Basso is Italian for low, and this restaurant is located in the cavernous basement of the Restaurant at the Cheshire. Part of the multimillion-dollar renovation of the Cheshire hotel on the western edge of the city, Basso boasts as its chef Patrick Connolly, a St. Louis native who made his name (including a James Beard Foundation award) in Boston and New York City before returning home. His menu is “Italian gastropub,” which in practice means excellent wood-fired pizzas and rustic pasta dishes. The “McDowell’s Golden Arcs,” with speck, delicata squash and Fontina, is a standout pizza. Among the pastas, try the mafalda, thin ribbons of pasta tossed with a beef and pork ragù, pecorino romano and breadcrumbs.

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Restaurant Details

Features: Lunch, Dinner, Full bar, Fireplace, Free Wifi, Wifi Access, Parking Lot Available, Street Parking, Valet Parking, Reservations Accepted

Price: $$,$$$
Payment Type: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit

Menu

• Shrimp Cocktail

  gulf shrimp, horseradish cocktail, lemon

  12.00
  

• Shrimp Chowder

  butternut squash broth, new potato, corn, oven dried tomato, tarragon, pepitas

  10.00
  

• Half Chicken

  amish chicken, spätzle, meyer lemon brown butter, ozark mushrooms, fried sage

  24.00
  

• Roasted Mushrooms

  ozark forest shiitake and oyster mushrooms, herb butter

  10.00
  

• Irish

  tullamore dew, tyrconnell, redbreast 12yr

  22.00
  

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