China King – Telegraph Road

This is the St. Paul the way it has long been sold in St. Louis: at the neighborhood Chinese place, on the same menu as the chop suey and the egg foo young. China King gives it a heading of its own and lists seven, so you choose what goes into the egg foo young patty: pork, chicken, ham, beef, shrimp, vegetable, or the house version.

You can eat in or carry out, and the restaurant's own site takes orders for pickup or delivery. It's closed on Mondays. Hours the rest of the week are Tuesday to Thursday 10:30 am to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday 10:30 am to 9:30 pm, and Sunday 11:30 am to 9 pm.

Sources: chinakingsl.com (address, phone, hours, eat-in or take-out, the seven St. Paul sandwiches on its menu; checked 2026-11-03); MapQuest (same address, hours and website; checked 2026-11-03); Mackenzie Martin, "St. Louis immigrants created the St. Paul sandwich 80 years ago", St. Louis Public Radio, 2021-08-24 (chop suey restaurants and the St. Paul). Map pin from the US Census geocoder.