Brian M.
Yelp
Crushed Red's is an "urban bake and chop shop" that does its best to offer high quality food while keeping it quick and simple. The bake part offers single serving pizzas, which are delicious, while the chop shop focuses on fresh salads that are chopped together with a large knife. Ingredients are fresh and much like subway you can have whatever you want, its your salad the same goes for the pizza.
Our group arrived for a late lunch, we wanted some light appetizers to hold us over for dinner and we were not disappointed. We started at the counter where a friendly hostess offered us suggestions on their menu, we opted to split a pizza and an order or hummus. After placing our order we were directed down the line to pay, and order beer, wine, etc. You can see the food being prepared while waiting or you can grab a seat at one of the cozy booths or a table, I noticed that they also had a patio but I didn't get to check it out. The food is delivered to your table, shortly after you grab your drink.
The Hummus was actually very good, however it was advertised as a "smoky chili hummus", while I didn't taste the smoky side I definitely noticed the chili portion, it was great but a little spicy. The fladbread is the same as the pizza and it is great, it goes so well with the hummus. It was also served with lavasch, which is essentially a crisp cracker, I wasn't really a big fan of that. My suggestion is stick with the soft flatbread. I had a bite of the pizza and admit it was also pretty tasty. I do plan on returning and giving this place another go, lucky for me they just opened a location in Kirkwood so I can manage to get there for lunch sometime during the week.
Overall I was impressed with Crushed Red's, and am glad that another Saint Louis native is creating fresh creative dinning concepts here in the 314. The owner is also responsible for other places like Sage, Triumph, Kota Wood Fired Grill and EdgeWild.