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Mathew's Kitchen
Mathew's Kitchen is a family owned restaurant located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The restaurant is known for serving "comfort food with a twist". Mathew Unger is the owner and opened the restaurant in 2011. Unger is also the chef for the restaurant. The majority of the recipes are old family recipes. Every meal is made from scratch with changing ingredients for the seasons (Unger, 2014). The atmosphere is family-friendly.

Background
The owner of Mathew’s Kitchen is Mathew Unger, who has taken a distinct journey to get to where he is now. Unger had an early interest in cooking, he took his first culinary class at the age of eight with the sisters of Notre Dame. However, Unger did not take his culinary interests into college. He studied business, and became a stockbroker for PaineWebber. Overtime, he shifted his interests back to cooking. He then studied the culinary arts at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis, MO, and then the Culinary Institute of America’s in St. Helena, CA. He became executive chef at Missouri Athletic Club-West in Town and Country for 7 and a half years. However, Unger’s intention was to always own his own place. The location of Mathew’s Kitchen (5625 Hampton Ave. St. Louis, MO) was originally owned by Mary Rose Del Pietro and her family for 35 years. The Del Pietro family was known for owning a variety of restaurants, including (but not limited to) Luciano’s Trattoria, The Block, and Sugo’s Spaghetteria. Del Pietro announced her retirement in the summer of 2011, and closed and leased the building to Unger, owner of Matthews Kitchen. Its original name was Del Pietro, serving predominantly Italian cuisine. Ironically Matthews Kitchen does not serve many Italian items, rather than one flatbread item simply titled “Not Pizza.”

Food
The restaurant is known for their “comfort food with a twist”. Every traditional dish has unique ingredients. For example, the Mac & Cheese has lobster tails mixed in with the cheesy sauce. New additions were added to the menu. They are the Grilled Flank Steak, Duck & Mussel Pot Pie, and Pumpkin Bread Pudding. The Menu Item of the Month is the Lobster Mac & Cheese, and the Drink of the Month is Pumpkin Brandy Alexander.

Sunday Brunch
Mathew’s Kitchen has a brunch every Sunday starting at 10 am. The food item Matthew’s Kitchen is widely known for is its chicken and waffles. The meal consists of waffle battered fried chicken with bacon and syrup. A few other meals a customer could order for brunch are corned beef hash, steak and eggs, slinger over tator tots, and huevos ranchos. In addition to these courses, Mathew’s Kitchen serves breakfast sandwiches that include brunch burger, ham and egg, ultimate grilled cheese, and philly cheese steak.

Lunch
For lunch, Mathew’s Kitchen has soups and salads. There is always tomato soup and a soup of the day. Sandwiches like the pig, smokey chicken salad, and Rueben are also served. Mathew’s pizzas are unique like their pesto shrimp pizza and sad pig (Unger, 2014).

Dinner
The dinner menu contains some of the same items as the lunch menu like the pizzas and salads. Also on the menu, there are plates and cast irons. A few of the plates are turf and turf, off the hook, and Matthew’s cut. The two cast irons are flank steak and duck and mussel potpie. The desserts, or “sweets”, on the menu for dinner are half-baked brownie, apple strudel, peanut butter kitkat, and pumpkin break pudding (Unger, 2014).

Drinks
Mathew’s Kitchen has a wide variety of drinks ranging from alcoholic to sodas. For customers over 21, a Wine List is provided that also includes a Craft Beer List (Unger, 2014).

Special Events
Mathew’s Kitchen caters for special events. No matter the event, Matthew’s Kitchen has it covered. Mathew’s Kitchen can create the perfect party, whether it is a wedding rehearsal, shower, special birthday, company meeting or even a family celebration. Matthew’s Kitchen also allows you to create your own menu to compliment your special event. They have a remodeled banquet rooms that includes floor to ceiling windows and an open floor plan making an intimate setting for your guests.

Cardinal Glennon Charity
During the fall 2014 season, Unger offered to donate $100 to Cardinal Glennon Charity for each home run hit by the Cardinals during the playoffs. Mathew’s ended up owing the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center $800.

Acknowledgements
In September of 2014, Mathew's Kitchen was highlighted as a small business in the South city neighborhood who joined in on the “shop local campaign.”.

Social Media
Mathew's Kitchen uses Facebook to advertise pictures of their food, raise awareness on upcoming events, and to provide a space for customer reviews.