A Small-Plates Room That Handles Both Occasions
Little Fox works two very different rooms out of the same kitchen: the anniversary dinner and the Saturday morning after the Tower Grove Farmers Market, and it manages both without contradiction. The menu leans on eggs, salads, and seasonal vegetables rather than a signature protein, which puts real pressure on sourcing and timing since there is no fried centerpiece to hide behind. That the format holds up at both ends of the day, from a market-casual brunch crowd to a dressed-up dinner table ordering several small plates to share, says the kitchen is disciplined about produce rather than dependent on one showpiece dish. The brunch service reads as genuinely welcoming to walk-ins fresh off a farmers market trip, no advance notice needed and no attitude about what someone is wearing.
That matters in a city where brunch rooms can lean precious. At dinner the format shifts toward composed small plates meant for sharing, the kind of ordering pattern that rewards a table willing to work through four or five dishes rather than commit to one entree. Vegetables get treated as the main event here rather than a side thought, which fits the broader shift among newer American kitchens in this metro toward produce-driven menus instead of protein-first ones. Pricing sits in the moderate range, which makes the small-plates format a reasonable bet for a couple wanting to build a dinner out of several dishes without an entree-plus-two-sides tab.
The room itself gets described as pretty and well kept, suited to an anniversary without requiring formality. For a city with no shortage of options for either brunch or occasion dinners, a single address that handles both with the same kitchen and doesn't drop the ball at either end is worth noting on its own terms. This is not a room chasing a signature dish; it is one built around technique applied evenly across eggs, greens, and whatever vegetable is in season, which is a harder trick to sustain than it sounds.
