The Mud House

Ever try a new place and then return 2 more weekends in a row? Just me? I'm sure you've done it too! That is exactly what happened when I tried The Mud House at 2101 Cherokee Street in St. Louis. 3 visits, 3 weekends in a row, 3 great breakfasts!

The Mud House is located off of historic Cherokee Street in the Antiques District. The all brick town homes are either residences, tiny antique shops or restaurants. Each weekend there were quite a few people out and about on the street either walking their dogs, biking or hunting for antiques. It is a very unique area of the city and I highly recommend you visit.

Visit #1 - 8/27

Joe and I have been in a breakfast rut, going to the same 3 places over and over. Our wedding invitation designer recommended The Mud House to us on one of our visits and we finally took his advice to go! When you first enter the casual dining area you see a large community table surrounded by smaller tables. In the back is the register, menu on the wall, and coffee station. To the far left is a second dining area that is much more casual with couches and chairs near a few of the tables. 

View from my chair. We sat near the front door.

We quickly went to the back to review our menu options. We were tempted by the daily special of biscuits and gravy but each decided on their breakfast burrito. The burrito is a large flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, black bean chili, bacon (addition but worth it) and cheese. To our surprise it was also served with a mixed greens salad with a very light lemon vinaigrette and fresh tomatoes. The sour cream we were told would be on the side but in reality it was on top of the salad; not anything to complain about but just beware if you do not care for sour cream. 

My burrito sliced open, yum!

Joe's burrito, can you see how big that thing is?!?

We also each had an iced coffee and they were both delicious. I like my iced coffee heavy on the milk and light on the coffee and that is just how they made it, yum!

Also, to give you a run down on how this place works....you order and pay up at the counter, they give you a sign to put on your table, they bring the food out to you, you clean up your own plates, they call out your drink when it is finished being made, you get your own water up next to the coffee area. Pretty simple!

We left very full and didn't eat again 'till dinner time!

Visit #2 - 9/3

After trying those delicious breakfast burritos last week Joe and I had to go back to try something else on The Mud House's menu! We each stuck with our iced coffees which were delicious yet again on our second visit. This time for breakfast I ordered an egg sandwich which came with bacon, scrambled egg and cheese on a nice large roll. I thought the roll was way too much bread for the sandwich so I removed one of the pieces. Overall it was a great breakfast sandwich and I would probably order it again but still take off one of the pieces of bread.

My breakfast sandwich. Did you notice the canning jar is what they use for their water glasses?

Joe decided to go sweet for his breakfast and ordered the french toast with walnuts and bananas. He definitely got sweet! I couldn't eat an entire plate of this dish but Joe definitely could and did! I think he would go back to his beloved breakfast burrito on a next visit but he seemed happy with his french toast on this visit.

It even looks sweet!

Visit #3 - 9/11

Josie and I were on our last day of our "staycation" and woke up early. We first went to Forest Park to see the thousands of flags on Art Hill in memory of all those who died on 9/11. It was quite a site to see and very moving.

Thousands of Flags on Art Hill in Forest Park

Since Josie made me walk quite a distance to see this, which I was obviously happy she made me do, I worked up quite an appetite. We decided to go to The Mud House for my 3rd week in a row! Josie ordered the breakfast burrito with bacon and no sour cream. She also had a glass of local grape juice (she loves grape juice). I ordered the breakfast burrito with bacon too and had an iced vanilla latte for my beverage. We ventured to their back patio and saw it was packed! Luckily there was an open table in the back that was in the shade and we grabbed it. I would highly recommend sitting on the back patio especially with Fall approaching. Josie and I thoroughly enjoyed our breakfast burritos and I'm happy that Josie taught me it is okay to pick up the burrito to eat it instead of cutting it up. I'm pretty sure we will be heading back to The Mud House sometime soon to try something else on their menu, maybe I can wait an extra week this time!