I've been regularly visiting Urban Chestnut since my arrival in STL, and I have been met with nothing but a warm staff, scrumptious food options, and a solid range of beers (the ones that they rotate on tap).

February 2020 Update I much prefer this location over the UBC beirhall, as it is the original UBC location. The copy for Schnickelfritz describes this as a Weissbeir using primarily white wheat in the grain bill. Beer needs barley, yet pale unroasted barley. I was not pleased with Schnickelfritz the first few times I tried it. Something changed. The style overlaps to the point of being hefeweizen. Nestle there to share space with Hoegaarden and on US soil Celis White. (Both are available for you to compare.) Such a Schnickelfritz must use maybe two or three yeast strains. So, while at the big loud echo-y UBC beirhall, the recipes do evolve, as with Urbane Underdog a bit. Wholly superior to Bluewood Brewing Hefeweizen. Wafly Shlafly can't touch this with their terrible cardboard beers. I'm pleased with the gradual evolution. Schnickelfritz is a stalwart and vanguard UBC offering. Yet I like the quiet original UBC location. Almost five stars over the other location. Yet also try the URB for tasty taste tests and slightly cheaper beers by a $ or so. The roasty pizza is a quasi-New York style yet well yeasty leavened crust and quality execution in the weirdly routed assembly line in a small space.

It’s trivia night on Monday and the place was packed. Good atmosphere. The spinach and artichoke dip, nachos, pretzels and smoked salmon sandwich all were very good. Not very fond of the potato and leek soup though.