Bormio

Bormio began life in early 2024 as Bacaro, a Venetian cicchetti bar that Wayne and Kendele Sieve opened in the lower level of Noto, their acclaimed Italian restaurant in St. Peters. When a trademark conflict forced a rename that December, the Sieves went further than a new sign: they rebuilt the concept around Bormio, a town in the Italian Alps, and by spring 2025 had rolled out a full menu of Alpine Crest cooking drawing on Northern Italian, Swiss, Austrian, Slovenian and German traditions. Feast Magazine had already crowned the room its Best New Restaurant of 2024 under the old name.

The zero-proof program is printed as its own menu — a section of the house 'drink map' headlined 'Clear views.' — and it goes far beyond token lemonade. Five signature mocktails ($13) lean on craft NA spirits: Pom at Altitude (Dhos Orange Essence, pomegranate, lime, pine simple), Ash & Fig (Cut Above zero-proof mezcal, caramelized fig syrup, lime), Vitality (Little Saints with lion's mane, beet, citrus and orgeat), the Mountain Forager (Saint Heck sumac and Feragaia herbal NA spirits with pine and apple) and an NA Espressotini built on Saint Heck Wierenga, Lyre's Amaretti and cold-brew espresso. Bottles and cans add Weihenstephaner's non-alcoholic hefeweissbier, Best Day Brewing's Hazy IPA and a 200mL alcohol-removed Mionetto prosecco. The restaurant credits its bartender Megan with the list, promising mocktails get the same care as the classic cocktails; past seasonal rotations have poured Seedlip Spice 94 hot toddies and a pine-tea Alpine Elixir.

Critics tracked the transformation closely. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's February 2025 review ran under the headline 'Noto Italian Restaurant triumphs again with Alpine-inspired Bormio in St. Peters,' Sauce Magazine spotlighted its mini sourdough waffles with caviar, and Feast's April 2025 first look described meticulously crafted cocktails and mocktails threaded with spruce, rosemary, elderflower and berries — with a wave of new diners treating the room like a multicourse dinner destination. Hours run in miniature, Wednesday through Saturday evenings only, out in St. Charles County — worth the drive from the city, with Noto waiting upstairs and a nightcap that needs no alcohol: fig, sumac, pine and espresso, mapped like a ridgeline across the NA list.