Fresh Gatherings

Best sandwich yet I’ve had in St. Louis!!! It’s a tiny place on slu’s campus by the med school that takes flex and credit cards.
Little place with friendly staff, local, vegetarian, and gluten free options available. I believe they serve kaldi’s coffee. For sandwiches, they have a little sheet you fill out with as much as you want on it.
Your choice of fresh bread, alfalfa sprouts, hummus, some aioli spreads, cucumber, tomato, and several meat options made for a wonderful sandwich.
I asked for a pickle on the side and was very surprised to have a sweet pickle. They’re not bad just not good when you’re expecting dill.
All in all great place to eat and very true to slu’s Jesuit values!

The first thing to know about this place is that it’s a SLU-​owned cafeteria. Yes, you will see students there, especially during lunch time! But there’s a reason why they’re there in the first place other than the fact that they take the student’s otherwise-​useless flex dollars there. Heh.
When I still had a meal plan in my earlier years at SLU, I came here almost every day. It’s a great place to study with a few outlets by the walls near the windows.
There is a chef that is almost always there baking bread/​pastries or teaching a class. They have house-​made bagels that are very popular all throughout the day. Sometimes, you’ll see the bagels designated for tomorrow in the refrigerated display case as they rise.
The lunch menu changes everyday and the food is prepped/​cooked by students. However, they will always have their (awesome) sandwich station, salad bar, and soup (also changes often). A
t check out, they will also have a smoothie/​coffee station and cold ready-​made foods like yogurt parfaits, pb/​raisin celeries, deli/​cheese/​crackers, house-​made pita chips w/​house-​made hummus… etc. My favorite smoothie is the green monster (not at all gross, I promise)!
Other constants:
Tea breads (lemon poppyseed, pumpkin, banana).
Cookies (chocolate chip, sugar, oatmeal/​raisin/​yogurt chips, chocolate/​oatmeal/​yogurt chips) — The cookies have recently been looking more uniform in texture which makes me suspect that they’ve started putting corn syrup in them (makes the cookies look more even after baking) so if you’re concerned with that kind of stuff, ask the chef! He’ll know!
OH! AND. THEY SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES! A lot of the food there is locally sourced, even the milk! It feels good to support local. :)
In the end though, it’s still a cafeteria. It’s supposed to close at 5pm but they ALWAYS pack up the food before then, sometimes by an hour or more. It can be pretty disappointing sometimes. One-​star deduction for that, otherwise, FG is a great student/​faculty/​human option!

You’d never know it was there if you didn’t know it was there.
Why would you be in the Allied Health Professions building anyway, particularly if you weren’t a student at SLU?
Why should you even bother trying to find it? I mean, it is a cafeteria after all…
But it’s so much more. It defies your perception of cafeterias from here on out.
First off, it is run by the students in the Nutrition and Dietetics Department. That means the food has your health in mind. Secondly, it was spearheaded by my friend Eddie Neill, a fantastic chef responsible for Café Provencal, Eddie’s Steak and Chops and the most recent, the Dubliner on Wash Ave. He helped the students put together a menu that was healthy and tasty at the same time.
Just the other day they were serving roasted trout for $ 3 and sauteed fresh squash for $ 1.50. Prices here are incredible! They’ve got a lovely salad bar with the best chicken salad and tuna salad I’ve EVER had, hands down, and lots of fresh greens and veggies. The house balsamic dressing is great.
There’s an artisan breadmaker on site, and two homemade soups a day. Rotating daily specials and even plasticware and take home containers made of corn products for biodegradeability.
You can even pick up prepared dinners if you call ahead. I love this place! In this case, it’s totally what’s on the inside that counts.