Eatin St. Louis VI: Toasted Ravioli

Like cheesesteaks in Philly, pizza in New York, crab in Baltimore, toasted ravioli is sort of the go-to food. Usually filled with meat although you can find cheese-only variety, these babies are so ubiquitous that quality varies. I've had good, bad, hard, cold, and free. The best deal in the city is a place called the Nadoz cafe in the lobby of a fancy hotel that gives free ravioli every friday from 5-8.
These are from a place called The Hard Shell Courtyard in the old French neighborhood Soulard. Laurie ordered the ravioli and I ordered mussels (in a landlocked statee!) and Laurie clearly got the better deal.





As a side note:We were watching the Phillies beat the Cards for the second game in a row and we thought they might give us a hard time, but then the bartender and the guy sitting next to us pulled out their cell phones. Both were emblazoned with a Chicago Cubs "C." "We're taking over," they told us.