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					Originally Posted by  mizurymule
					 
				 
				Downtown, Caleco's is a good choice as well  as Charlie Giotto's 
			
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					Originally Posted by  redhot11
					 
				 
				There is an Italian restaurant in St. Louis called Charlie Getto. It’s is fucking amazing .... 
			
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Ahem... that's Charlie 
Gitto's.
http://www.charliegittosdt.com/
(There are also several other Gitto's restaurants around STL, if I recall correctly. The downtown location is pretty much casual dining; the other ones (especially the one on the Hill itself, where I've been only once over a couple decades ago) are much more upscale. Or at least the one on the Hill was quite upscale when I went; my then fiancee (later ex-wife) and I were given a gift certificate for there as an engagement gift.)
If you're a baseball/sports fan Gitto's downtown is an especially good choice to see the pictures of all the ballplayers and sports figures who've patronized the place over the years (it's not far from Busch Stadium--both the old one, which was torn down, and the new one, which occupies part of the footprint of the old stadium). 
Whenever I'm staying downtown I usually try to get dinner at Gitto's downtown at least once during my visit. Once I was in town on a Sunday when Gitto's was closed so I tried Caleco's. Good selection of beers; I opted to have the lasagna for dinner, and it was pretty good--and the serving size was 
huge... 
My recommendation would be for Gitto's if it's open, but Caleco's isn't a bad contingency plan.
Cheers,
bcg