Crushed Red – Kirkwood

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CRUSHED RED in Kirkwood takes pride in making environmental responsibility part of its culture, making it a great spot to get a quick meal that you can feel good about.

Crushed Red is exceptional at reducing its waste footprint. Unlike most fast-casual restaurants in St. Louis, Crushed Red composts both its kitchen scraps and customer leftovers, reducing the amount of organic materials sent to the landfill. Organic materials like food waste decompose anaerobically in a landfill, which causes the release of methane – a greenhouse gas with over 26 times the warming potential of CO₂ – this makes reducing food waste essential to curbing climate change and reducing Crushed Red’s environmental impact.  LED lighting, LED menu screens, and EnergyStar equipment help reduce their energy consumption.

Another way Crushed Red reduces their single-use waste is through providing dine-in customers with reusable cutlery, plates, and even napkins! They use post-consumer paper products whenever possible (made from recycled material), which helps to support the recycling industry and avoids clear-cutting virgin forests.

Crushed Red, in contrast with most fast-casual restaurants, doesn’t do fried food. Instead, they offer chopped salads with organic dressings, tasty, personal pizzas, Fitz’s Root Beer, and a great selection of local beers like Schlafly, Civil Life, and Modern, on tap.

Crushed Red’s Kirkwood location is known for its huge patio, its walkability for area residents, its fast, fresh food, and its proximity to the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market, train station, and historic downtown area. Be sure to pay them a visit next time you’re in Kirkwood!