There was a place in St. Louis called “Imo’s” - not in “The Hill” neighborhood, but as I recall maybe near U. City. They called their pie “St. Louis style”, and it did have a distinctly different taste - and a pretty good one, at least in my opinion.
I’m here to tell the world that St. Louis hill district is a gem of Italian food that rivals much larger cities
One of my best buddies was born in Rome and raised in the Oranges and he married a southern Missouri girl who considers herself a Dixie lass
He was bowed over when she took him to the Hill in St Louis
Said it was as authentic as anywhere in Jersey or Brooklyn
I’ve since made it a point to time it when I pass through there headed west for eats
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=italian&find_loc=The+Hill%2C+Saint+Louis%2C+MO