Press
Seasonally driven restaurants in St. Louis: Vicia and Winslow’s Table. For interviews, images, and fact-checking, use the contacts below.
Press contact: Foxglove Communications takeroot@foxglovecommunications.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 #2 (2026 Top 100)
Sauce Magazine — Winslow’s Table: Best New Restaurants #6 (2020)
St. Louis Magazine — Winslow’s Table feature (2020)
Recent Coverage
James Beard Awards—Outstanding Restaurant Finalist — 2026
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)
Boilerplate
Take Root Hospitality is the St. Louis restaurant group behind Vicia 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) and Outstanding Restaurant (2026).