{"id":2768,"date":"2025-03-17T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:02:10","slug":"wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owner Matt McGuire\u2019s initial motivation for Wright\u2019s Tavern was to create a restaurant that served the kind of food he wanted to eat. McGuire built a place to enjoy a great steak and a Caesar salad, but more importantly, the Clayton steakhouse also tapped into a communal longing: for delicious food and drinks, genuine hospitality, and the unbridled enjoyment that a really lovely restaurant can deliver. Wright\u2019s is driven by the conviction that the simple food is the best; its ambition is to cook the best version of that food you\u2019ve ever had. The greatest hits collection at Wright\u2019s already includes the shrimp scampi with its addictive garlic-and-chile sauce, the wedge salad with blue cheese and smoked bacon, the perfectly flaky potato-crusted halibut with lemon beurre blanc, and the salt and cream of the heady dauphinoise potatoes. The baked crab cake made with colossal lump crab is seasoned with salt and pepper, has just enough egg and dairy for binding, and is plated atop a delicious red pepper remoulade. It\u2019s one of the very best dishes in St. Louis and no visit to Wright\u2019s is complete without it. At this restaurant, which was <\/span>Sauce<\/i>\u2019s Best New Restaurant of 2023, people dress up, and the servers are sharply attired, but it\u2019s never stuffy: You\u2019re here to feel good. In this cozy dining room, you\u2019re never far from other diners, and conversation between tables comes easily. We love a restaurant where a civilized meal feels like it could imminently spill over into a rambunctious party, and that\u2019s exactly the vibe at Wright\u2019s. <\/span> <\/p>\n

7624 Wydown Blvd., Clayton, 314.390.1466, wrightswydown.com<\/a><\/i> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Sauce 75 is a photomosaic of the best in St. Louis dining. This list is a celebration of the diverse skills, techniques and culinary traditions that meet across our region. In sum, it tells a story about where St. Louis has been, where it is now and where it\u2019s going next. Many great and good St. Louis restaurants have not made the cut. (Seventy-five is a lot fewer than you think!) Restaurants are constantly growing and evolving and go through ups and downs. Newly opened restaurants can take time to find their feet: There are a few exciting new places we\u2019re cheering for, but which we feel haven\u2019t yet fully hit their stride.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Clayton steakhouse tapped into a communal longing: for delicious food and drinks, genuine hospitality, and the unbridled enjoyment that a really lovely restaurant can deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","newspack_collection_is_cover_story":false,"newspack_collection_post_order":0,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,46,66,1469,22,354,31,383],"tags":[587,732,1816,2298,557,871,2299,870,869],"newspack_collection_taxonomy":[4196],"newspack_collection_section":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[393],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bars","category-cocktails","category-features","category-places-topic","category-places-2","category-places","category-restaurants","category-sauce-75","tag-clayton","tag-fine-dining","tag-home-feature","tag-home-feature-follows","tag-louie","tag-matt-mcguire","tag-section-feature","tag-steakhouse","tag-wrights-tavern","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nWright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saucemagazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sauce Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@saucemag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@saucemag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sauce Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sauce Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88e5c69984f770d870fcddfcebf20988\"},\"headline\":\"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\"},\"wordCount\":404,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Clayton\",\"fine dining\",\"Home Feature\",\"Home Feature Follows\",\"Louie\",\"Matt McGuire\",\"Section Feature\",\"steakhouse\",\"Wright's Tavern\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bars\",\"Cocktails\",\"Features\",\"Places\",\"Places\",\"Places\",\"Restaurants\",\"Sauce 75\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\",\"name\":\"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1319,\"caption\":\"New York strip steak at Wright's Tavern in Clayton\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated\",\"description\":\"Your Guide to St. Louis Restaurants, Recipes, and Food Culture\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png?fit=800%2C169&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png?fit=800%2C169&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saucemagazine\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/saucemag\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/saucemag\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88e5c69984f770d870fcddfcebf20988\",\"name\":\"Sauce Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/445753e645044cc175ab08fe76370625\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85415ae64a9cea8c6664ee36263eb427f0a1c60de1f0093f5d9866fda11b3e53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85415ae64a9cea8c6664ee36263eb427f0a1c60de1f0093f5d9866fda11b3e53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sauce Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/author\/sauce-staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton","description":"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton","og_description":"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now","og_url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","og_site_name":"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saucemagazine","article_published_time":"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1319,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Sauce Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@saucemag","twitter_site":"@saucemag","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sauce Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/"},"author":{"name":"Sauce Staff","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88e5c69984f770d870fcddfcebf20988"},"headline":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton","datePublished":"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/"},"wordCount":404,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","keywords":["Clayton","fine dining","Home Feature","Home Feature Follows","Louie","Matt McGuire","Section Feature","steakhouse","Wright's Tavern"],"articleSection":["Bars","Cocktails","Features","Places","Places","Places","Restaurants","Sauce 75"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","name":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-03-17T17:31:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T09:02:10+00:00","description":"Sauce 75: the essential St. Louis restaurants right now","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","width":2000,"height":1319,"caption":"New York strip steak at Wright's Tavern in Clayton"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/","name":"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated","description":"Your Guide to St. Louis Restaurants, Recipes, and Food Culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#organization","name":"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated","url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png?fit=800%2C169&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png?fit=800%2C169&ssl=1","width":800,"height":169,"caption":"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saucemagazine","https:\/\/x.com\/saucemag","https:\/\/instagram.com\/saucemag"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88e5c69984f770d870fcddfcebf20988","name":"Sauce Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/445753e645044cc175ab08fe76370625","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85415ae64a9cea8c6664ee36263eb427f0a1c60de1f0093f5d9866fda11b3e53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85415ae64a9cea8c6664ee36263eb427f0a1c60de1f0093f5d9866fda11b3e53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sauce Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/author\/sauce-staff\/"}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Wright\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton","url":"http:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1"},"articleSection":"Bars","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sauce Staff"}],"creator":["Sauce Staff"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated","logo":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png"},"keywords":["clayton","fine dining","home feature","home feature follows","louie","matt mcguire","section feature","steakhouse","wright's tavern"],"dateCreated":"2025-03-17T17:31:00Z","datePublished":"2025-03-17T17:31:00Z","dateModified":"2025-07-23T09:02:10Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Wright\\u2019s Tavern is the steakhouse of our dreams in Clayton\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.saucemagazine.com\\\/places-2\\\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.saucemagazine.com\\\/places-2\\\/wrights-tavern-is-the-steakhouse-of-our-dreams-in-clayton-17655390\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.saucemagazine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.saucemagazine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1\"},\"articleSection\":\"Bars\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Sauce Staff\"}],\"creator\":[\"Sauce Staff\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Sauce Magazine: Intelligent Content For The Food Fascinated\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saucemagazine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/cropped-sauce-magazine-logo-color-Katrina-Behnken.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"clayton\",\"fine dining\",\"home feature\",\"home feature follows\",\"louie\",\"matt mcguire\",\"section feature\",\"steakhouse\",\"wright's tavern\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-03-17T17:31:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-17T17:31:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T09:02:10Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/saucemagazine.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new_york_strip_steak_-_wright_s_tavern_-_michelle_volansky.png?fit=2000%2C1319&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29727,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/louie-owner-matt-mcguire-will-open-wrights-tavern-in-former-i-fratellini-space-in-clayton-this-fall-17338458\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":0},"title":"Louie owner Matt McGuire will open Wright’s Tavern in former I Fratellini space in Clayton this fall","author":"Iain Shaw","date":"May 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt McGuire, owner of Louie, will open Wright's Tavern, a \"classic city tavern and steakhouse\" in the former I Fratellini space at 7624 Wydown Blvd. in Clayton. McGuire confirmed to Sauce on May 9 that he has signed a lease on the location and is aiming to open Wright's Tavern\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Bars"","block_context":{"text":"Bars","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/topic\/bars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wrights-tavern-louie-matt-mcguire-demun-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wrights-tavern-louie-matt-mcguire-demun-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wrights-tavern-louie-matt-mcguire-demun-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wrights-tavern-louie-matt-mcguire-demun-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wrights-tavern-louie-matt-mcguire-demun-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7746,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/first-look-wrights-tavern-in-clayton-17332922\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":1},"title":"First Look: Wright’s Tavern in Clayton","author":"Iain Shaw","date":"December 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"View of the exterior of Wright's Tavern in Clayton.Cr\u00e8me brul\u00e9e at Wright's Tavern.The Negroni Bianco at Wright's Tavern.The Manhattan at Wright's Tavern.Martini & The Car at Wright's Tavern.The Tavern Julep at Wright's Tavern.The Wright's Cola cocktail at Wright's Tavern.Bartender Trevor Johnson mixing cocktails at Wright's Tavern.The classic ribeye at Wright's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Places"","block_context":{"text":"Places","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/places-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-01.webp?fit=795%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-01.webp?fit=795%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-01.webp?fit=795%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-01.webp?fit=795%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28474,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/first-look-wrights-tavern-in-clayton-17334089\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":2},"title":"First Look: Wright’s Tavern in Clayton","author":"Iain Shaw","date":"December 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wright's Tavern, the second restaurant from Louie owner Matt McGuire, will open on Monday, Dec. 5. The restaurant, a steakhouse in the classic tradition, has moved in to the former I Fratellini space at 7624 Wydown Blvd. in Clayton. Matt McGuire and head chef Cary McDowell said the impulse behind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "First Looks"","block_context":{"text":"First Looks","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/topic\/first-looks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wrights-tavern-louie-clayton-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38930,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/wrights-tavern-louie-owner-opening-box-hill-grocer-in-clayton-in-september-17368054\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":3},"title":"Wright\u2019s Tavern, Louie owner opening Box Hill Grocer in Clayton in September","author":"Alexa Beattie","date":"June 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When we tell you Matt McGuire \u2013 epicurean brainiac behind Wright\u2019s Tavern and Louie \u2013 is opening a\u00a0 \u201cgrocery store,\u201d definitely don\u2019t go thinking Schnucks. You\u2019ll be way off. Box Hill Grocer, directly next door to Wright\u2019s Tavern at 7628 Wydown Blvd., will open around the first week in September\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Places"","block_context":{"text":"Places","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/places-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/box-hill-wrights-tavern-louie-shop-clayton-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/box-hill-wrights-tavern-louie-shop-clayton-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/box-hill-wrights-tavern-louie-shop-clayton-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/box-hill-wrights-tavern-louie-shop-clayton-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/box-hill-wrights-tavern-louie-shop-clayton-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C668&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34702,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/places-2\/best-new-restaurants-2023-no-1-wrights-tavern-17339248\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":4},"title":"Best New Restaurants 2023 \/\/ No. 1 Wright’s Tavern","author":"Iain Shaw","date":"December 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Owner Matt McGuire and executive chef Cary McDowell's initial motivation for Wright's Tavern was to create a restaurant that served the kind of food they wanted to eat. McGuire and McDowell built themselves a place to enjoy a great steak and a Caesar salad, but more importantly, their Clayton steakhouse\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Best New Restaurants"","block_context":{"text":"Best New Restaurants","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/topic\/best-new-restaurants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrights-tavern-best-new-restaurants-st-louis-2023-lg-01.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrights-tavern-best-new-restaurants-st-louis-2023-lg-01.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrights-tavern-best-new-restaurants-st-louis-2023-lg-01.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrights-tavern-best-new-restaurants-st-louis-2023-lg-01.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrights-tavern-best-new-restaurants-st-louis-2023-lg-01.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37281,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/people-2\/wrights-taverns-bar-manager-trevor-johnson-is-obsessive-about-the-details-17339189\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":5},"title":"Wright\u2019s Tavern’s bar manager Trevor Johnson is obsessive about the details","author":"Matt Sorrell","date":"January 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Age: 27 Job title: Bar manager, Wright\u2019s Tavern Why watch him: He\u2019s obsessive about the details Trevor Johnson has been around. Among other gigs, he\u2019s worked the bar at the Missouri Athletic Club and served as the daytime dough prep guy at Louie. He spent a bit of time in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Bars"","block_context":{"text":"Bars","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/topic\/bars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trevor-johnson-bartender-wrights-tavern-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trevor-johnson-bartender-wrights-tavern-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trevor-johnson-bartender-wrights-tavern-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trevor-johnson-bartender-wrights-tavern-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trevor-johnson-bartender-wrights-tavern-st-louis-lg.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_collection_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_collection_taxonomy?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_collection_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_collection_section?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}