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Located at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton at\u00a0100 Carondelet Plaza, the new concept from Italian restaurateur\u00a0Mario Iaccarino is slated to open next month.\u00a0 Casa Don Alfonso is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;First Looks&quot;","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\/2021\/02\/casa-don-alfonso-ritz-st-louis-lg-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/casa-don-alfonso-ritz-st-louis-lg-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/casa-don-alfonso-ritz-st-louis-lg-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/casa-don-alfonso-ritz-st-louis-lg-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/casa-don-alfonso-ritz-st-louis-lg-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47911,"url":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/topic\/places-topic\/casa-don-alfonso-will-open-casa-boutique-this-winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":48084,"position":5},"title":"Casa Don Alfonso will open Casa Boutique this winter","author":"Lauren Healey","date":"November 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Casa Don Alfonso in Clayton will soon open Casa Boutique, offering pastries, espresso and retail items.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Feature Follows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Feature Follows","link":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/category\/feature-follows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Casa-Boutique.png?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Casa-Boutique.png?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Casa-Boutique.png?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Casa-Boutique.png?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48084","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\/1315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48087,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48084\/revisions\/48087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48084"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_collection_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_collection_taxonomy?post=48084"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_collection_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_collection_section?post=48084"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=48084"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saucemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=48084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}