The family-run company is changing not only the types of businesses you might expect to find on this busy—sometimes dangerous—arterial road, but changing the name of the neighborhood itself.
A self-described “patron saint of lost real estate causes,” Padda has lost multiple buildings to foreclosure or fire as his pain-dispensing practices have come under scrutiny.
After growing from a stall at the Soulard Farmers’ Market to a Tower Grove South storefront, STL Steak and Cake now offers its signature cheesesteaks and gooey butter cakes in a 56-seat restaurant along Morgan Ford.