{"id":2730,"date":"2012-06-15T07:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T19:56:15","slug":"favorite-places-the-mud-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=2730","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Places: The Mud House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7214\/7356115062_ed819d4e80_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0001\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are obviously big fans of coffee houses. We had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trystdc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tryst<\/a> in D.C.; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonsbaltimore.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Spoons<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/fellsgrind.com\/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Grind<\/a> in Baltimore; and about 7 places we love here in St. Louis! <a href=\"http:\/\/themudhousestl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mud House<\/a> is now one of them. Located on Cherokee Street in Benton Park, which is a very cool neighborhood with a lot of artsy types, it is the perfect destination to lose yourself&#8230; or maybe even get some work done!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7087\/7170901031_9e8875c856_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0004\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7091\/7170901293_06e474f735_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0013\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We arrived on a Saturday morning at around 8:45, and though there was a line to order our food, there was plenty of seating (including outdoor!) so we had no problem finding a table. I checked out the decor while Andrew ordered our food and coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7222\/7356115734_d0e392c1c2_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0014\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7096\/7170901765_cb495a28c2_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0015\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7095\/7170901989_b3b091d3bf_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0016\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7079\/7170902207_ebea1c2cd7_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0018\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7232\/7356116774_ba1b08478f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0021\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7079\/7170902709_55a0e01442_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0025\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7075\/7170903045_c4aeb59fd0_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0027\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The food was great! Oliver devoured a warm-from-the-oven cherry muffin, and Milo scarfed down a buttery chocolate chip scone. I stole bites from both, and they were delightful baked goods, if I do say so myself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7217\/7356117794_7ec8d8b912_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0036\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7226\/7170903835_b5e77d66ed_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0042\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Unfortunately, the young man saved nothing for the platypus, citing, &#8220;He eats pah-yuh-pus food. He can&#8217;t have my muffin.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7233\/7356118364_9f1ab1772d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0044\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7097\/7170904609_a8af65ff47_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0051\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7227\/7356119190_7306feaaee_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0053\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7240\/7170905049_6d53298fd8_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0057\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7240\/7170905201_63206e77e6_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0058\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7077\/7170905667_d82efabe9b_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0063\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew and I split the black bean chili &amp; egg burrito, which did not disappoint. This thing was awesome, stick-to-your-bones, just spicy enough, delicious breakfast food. I can&#8217;t wait to try something else on the menu. Oh, and the coffee is great too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7226\/7170905945_bc66708c7c_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0065\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After all is said and done, help yourself to a book or magazine and relax on the couch. Milo highly recommends it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are obviously big fans of coffee houses. We had Tryst in D.C.; Spoons\u00a0and Daily Grind in Baltimore; and about 7 places we love here in St. Louis! The Mud House is now one of them. Located on Cherokee Street in Benton Park, which is a very cool neighborhood with a lot of artsy types, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=2730\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Favorite Places: The Mud House&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[174,88,171],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stlouis","tag-favorite-places","tag-st-louis","tag-yummy-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12548,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions\/12548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}