Press
Seasonally driven restaurants in St. Louis: Vicia, Bistro La Floraison, and Winslow’s Table. For interviews, images, and fact-checking, use the contacts below.
Press contact: tara@takeroothospitality.com
Press Highlights — National
Eater — Best New Restaurants in America (Vicia, 2017)
Esquire — Best New Restaurants in America (2017)
Food & Wine — Best New Chefs (Michael Gallina, 2018)
Eater — “One of the Year’s Biggest Openings” (Vicia)
USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice — Vicia #2 Best New Restaurant (2017/2018 cycle)
Press Highlights — St. Louis & Regional
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — STL 100: Vicia #1 (2019 Top 100)
St. Louis Magazine — Bistro La Floraison review & “Best Restaurants” features (2022–2024)
Sauce Magazine — Bistro La Floraison: Best New Restaurants #3 (2022); Sauce 75 list (2024)
Sauce Magazine — Winslow’s Table: Best New Restaurants #6 (2020)
St. Louis Magazine — Winslow’s Table feature (2020)
Recent Coverage
James Beard Awards — Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist (Take Root Hospitality: Michael Gallina, Tara Gallina, Aaron Martinez) — 2023 & 2024
James Beard Awards — 2025 Emerging Chef semifinalist list includes Vicia’s Jane Sacro Chatham — 2025
Sauce Magazine — Winslow’s Table focuses on farm-fresh food (2025)
St. Louis Magazine — Bistro La Floraison noted across patio & best-of lists (2024–2025)
Boilerplate
Take Root Hospitality is the St. Louis restaurant group behind Vicia, Bistro La Floraison, and Winslow’s Table. Since opening Vicia in 2017, the team has centered peak-season ingredients, genuine hospitality, and community partnerships—recognition includes Eater/Esquire Best New Restaurants, Food & Wine Best New Chef (Michael Gallina, 2018), and James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist (2023, 2024).