ST. LOUIS — Those missing Robbie Montgomery’s famous fried chicken, macaroni and cheese or collard greens should make room on their plate.
Montgomery has plans to open Sweetie Pie’s 2nd Act at Kingshighway Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in north St. Louis, just east of Sherman Park.
The restaurant would mark the first location since the brand’s last location, Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust on Delmar Boulevard, closed last fall. Another location, in Jackson, Mississippi, closed this past spring, according to local media reports.
Montgomery plans to invest nearly $4 million for the new location at 4949 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which she bought through her 4949 Development LLC in November for $135,000, city records show. About 25 jobs could be created with this new location.
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She’s seeking 10 years of tax abatement as well as the right to use eminent domain for an adjacent property at 4923 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in case negotiations to buy that property fail, according to documents filed with the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.
The LCRA is slated to discuss the item at its virtual meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Montgomery opened her first Sweetie Pie’s 25 years ago and later scored her own reality television show on Oprah Winfrey’s network called “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.”
Her son — former business partner and TV show co-star James “Tim” Norman — last year was convicted on federal murder-for-hire charges in the death of nephew Andre Montgomery Jr., Montgomery’s grandson.
Customers came in droves to support Sweetie Pie’s final day of business in St. Louis on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Earlier this week the restaurant announce the closure on social media to make room for the expansion of the John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital.
Video by Jordan Opp, jopp@post-dispatch.com
Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust, the last location in the region for Montgomery’s famous family-run enterprise, on Sunday served its last plate of fried chicken, its last slice of peach cobbler.
Travell Anthony Hill apologized to Andre Montgomery’s family during sentencing Thursday.
Former St. Louis reality TV star James “Tim” Norman will serve life in prison for conspiring to kill his nephew.
Photos: Customers wait in long lines on the final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
“We love you,” said Mr. Gary, aka “The King of Hospitality,” host of the ‘Them Yo People’ television show, who surprised Sweetie Pie’s owner Robbie Montgomery with a bouquet of roses and floral cake on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The last St. Louis location of the restaurant was on Delmar Boulevard near Grand Boulevard.
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Security guard Eddie Chandler walks customer Ann Tate to her car as a crowd waits outside to get into Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Evelyn Fluellen announces to the people waiting in line Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust at 3643 Delmar Boulevard is open for their last day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The news, for now, closes the last St. Louis location of the restaurant made famous by the long-running OWN reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Watch Now: Customers support Sweetie Pie’s on final day of business in St. Louis
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Customers mob owner Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust when she walks out of the kitchen to say hello on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Owner Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust waves to customers on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The news, for now, closes the last St. Louis location of the restaurant 3643 Delmar Boulevard made famous by the long-running OWN reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
A photographer of owner Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust hangs on the wall behind customers who came for the last day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The news, for now, closes the last St. Louis location of the restaurant at 3643 Delmar Boulevard made famous by the long-running OWN reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Swai fillets were an option for the $10 plate on the final day of operation at Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The news, for now, closes the last St. Louis location of the restaurant at 3643 Delmar Boulevard, made famous by the long-running OWN reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Owner Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust, right, works in the kitchen on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.
Final day of the last St. Louis-area location of Sweetie Pie’s
Customers photograph owner Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust as she waves on the restaurant’s final day of operation on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The news, for now, closes the last St. Louis location of the restaurant at 3643 Delmar Boulevard made famous by the long-running OWN reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
