Cava offers pre-crafted and customizable bowls, salads and pita wraps and is known for its dips and sauces.
DES PERES, Mo. — A Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain plans its first St. Louis-area location.
Cava, a restaurant chain serving Mediterranean fast-casual and finer-dining meals that is chaired by former Panera Bread leader and Au Bon Pain founder Ron Shaich, plans to open a location in Des Peres, according to plans submitted to the city.
The existing space at 12340 Manchester Road, inside the Des Peres Corners shopping center, will be converted into a restaurant, according to the filings. The shopping center, which is close to the West County Center mall, will also soon house one of the first St. Louis-area locations of trendy chicken chain Dave’s Hot Chicken.
Consideration of a conditional use permit for the restaurant is underway, and was postponed to Oct. 8 at Cava’s request.
The chain offers pre-crafted and customizable bowls, salads and pita wraps and is known for its dips and sauces, including harissa, red pepper hummus and tzatziki. It only has one other current Missouri location, in Lee’s Summit, according to its website.
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