin Preciado December 12, 2025 December 11, 2025

Dining

La Oaxaqueña serves up crunchy, chile-dusted grasshoppers

One St. Louisan’s take on trying chapulines at the South County restaurant

by Collin Preciado June 12, 2025 June 13, 2025

Dining

Sylvie Dee’s opens second location at City Foundry STL

The ice cream, coffee, old fasioned soda, and candy shop features ice cream from Serendipity and coffee from Blueprint.

by Collin Preciado May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025

Dining

A Touch of Texas BBQ now open on South Grand

Former football coach John Randle relocates his barbecue joint from Carr Square to the space that previously housed Navin’s BBQ and Guerilla Street Food.

by Collin Preciado August 8, 2024 February 8, 2025