Acero is an Italian restaurant located in Maplewood, Missouri

Maplewood, Missouri

Maplewood is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County. The population was 8,046 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Maplewood is located at ....

 at 7266 Manchester Road, in suburban St. Louis. It is owned by chef Jim Fiala

Jim Fiala

Jim Fiala is a chef who owns four restaurants in the St. Louis, Missouri area. His restaurants are The Terrace View in Citygarden, The Crossing in Clayton, Missouri, Liluma in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood and Acero in Maplewood, Missouri....

 and the Executive Chef is Adam Karl Gnau. James Fiala also owns The Crossing in Clayton, Missouri

Clayton, Missouri

Clayton is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 15,939 at the 2010 census. The city was organized in 1877 and is named after Ralph Clayton, who donated the land for the courthouse.-Geography:...

 and Liluma in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood and also the terrace view in the city garden.

Acero features the food of the different states in Italy. Acero is the Italian word for "maple" and is pronounced "ah-CHER-oh."

Entrees at Acero include Sea Scallops with a Mushroom

Mushroom

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...

 Ragu, Porchetta

Porchetta

Porchetta is a savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. The body of the pig is gutted, deboned, arranged carefully with layers of stuffing, meat, fat, and skin, then rolled, spitted, and roasted, traditionally over wood...

 with Polenta

Polenta

Polenta is a dish made from boiled cornmeal. The word "polenta" is borrowed from Italian.-Description:Polenta is made with ground yellow or white cornmeal , which can be ground coarsely or finely depending on the region and the texture desired.As it is known today, polenta derives from earlier...

 and Hormone-Free Sirloin with spinach

Spinach

Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...

 and fennel

Fennel

Fennel is a plant species in the genus Foeniculum . It is a member of the family Apiaceae . It is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves...

. Acero's menu includes Egg Raviolo. This appetizer features a soft-boiled egg yolk wrapped in pasta

Pasta

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat , water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the...

, plus three cheeses and a touch of fresh spinach

Spinach

Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...

. It also features Italian wines.

Acero was included in the 2008 annual restaurant issue of Bon Appetit

Bon Appétit

Bon Appétit describes itself as "a food and entertaining magazine" and is published monthly. Named after the French phrase for "Enjoy your meal", it was started by M. Frank Jones in Kansas City in 1956...

 magazine. “The Best Italian Food in America” were the words on the cover of the issue (September, 2008.) Acero was the only St. Louis restaurant to be included.

Acero's Tuscan White Anchovies are shown on the cover of the March, 2009, issue of Sauce magazine, a dining publication distributed in the St. Louis area.

External links

• Acero web site

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