Cugino’s (Narrow Gauge Brewing Co.)

Quite a bit out of the way but worth the trip. Cugino's does delicious food and Narrow Gauge does some just amazing beers across a large number of styles. Still debating whether i preferred Side Project or here.

Stopped by on a holiday Monday afternoon. Smallish place, somewhat surprisingly pretty busy for the time of day. They only had 4 of their own beers on tap, plus the Resilience collaboration brew with Sierra. But they also had at least a dozen other craft beers on tap, and somewhat surprisingly even the decor in the restaurant included photos of other area breweries. We had half pours of three of the house pours, all were very good. Bartenders were attentive but not necessarily overly friendly. We didn't eat. Worth a visit, fellow RBers. Brewery #862.

My first visit in the area just after arriving to the airport. I was not aware of this brewery but Bob who picked me up from the airport insisted to visit this place right away. Thank you very much for this Bob!! We had some trouble to find it as we were looking for Narrow Gauge and not for Cugino's. 12 Narrow Gauge and more than 20 guest beers on tap. Flights are available. Narrow Gauge cans available to go. Good service and good prices. Nice ambiance too. I didnt try the food. What I really loved was the Narrow Gauge beers!! Especially the hoppy ones but the imperial coffee stout I tried was also great!! For sure I will visit the place again if I go again ti MO.

Nice place with supposedly very good food that I’ll have to try at some point... beer is great, of course, and the place itself is cosy.

Friday afternoon visit with Nikos. Appears to be a restaurant but looks are deceiving. Twelve of their beers on tap and at least twenty guest taps. Excellent IPAs and APAs. Service was fine. Prices were fair. Well worth a visit.

Very unassuming Italian restaurant where bacon is pretty much in everything for some reason. Flights of beers available with crowlers and four packs as well. Quality IPAs even if they all look the same.

I may be the outlier here but I did not enjoy my visit. The place was incredibly small and loud. Their own beer on tap was 100% IPAs with nothing else available. The food was overpriced and not good. The only thing I remember liking was the service.

The ambiance is definitely no frills but I kinda dig it in a neighborhood bar type of way. Service was very good and attentive. They didn't mind answering questions even as they were very busy. Only 4 NG beers on tap when I visited but they had lots of interesting guest taps. Good value, even for St. Louis which is usually pretty cheap. I liked this place even though I found their beer to be substandard. I will definitely be back; I'll just have guest taps.

Narrow Gauge is making fantastic hoppy brews, and Cugino’s has the food to back it up (get the meatballs!). Service, atmosphere, and value are good too. I’ve made it a must-stop (along with Side Project) every time I’m in St. Louis.