Email Author Ian Froeb

Awards

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 11, 2010

  "Near Beer"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Jeffrey Plaza Jewel"

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2006 Stories by Ian Froeb

• St. Louis by the Slice

  published August 30, 2006

  414 THF Boulevard, Chesterfield; 636-530-9222. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fri., noon-11 p.m. Sat., noon-9 p.m. Sun.... More >>

• Red and White Blues

  published August 23, 2006

  I had to read the menu twice to be sure. It was in small print, at the end of the list of ingredients. A mistake, I hoped. A misprint. A trick of... More >>

• Pass the Salsa, Start the Revolution

  published August 16, 2006

  I felt a little strange ordering the "Day of the Dead" platter at Jasoom Mexican Revolutionary Restaurant & Cantina. A twinge of... More >>

• Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life!

  published August 9, 2006

  4470 Arco Avenue, 314-534-1699. Hours: Dinner 6-11 p.m. Fri.-Sat. (Café open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Thu., 8 a.m.-11 p.m Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4... More >>

• My Ohm My

  published August 2, 2006

  My girlfriend returned from the restroom at Bar Louie shaking her head. "What?" I asked, expecting — anticipating — a tale of... More >>

• Cracker

  published June 7, 2006

  Call Cracker's new album, Greenland, many things: haunting, bittersweet or the band's best work since its underrated mid-'90s... More >>

• Frog Eyes

  published May 24, 2006

  Now that the president has decided to deploy National Guard troops to protect our border with Mexico, he should focus his attention on our pesky... More >>

• From Russia with Latkes

  published April 19, 2006

  Our first trip around the dinner buffet at Astoria, my girlfriend hesitated over the latkes. I knew what she was thinking. We'd tried... More >>

• Git Up, Baby!

  published April 12, 2006

  620 Market Street; 314-421-1540. Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 5-11 p.m. Sat., 5-10 p.m. Sun. More >>

• The Loving Tongue

  published April 5, 2006

  Suddenly, on my third visit to Café Natasha's Kabob International, I was nervous. First date nervous. Job interview nervous. I... More >>

• Fiery Furnaces

  published February 22, 2006

  Few bands have endured a critical backlash as severe as the one experienced by the Fiery Furnaces. Backlash seems too tame a term for it,... More >>

• Joyful Noise

  published February 15, 2006

  1 Flying sucks. This, of course, is no great observation. We've all cursed the interminable lines and inexplicable delays that lead us... More >>

• Get Thee to a Winery

  published January 18, 2006

  No Orleans Grayson Capps grew up in Alabama, moved to New Orleans to study acting, formed the... More >>

• Poison!

  published January 11, 2006

  The laws of probability and rock tradition dictate that 2006, like every year before it since the creation of music, will not end without a... More >>