South County Caterers Opening New Restaurants on Telegraph Road

Two new restaurants are coming to Telegraph Road--and they're both from familiar faces to the Mehlville and Lemay dining scene.

Genesis Catering owner Matt Casalone is opening an Italian-influenced family restaurant near his banquet hall, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Casalone told the Post-Dispatch carry-out will be available for families on the go.

Post-Dispatch is also reporting that the long-awaited Cafe Telegraph will finally open in the former Rec Room up the road in Lemay. The spot will offer pizza for those St. Louisans who aren't so in love with provel, according to the report. 

Cafe Telegraph was expected to open in July 2012, but the road to renovation has been long.

Read more: New Café Telegraph to Focus on Smoked Meat

Cafe Telegraph will be operated by Café Affton owner Bill Cieslinski and his business partners, Bill Raible and Matt Schweiss. Cieslinski also owns Exquisite Catering.

Both of these restaurants received $10,000 Port Authority Facade Improvement Grants from the St. Louis County Port Authority, according to the St. Louis County Facebook page.

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