First Look: Zoup! Joins West County Center

"My favorite item would be...the lobster bisque," Wagner says. "It's really, really good. It's has really big chucks of lobster in it and it's a cream-based soup."

Wagner says she is excited for the opening of her first restaurant, and so far things are going smoothly. She'sa lso looking forward to people in St. Louis to experience what Zoup! has to offer.

"They can expect a very clean environment. We have a lot of 'Zoup!-isms' that we go by [always be better, always serve the customer], so it's a different culture than what they might have experienced at other places," Wagner says.

"They can also expect really, really good food."