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Reentry Resources in St. Louis

Food Assistance

St. Louis Area Food Bank Pantry Locator

The St. Louis Area Food Bank partners with hundreds of organizations to supply food to pantries. Their website helps you locate the food pantry nearest to you, as well as clothing suppliers and soup kitchens. To find a food pantry near you, visit https://stlfoodbank.org/find-food/ and type in the box labelled “Your Location.” You can type in your address, ZIP code, municipality, or whatever other location information you think would be most helpful. Decide how far from that location you are able to go, and make that number your “Search Radius.” Using the “Category Filter,” you can decide whether you want to search for clothing, food pantries, or soup kitchens. There is also an option to search for pantries that serve HIV-positive clients only. Click “Search” to see a map of the resources that match your search criteria, as well as a list of resources to the left of the map. Scroll to see all resources in this list.


DC Café - Free Lunch Service

Location:

4324 Margaretta Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63115

The DC Café is located near to bus stops on the 18 (Taylor) bus line.

Contact Information:

(314) 381-0700

Available at the Saint Louis Dream Center on Wednesdays between 12:00pm and 1:00pm; accessible via Metro Bus 18 and Metro Bus 4. The schedule is subject to change, so you may want to call the phone number listed above to confirm lunch access for a particular day.


Cosgrove's Daily Soup Kitchen

The Society of St. Vincent De Paul Belleville, IL sponsors lunch at 12:00pm six days per week, every week of the year.

Location:

3718 State Street
East St. Louis, IL 62205

Contact Information:

(618) 394-0126

Cosgrove’s Daily Soup Kitchen is located near to 1 (State) bus stops (State @ 37 is the closest stop).


Peter and Paul Meals Program

Peter & Paul Community Services offers free dinner on the 2nd through 21st of every month, Monday through Friday, 5pm – 5:45pm. Peter & Paul Community Service provides supportive services to people who are homeless, especially those who experience mental illness or live with HIV.

Location:

812 Allen Ave
St. Louis, MO 63104

Contact Information:

(314) 588-7111
https://www.stspeterandpaulstl.org/meal-service


St. Vincent De Paul Meals Program

The Society of St. Vincent De Paul in St Louis offers free dinner on the 22nd through 1st of every month, 5pm – 6pm. Free lunch is available Monday through Saturday from 11am to 1pm and Sunday from 10:15am to 11:15am.

Location:

1408 S. 10th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104

Contact Information:

(314) 881-6000
https://svdpstlouis.org/


Trinity Soulard Soup Alley

Hot food and other essentials are distributed from Trinity’s Parish House window Monday through Saturday, 9am to 10:30pm.

Location:

1408 S. 10th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104

Contact Information:

(314) 881-6000
https://svdpstlouis.org/