West Newsmagazine 11-27-19

November 27, 2019
WEST NEWSMAGAZINE I 45
Kemoll’s Chop House: Making memories and serving the best since 1927
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By SUZANNE CORBETT
Mark Cusumano is loving life at Westport
Plaza – a life driven by Kemoll’s
Chop House, the celebrated St. Louis
restaurant his grandmother opened back
in 1927.
“I love this space and I love the way
it turned out,” Cusumano said. After 30
years of operation in downtown St. Louis,
Kemoll’s began planning its move to
West County nearly a year ago. Such a
move might have worried some restaurateurs
but not Cusumano, who credits
Kemoll’s ability to change as key to its
success and the secret to its longevity.
“We began as a little tavern, then a
family restaurant before we expanded
and knocked out the walls and became
a gourmet restaurant in the 1970s. We
then moved downtown to the Top of the
Met, now we’re here at Westport. I know
my grandmother, Mrs. Kemoll, would
approve and would be proud of the place
and the menu,” Cusumano said.
Kemoll’s menu also has changed a bit
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Kemoll’s Chop House
– shifting the spotlight to steaks and chops
along with favorites that customers have
enjoyed for decades.
Classic dishes such as Mrs. Kemoll’s
signature garlic cheese bread, cannelloni
and fried artichokes are still on the menu.
All are items that Kemoll’s first introduced
to the St. Louis restaurant scene back in
the 1920s – and which will always remain
the core of its menu.
“It’s a little old and a little new all
blended together,” Cusumano said,
describing Kemoll’s Chop House menu.
“We have a large selection of things that
have been on the menu since we began
– garlic cheese bread and lasagna. With
those classics we added new things like
the Asian Kababs and Stuffed Peruvian
Peppers, which are stuffed with herbed
goat cheese and drizzled with a balsamic
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reduction. Lots of nouveau things and a
lot of old school things on one menu for
our customers to enjoy.”
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staff includes 10 employees who
collectively have 300 years of
experience serving Kemoll’s
customers. In fact, some of those
long-term staffers can boast of
having worked with Mrs. Kemoll.
“It’s amazing,” Cusumano said.
“Our employees make it happen
by delivering consistency that
has made us great. And while we
don’t have Mrs. Kemoll here, we
still follow her philosophy: ‘Do
everything the best you can.’”
Doing your best has inspired
Kemoll’s to add a new Happy
Hour – unlike others in town
– to its menu mix. Running every day
from 3:30-8:30 p.m., it features live piano
music, drink specials
and an appetizer menu
that is both excellent
and affordable.
“Our happy hour
has been tremendous,”
Cusumano said. “The
music is great, the
bar looks great, and
the food is good and
priced right. You can
come in and order four
or five different things and have a great
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nightly
Monday thru
Saturday
The bar at Kemoll’s Chop House in West Port is
where happy hour happens from 3:30-8:30 p.m.
Monday-Saturday.
Chops are in the name and on the
plate at Kemoll’s.
meal and still be under $30.”
“We have some of the best food in town
and our customers are
the nicest people in
the world. We have
families that have been
coming here for three
and four generations.
I hear stories almost
every night from customers
who share those
memories.
“It’s all about customer
happiness. We’ve
been making customers happy since 1927!”
Happy Hour
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$35 Monday-Saturday • 4-6PM or After 8PM
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