$9.60 Toasted Ravioli, All Day Sunday: Why Sunday Beats Friday at Satchmo’s
Revised October 11, 2026
What is the best restaurant in Chesterfield, MO?
For a relaxed night out, try Satchmo’s Bar & Grill at 13375 Olive Boulevard, where the toasted ravioli comes to $9.60 during a happy hour that starts at 2 p.m. daily and runs all day Sunday, with 20% off every appetizer. New owners remodeled it, Monday brings sizzling fajitas, kids eat free Wednesday, and Thursday has free trivia at 7. For a white-tablecloth anniversary, book one of Chesterfield’s fine dining rooms instead.
Keep reading ↓The toasted ravioli steams when you break one open, the breading crackles, and the draft beside it sweats onto the bar while a game murmurs on the TV overhead. At Satchmo’s, in the Woodchase Shopping Plaza at 13375 Olive Boulevard, that basket is $9.60 during happy hour: 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and all day Sunday from the 11 a.m. open.
That’s why Sunday beats Friday here. Happy hour means 20 percent off every appetizer, $2 off drafts, $3 wells and $4 house wine, and on the current online menu that turns the $12 toasted ravioli into $9.60 and the $16 eggroll trio, buffalo chicken, pizza and taco, into $12.80, so two people can split both with two well drinks on a Sunday for $28.40 before tax and tip. Send that to whoever’s picking the Sunday spot. And if you’re reading old reviews, check the dates: new owners took over in mid-2024, and their operating manager, Matt Mitchell, had opened 27 restaurants for chains like Applebee’s and Red Robin before this one, St. Louis Restaurant Review reported.
The name over the door is Louis Armstrong’s. In 1919 he came up the Mississippi on a Streckfus excursion steamer with Fate Marable’s band, looked up at downtown St. Louis and asked whether all those tall buildings were colleges, historian William Howland Kenney recounts in Jazz on the River; on those boats, the National Mississippi River Museum notes, he learned to read music. Satchmo’s says on its own site that it’s named for him and quotes him there: “What a wonderful world.” When the second basket lands, raise a $3 well drink to the kid on the steamer deck.
Then pick your night by how you want it to sound. Monday, the chicken and steak fajita skillet hisses across the room. Wednesday, kids eat free and the turkey melt comes off the grill. Thursday at 7, free trivia starts and a Philly cheesesteak sits next to your answer sheet until 8:30. Most Saturdays at 6, a local act plugs in, no cover. Tuesday’s steakhouse salad and Friday’s golden fish and chips fill in the week. Specials rotate, so call (314) 392-9401 before you build a night around one.
A riverboat name on a bar-and-grill menu
Powdered sugar is the first clue: the Monte Cristo comes deep-fried and dusted with it, and some of it ends up on your shirt. The rest of the menu is built for a bar stool: a double cheeseburger called the Big Mo, an 8-ounce sirloin, a full bar and TVs for the game. Its current site is satchmosgrill.com, and the old satchmosbarandgrill.com address is dead, so ignore any listing that still points there.
Toasted ravioli first, then the eggrolls
Toasted ravioli ($12). The breading cracks and the filling steams when you bite through. This is St. Louis, so order the city’s own appetizer first; at happy hour it’s $9.60.
The eggroll trio ($16). Grilled buffalo chicken, pepperoni pizza with marinara, and beef taco with avocado crema, one of each; the wrappers shatter, and the buffalo one is the plate St. Louis Restaurant Review gave five stars.
The Big Mo ($17). The menu’s signature double cheeseburger, American cheese and thousand island running toward your wrist, with tots or onion rings on the side.
Prices are from the restaurant’s own menus and can change. Sides run $5. Save room for the apple wontons ($8): fried, filled with apple pie filling, and dusted in cinnamon sugar under a drizzle of caramel.
A game on, a draft in hand
Come on a Thursday at 7 and you’ll hear the room before you see it: free trivia, hosted by Unleashed Entertainment, with prizes every round until 8:30. Wednesday is the night to bring the kids, because they eat free, and the turkey melt special comes off the grill with the cheese still sliding. Save room for the chocolate chip cookie skillet, baked to order and slumping under vanilla ice cream, fudge and caramel ($8).
Saturdays are getting louder. The owners are booking local musicians for most Saturdays at 6, no cover and all ages, so a bar named for a trumpet player gets live music in the room; the lineup goes up on the bar’s Facebook page first. Before 6 on any day, a $4 glass of house wine or a $3 well drink is the cheapest seat in the house.
The 2 o’clock rule
Two questions come up every time: what’s actually included in the happy hour, and what time it starts. Plenty of places advertise one and then discount two drafts and a basket of fries, and most don’t start until you’ve already left work.
That 2 p.m. start is the part people miss. Most happy hours wait until 3 or 4; this one catches the early shift, the retirees and the parents between school pickup and practice, with 20% off all appetizers, $2 off drafts, $3 wells and $4 house wine, and Sunday running all day. It turns an ordinary weeknight into an affordable one, and it’s a smart window to try the place for the first time without committing to a full dinner.
Monday’s fajitas are the special you hear coming, still hissing on the skillet as they cross the room.
As with any restaurant, exact happy-hour times and daily specials can shift, so it’s worth a quick call to (314) 392-9401 or a look at the current menu before you go - especially if you’re building a night around the deals. A two-minute check beats showing up on the one night the schedule changed.
Unrelated, but someone still owes you an explanation of Provel cheese.
A note on the menu, so you’re not surprised
Because Satchmo’s changed ownership and reworked its menu, some older write-ups and stale online listings still describe dishes that aren’t part of the current kitchen. If you’ve seen a review promising a particular sandwich or dessert that isn’t on the menu when you visit, that’s why - the food evolved with the new team. When in doubt, the menu at satchmosgrill.com and a quick call to (314) 392-9401 are the sources to trust, not a years-old blog post or a stale listing.
We’d rather tell you that plainly than send you in chasing a dish that’s no longer served. The upside of a menu reset is that what’s there now reflects a kitchen that chose it on purpose - and the savory burgers and from-scratch touches are the pieces regulars are talking about.
Fine dining for the anniversary, Satchmo’s for a Tuesday
Ask around for the must-try restaurants in Chesterfield and you will mostly hear about two things: the fine dining rooms - the steak houses and chef-driven places out toward the airport road - and the restaurants out in Chesterfield Valley. Those are real, and they are worth the reservation. But they answer a different question than the one most people are actually asking on a Tuesday, which is closer to: where is the best place to eat in Chesterfield when nobody wants to dress up, plan ahead, or spend ninety dollars a head?
West St. Louis County is thick with national chains - the same signs, the same menus, the same everything you’d find in any suburb in the country. An independently owned bar and grill like Satchmo’s is a different animal. The people who own it are running one restaurant, in one community, and staking their name on it - which tends to show up in the details, from a house-made sauce to a server who actually remembers you.
There’s a real story in the reopening, too. Taking over an existing restaurant, gutting and remodeling it, and betting months of work on winning a neighborhood back over is no small thing. Choosing a place like this over the interchangeable option down the road is a small vote for the kind of local dining scene worth having - and, happily, you usually eat and drink better for it. It’s exactly the sort of neighborhood spot a good local directory exists to help people find.
Looking for more Chesterfield and west-county spots? Our Wentzville and St. Charles County dining guides and the wider roundup of St. Louis restaurants locals love point you to more independent kitchens worth the drive.
If you’re the owner of a neighborhood bar like this one, notice how Satchmo’s gives nearly every night of the week its own special, and the Gold plan puts yours, with your hours and photos, in front of more customers picking a place tonight.
Your first visit, start to finish
Never been, or coming back after the remodel? Keep it simple. Start with a shareable appetizer for the table while everyone settles in and looks at the menu. For your main, a burger is the safe, crowd-pleasing move on a first visit - it’s the signature, and it’s the fastest way to judge whether a new-to-you bar and grill knows what it’s doing. If you want to see the kitchen stretch a little, ask what they are proudest of - there is more here than pub standards.
Time it around the daily happy hour if you can - it’s the friendliest way to sample the place without committing to a full dinner tab, and it’s an easy sell for talking a few friends into joining. Finish with something sweet if you’ve got room - a fitting end to a local night out. Go in relaxed, plan to linger, and you’ll get the point of the place quickly.
Making a night of it in west county
One of the quiet advantages of a spot like Satchmo’s is location. Chesterfield is an easy hub for the western suburbs, so it’s simple to fold dinner here into a larger evening - a movie, some shopping, a walk, or an event nearby - without anyone having to trek downtown and back. A dependable, unfussy bar and grill is exactly the anchor a casual night out needs: somewhere you can land before or after whatever else you’re doing.
It also works for the range of occasions real life actually throws at you - a low-key date, a family dinner where the kids and the grown-ups both find something they like, a place to watch the game with friends, or a quick weeknight meal when nobody feels like cooking. That flexibility is underrated. The restaurants that become genuine regulars aren’t usually the fanciest ones; they’re the reliable, comfortable spots that fit however the evening is shaping up.
The bet the new owners made
Satchmo’s opened in 2013, and a new ownership group took it over in mid-2024. They spent five months remodeling, swapped the old sports-bar menu for a short one that runs from burgers to steaks, and inherited hundreds of online reviews written about the old place, which is why the dates on those reviews matter.
There’s an art to this kind of restaurant that’s easy to take for granted. A great neighborhood bar and grill has to be a lot of things at once: casual enough to walk into after work in whatever you’re wearing, but good enough that you’d happily bring an out-of-town friend. Affordable enough to be a habit, but with a few dishes that feel like a small treat. Familiar every time, without getting boring. That’s a harder balance to strike than it looks, which is why the ones that get it right earn such loyal regulars.
The reopening under new ownership is really a bet on exactly that balance - taking a place with an established name in the community and sharpening it into somewhere people want to return to week after week. Whether any restaurant pulls that off is ultimately decided one meal at a time, by whether the burger’s right and the service is warm and the room feels good to sit in. On the strength of the refreshed menu and the care that clearly went into the remodel, Satchmo’s has given itself a real shot at becoming that kind of Chesterfield regular.
Before you go
You’ll find Satchmo’s Bar & Grill at 13375 Olive Boulevard, Chesterfield, MO 63017, phone (314) 392-9401. It opens at 11 a.m. daily and closes at 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, per its own site. A few quick notes:
What it is: a casual-to-upscale American bar and grill - burgers, sandwiches, salads, shareable starters, and a full bar - under new ownership since 2024.
Best bets: the savory burgers, a shareable starter, and something sweet to finish.
Deals: a daily afternoon happy hour, posted as 2 to 6 pm and all day Sunday; call ahead to confirm current specials.
Extras: live music most Saturdays at 6 p.m., free trivia Thursdays at 7, TVs for the game, and private parties booked by phone.
For anyone in Chesterfield, Ballwin, Ellisville, or the wider west county, Satchmo’s is a reliable, refreshed option for a relaxed night out close to home - no drive downtown required. If you’ve been meaning to check out what the new owners did with it, this is your nudge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the must-try restaurants in Chesterfield?
The ones worth your time are the independents rather than the franchises off the highway. Satchmo’s Bar & Grill at 13375 Olive Boulevard is one of them: an American bar and grill that changed hands and reopened under its new owners after a full remodel. Burgers, sandwiches, salads, shareable starters and a full bar, in a room built for lingering rather than turning tables.
What is the best place to eat in Chesterfield?
It depends entirely on the night you are having. For an anniversary, Chesterfield’s fine dining rooms earn the reservation. For a Tuesday when nobody wants to dress up, a neighborhood bar and grill like Satchmo’s does more real work: no wait, no production, a full bar, and a kitchen that cooks a short menu properly. Browse the Chesterfield dining guide to compare by mood rather than by ranking.
What are some good fine dining restaurants in Chesterfield, Mo.?
Chesterfield has a genuine fine dining tier, concentrated toward Chesterfield Airport Road and the newer developments. Satchmo’s is honestly not one of them and does not pretend to be. It is a casual-to-upscale neighborhood bar and grill in the $10 to $20 range. For white tablecloths, start with our local’s guide to eating in Chesterfield; for a good burger and a seat at the bar, this is your room.
What are some good restaurants in Chesterfield Valley, Mo?
Worth being precise, because the two halves of Chesterfield are not the same place. Chesterfield Valley is the newer commercial corridor along Chesterfield Airport Road, with big developments, national names and a handful of genuinely good independents. Satchmo’s is not in the Valley; it sits about fifteen minutes east at 13375 Olive Boulevard, in the older part of town. The Chesterfield dining guide covers both halves.
What is included in the happy hour?
At Satchmo’s, the happy hour runs daily from 2 to 6 pm and all day Sunday: 20% off all appetizers, $2 off drafts, $3 well drinks and $4 house wine. The appetizer discount covers the whole list, which is the part most places quietly limit. Specials change, so call (314) 392-9401 to confirm before you go.
What time does most happy hour start?
Most St. Louis-area happy hours start at 3 or 4 pm, which is awkward if you finish early or are meeting people before an evening plan. Satchmo’s has posted a 2 pm start running to 6 pm every day, earlier and longer than the local norm, so it’s worth a quick call to confirm the window before you build a night around it.
Where can I find the best happy hour in Chesterfield, Missouri?
Judge it on three things: how long the window runs, whether food is discounted or only drinks, and whether it happens every day or just on weekdays. Satchmo’s posted happy hour scores on all three, with four hours, the full appetizer menu and seven days a week. It opens at 11 a.m. every day, so a 2 pm start is easy to catch.
What’s the best restaurant in St. Louis?
There’s no single answer, and the critics’ lists change every year. For a big night, the city’s chef-driven rooms get the attention; for a casual west county dinner, an independent like Satchmo’s on Olive often beats the chains on value and warmth. Our local’s guide to where to eat in St. Louis sorts the city by occasion.
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