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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2011 Stories by Ian Froeb

• The Five Most Anticipated New St. Louis Restaurants of 2012

  published Dec 30, 2011

  To be frank: This was an odd list to compile. If 2012 continues the trend begun in 2011, St. Louis will welcome many new restaurants over the next twelve months, so singling out only five of them as t... More >>

• The Five Best Vietnamese Restaurants in St. Louis

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our wa... More >>

• A Few More Restaurants of Note from 2011

  published Dec 29, 2011

  This week, I counted down my top ten dishes for 2011, a list drawn mostly (though not entirely) from restaurants that opened this year. In October, I ranked the five best new restaurants in St. Louis ... More >>

• A Public Service Announcement from Gut Check: Don't Drink and Walk This New Year's

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Gut Check doesn't need to tell you not to drink and drive this New Year's Eve and Day. You might spill your drink!Seriously, though. Don't drink and drive.HOWEVER, the answer is not to drink and walk ... More >>

• Slideshow: The Top Ten Dishes of 2011

  published Dec 28, 2011

  The indescribably awesome Jennifer Silverberg has put together a slideshow of my top ten dishes of 2011. (Only #6, the house-cured prosciutto at Taste, a brief summer special, is missing.) Above is th... More >>

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  Top Ten Dishes 2011 #1: Pork Ribs at Salume Beddu

  published Dec 27, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. Look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on Wednesday, December 28.rAn occasional special at the acclai... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #2: The Seared Scallop at Salt

  published Dec 27, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Bloody Mary Mix, Ground Beef Recalled

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Gut Check might have spent the past few days curled up in front of the fireplace with a snifter of brandy and a year's worth of Jane's Defence Weekly, but the food-recall news didn't stop. In the past... More >>

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  Oops!...He Did It Again: RFT's insatiable food scribe chowed his way through another year — what a pig!

  published December 29, 2011

  Looking back over the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011, I see no undeniable trend, no overarching theme. I found as much happiness in the... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #3: The "Hunter's Egg" at Mad Tomato

  published Dec 27, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #4: Smoked Prime Rib at Bogart's Smokehouse

  published Dec 26, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #5: The Burger at Home Wine Kitchen

  published Dec 26, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #6: House-Cured Prosciutto at Taste

  published Dec 26, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #7: Chengu Spicy Beef at Joy Luck Buffet

  published Dec 23, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #8: Red Beans and Rice at Riverbend Restaurant & Bar

  published Dec 23, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #9: Carnitas at La Tejana Taqueria

  published Dec 23, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Top Ten Dishes 2011 #10: The Porchetta Sandwich at Market Grill

  published Dec 23, 2011

  I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on ... More >>

• Cannibalr More Like Canni-bull!

  published Dec 22, 2011

  And so the story that has captivated the world the nation at least one food blogger watching the clock until the holidays has come to its conclusion. As Gut Check suspected, the Dutch television hosts... More >>

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  Food Trucks Hit Speed Bump at Broadway and Pine [Updated]

  published Dec 21, 2011

  A major update, including new details on the cause of the dispute and a lengthy interview with the owner of Monty's Sandwich Emporium, follows the original post after the jump.Over the first year (and... More >>

• Review + Slideshow: Dooley's Beef n Brew House

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Dooley's Beef n Brew House (601 North Grand Boulevard; 314-531-7600) marks the return of a St. Louis institution. My review of Dooley's is now available online, as is Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow o... More >>

• The Frying Dutchmenr Video of Alleged Cannibal Corps d'Esprit Surfaces

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Yesterday, Gut Check told you about two fine, young would-be cannibals, the co-hosts of a Dutch television program who have filmed themselves eating small bits of each other's flesh. The episode airs ... More >>

• Amigos Cantina Opening New Location in Webster Groves, Not Delmar Loop

  published Dec 20, 2011

  A trusted operative notified Gut Check that there are signs at 35 North Gore Avenue in Webster Groves announcing La Cantina, a new restaurant from Amigos Cantina (120 West Jefferson Avenue, Kirkwood; ... More >>

• Review Preview: Dooley's Beef n Brew House

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Dooley's Beef n Brew House (601 North Grand Boulevard; 314-531-7600) is the successor to the late downtown institution Dooley's Ltd., and this week, I visit the new Grand Center location of the burger... More >>

• Fine Young Cannibalsr Handsome Dutch Duo Make for Disappointing Dish

  published Dec 20, 2011

  So I suppose we should all be SHOCKED and OUTRAGED and also maybe SECRETLY A LITTLE INTRIGUED that the two hosts of a Dutch television show -- both attractive, fit young men -- agreed to eat a small b... More >>

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  After three years in hibernation, a legendary downtown burger joint is reborn in Grand Center

  published December 22, 2011

  These days, when every week seems to bring news of another E. coli or salmonella outbreak, when supermarkets offer free antibacterial wipes for... More >>