New St. Louis-area restaurants bring flavors from around the world

Chilean empanadas, Greek coffee, luxe Italian desserts and Midwestern pork fritter sandwiches: that’s a sampling of items offered by new restaurants that opened in the St. Louis area in July. This month’s discussion of the St. Louis-area food scene delivers notes on these additions. STLPR’s Jessica Rogen and Abby Llorico also weigh in on locally-based chain restaurant closures and relocations (Baileys’ concepts, Salt + Smoke, Syberg’s on Market and Panera) — and mount a case for St. Louis to be the next city to host the James Beard Awards.