Zone In On Imaginative Fast-Casual Vegetarian Fare at Sauce on the Side
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Destination: Sauce on the Side (903 Pine Street; 314-241-5667)
Tara Mahadevan The "Magic Carpet Ride" calzone at Sauce on the Side.
Neighborhood: Downtown
Cuisine: Calzones
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Overview: The guys at Sauce on the Side love their sauces, boasting ten different sauce choices for their calzone-eating customers. The guys -- Dan, Brendan and Ryan -- make 10-inch calzones expertly by hand; vegetarians have their pick from three vegetarian-friendly options, the "Magic Carpet Ride" ($10), the "Garden" ($8) and the "Fold" ($7).
Highlights: Sauce on the Side's "Magic Carpet Ride" calzone is certainly quite a trip. Filled with four types of mushrooms -- crimini, button, portabella and shiitake -- and three cheeses -- Parmesan, mozzarella and ricotta, as well as minced garlic -- all encased in a flaky, crisp dough. The garlic butter sauce pairs nicely with the mushroom-packed calzone.
Tara Mahadevan The "Magic Carpet Ride" calzone at Sauce on the Side.
Sauce on the Side's the "Garden" calzone is filled with eggplant, baby spinach, zucchini, roasted garlic, onions, snap peas and mozzarella and ricotta cheeses. The "Fold" blends mozzarella and ricotta cheeses with your choice of additional fillers. (Vegetarian filler options include banana peppers, basil, capers, corn salsa, dried oregano, green olives, green onions, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, Kalamata olives, marinated zucchini, minced garlic, mushrooms, pear tomatoes, pineapple, red onions, red peppers, white onions and yellow peppers.)
The restaurant also offers vegetarian dessert calzones, including a Nutella banana ($6) filled with Nutella, bananas, Mascarpone cheese and powered sugar, as well as an apple-pie dessert calzone ($6), combining caramel apple pie in a Graham cracker crumbles crust.
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Sauce on the Side
903 Pine St., St Louis, MO
Category: Restaurant
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