Niche Food Group

Niche Food Group is based in St. Louis, Missouri and owned by executive chef Gerard Craft. As a Food & Wine Best New Chef, Food & Wine Innovator of the Year, 2015 James Beard Foundation Award-winning Best Chef: Midwest, and Inc. Magazine Star Entrepreneur, Chef Craft has been a pioneer for the Midwest dining scene.

Niche Food Group now includes eight restaurants in St. Louis and one in Nashville, Tennessee:

- French bistro fare at Brasserie by Niche and its sister space, Brass Bar (which took the former home of Taste by Niche)
- Approachable Italian at Pastaria (in both St. Louis and Nashville)
- Daytime lunch spot and wine shop at Pastaria Deli & Wine (which took the former home of Sardella)
- Laid-back burgers and brats at brassWELL inside Rockwell Beer Co.
- Craft cocktails, local beer, and natural wine at The Kitchen Bar inside City Foundry Food Hall
- Neapolitan-style pizzas baked in a wood-fired oven at Fordo's Killer Pizza inside City Foundry Food Hall
- Rustic new American brunch and dinner at Bowood by Niche inside Bowood Farms Garden Center