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Toastique is scheduled to open its first Missouri café on Nov. 21 at 100 N. Broadway in downtown St. Louis, next to Gateway Arch National Park. The fast-casual café will serve breakfast and lunch daily, with toast, smoothies, bowls, juices and coffee; local franchise partners say they plan to expand across the metro area over two years.
Toastique is scheduled to open its first Missouri location on Nov. 21 at 100 N. Broadway, Suite 130, beside Gateway Arch National Park in downtown St. Louis. The fast-casual café will serve breakfast and lunch daily, offering specialty toast, smoothie bowls, fresh juices and coffee, marking the brand’s entry into the Missouri market.
The café will offer dine-in and grab-and-go service and a menu the company describes as made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. Items include its signature gourmet toasts, smoothies, açaí bowls, cold-pressed juices, wellness shots and handcrafted coffee drinks. The report does not identify specific local suppliers or provide menu prices.
Toastique’s toast options include Avocado Smash, Smoked Salmon and PB Crunch. Customers can also order handheld smoothies, smoothie bowls featuring what the report calls superfood ingredients, and espresso drinks. The café is set to operate daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on opening day, doors are scheduled to open at 8 a.m.
At opening, the first 100 customers will receive $50 in Toastique reward dollars with a toast purchase, according to the report. Other customers can receive a free drip coffee or 12-ounce juice with a purchase of at least $10. The café also plans a first-month event on Dec. 21, offering loyalty members a free toast of their choice, along with tastings and a raffle.
A Downtown Entry With Metro Plans
The opening gives downtown workers, residents and visitors another breakfast and lunch option near the Gateway Arch and its surrounding park. Toastique’s stated mix of dine-in and takeout service is aimed at different occasions, from a quick weekday meal to a stop after exercise or a visit to the park. Those are the franchise partners’ intended uses for the location, not evidence yet of customer demand.
The announcement also signals a larger business plan: local franchise partners Stephanie Munaco, Brenda Jones and Paul Larson say they intend to expand Toastique across the St. Louis metro area over the next two years. The downtown café is the group’s first step into the market. The report gives no details on proposed sites, the number of additional cafés, hiring totals or a schedule for further openings, so the scale of that plan remains unspecified.
For downtown, the shop adds a new food business in a location close to a major visitor destination. Whether it draws primarily tourists, nearby employees, residents or fitness customers will become clearer after it opens. The announcement sets out the concept and its planned hours, but does not report employment figures, expected sales or an estimate of the café’s economic impact.
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Toastique’s Route Into Missouri
Toastique was founded by Brianna Keefe, who opened the first café at The Wharf in Washington, D.C., in 2018. The company began franchising in 2020. At the time of the Sauce Magazine report, the brand had grown to more than 60 locations in over 25 states; those figures describe the company’s footprint as reported, rather than a current independently verified count.
The St. Louis operation is led by local franchise partners Munaco, Jones and Larson. Larson is identified in the report as the founder of downtown-based Larson Financial. The partners’ plan to expand in the metro area is their stated intention; the report does not say that additional leases or locations have been secured.
Munaco said the partners saw an opportunity for a convenient gourmet menu in a busy area near the Arch, fitness businesses and grocery stores. The café’s location at 100 N. Broadway is confirmed in the report, but it does not identify the nearby businesses or provide research supporting the partners’ view that downtown had a gap in this kind of dining option.
Expansion Details Still Open
The report gives a planned opening date of Saturday, Nov. 21, but does not identify the year. It also does not confirm whether the café has since opened or whether its hours, offers and menu remain as announced. Readers should treat those details as the plan reported at the time, rather than a verified current operating status.
The partners say they plan to expand across the metro area over two years, but the report does not name future neighborhoods, locations or opening dates. It also provides no final menu prices, staffing figures, local supplier names or information about how much of the menu’s ingredients will come from the region. The company’s reported location count is tied to the original report and may have changed.
Opening Date and First-Month Plans
Under the announced schedule, the café is due to open at 8 a.m. on Nov. 21, then operate daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The opening-day reward and purchase offers are also described in the report, but their current availability has not been confirmed. The planned Dec. 21 event would mark the café’s first 30 days in business, with a loyalty-member toast, tastings and a raffle.
The next development to watch is whether the opening takes place as scheduled and whether the franchise partners announce specific additional locations. The report directs customers to Toastique St. Louis Downtown and the café’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, @toastique, for updates. No later opening announcement or metro expansion timetable is included in the source material.
Key Questions
Where is Toastique’s St. Louis café?
The announced location is 100 N. Broadway, Suite 130, next to Gateway Arch National Park in downtown St. Louis.
When is the café scheduled to open?
The report says Toastique planned to open on Saturday, Nov. 21, with doors opening at 8 a.m. that day. It does not specify the year or confirm the café’s current operating status.
What will Toastique serve?
The menu is expected to include gourmet toast, smoothies, açaí and other smoothie bowls, cold-pressed juices, wellness shots, espresso and other coffee drinks. The report does not list prices or provide a full menu.
What are the announced hours?
The café is scheduled to be open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for the announced 8 a.m. opening time on opening day. The source does not confirm whether those hours are current.
Will Toastique open more locations in the St. Louis area?
Local franchise partners said they plan to expand across the metro area over the next two years. No additional locations, neighborhoods or dates were identified in the report.
Source: saucemagazine.com
