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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2013 Stories by Ian Froeb

• Quincy Street Bistro's BLT: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

  published Apr 08, 2013

  The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurant... More >>

• Busted Sewer Lateral Grounds Sump Coffee

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Sump Coffee (3700 South Jefferson Avenue; 917-412-5670), Riverfront Times's reigning "Best Coffeehouse," is closed indefinitely because of a busted sewer lateral. Or, as owner Scott Carey describes it... More >>

• Orkeed Restaurant on South Grand Has Closed

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Orkeed Restaurant (3191 South Grand Boulevard; 314-664-3940) has closed. Though the Middle Eastern spot remains furnished and decorated, a "Business for Sale" sign has been placed in a front window, t... More >>

• Tip Top Food & Spirits in Soulard Has Closed

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Tip Top Food & Spirits (2501 South Ninth Street) closed last month. Djordje "George" Korac opened the restaurant, which featured both Serbian and American cuisine, in 2007. See Also: - Ian Froeb's RF... More >>

• Pappy's Smokehouse Dispute Settled; Emerson and Matthews Retain Ownership

  published Apr 05, 2013

  The mysterious dispute that pitted the partners behind the beloved barbecue joint Pappy's Smokehouse (3106 Olive Street; 314-535-4340) against one another ended today. George Mahe of St. Louis Magazin... More >>

• Acero's Red Wattle Pork Loin: What to Eat This Weekend and Where to Eat It

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Gut Check tells you what's new and tasty at our favorite restaurants. "Springtime," says Adam Gnau, the executive chef of Jim Fiala's Acero (7266 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-644-1790), when I ask... More >>

• Tidbits: Relocated Barrister's Opens Today, New Frozen Yogurt Shop Downtown

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Barrister's opens its new location at 7923 Forsyth Boulevard in Clayton at 4 p.m. today. The pub and soccer-watching destination shuttered its original location at 15 North Meramec Avenue in Clayton o... More >>

• Farmhaus' Smoked BBQ Ham Hock Terrine: A Recipe from Andrew Jennrich

  published Apr 05, 2013

  This is part three of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus. Read part one, a profile of Jennrich, here. Read part two, a Q & A with Jennrich, here. Andrew Jennrich, chef d... More >>

• Home Wine Kitchen's Fried Chicken: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

  published Apr 05, 2013

  The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurant... More >>

• Riverbend Restaurant & Bar's Red Beans and Rice: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

  published Apr 04, 2013

  The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurant... More >>

• No, He Meant the Champagne of Beers and Not-Poisoning a Prince of Saudi Arabia: A Q&A with Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus

  published Apr 04, 2013

  This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus. Read part one, a profile of Jennrich, here. Part three, a recipe from Jennrich, will be available on Friday. Is i... More >>

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  Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus Sees St. Louis on the Precipice of National Recognition

  published Apr 03, 2013

  This is part one of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus. Part two, a Q&A, will be available Thursday. Part three, a recipe from Jennrich, will be published on Friday. For... More >>

• Get to BBQ ASAP in Ballwin PDQ: Review + Slideshow

  published Apr 03, 2013

  This week I take the long (long), but overdue drive west to BBQ ASAP (15581 Manchester Road, Ballwin; 636-256-1908) for award-winning brisket, pulled pork and more. My review of BBQ ASAP is now availa... More >>

• St. Louis Restaurant Openings & Closings: March 2013

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Relocation was the theme in March, with four St. Louis restaurants announcing their closures to move to new digs. Among them was Adam and Jason Tilford's Clayton excellent Clayton pub and soccer-watch... More >>

• South Grand Tidbits: St. Louis Pho Temporarily Closed, Hong An Coming Soon

  published Apr 02, 2013

  St. Louis Pho (3863 South Grand Boulevard; 314-664-4041) is closed temporarily, according to a sign on its front door. The sign indicates that the Vietnamese restaurant will reopen on Monday, April 15... More >>

• Is Justin Haifley of the Tavern Kitchen & Bar One of Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs for 2013r [Update: Nope]

  published Apr 01, 2013

  Update: (Monday, April 1, 7:50 p.m.) And Dana Cowin pops the bubble. It ain't the Tavern. To someone else who'd guessed it: @paulhting ah. You're right that you're wrong:)— dana cowin (@fwsco... More >>

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  Fuel Up: A happy belly trumps an empty tank at BBQ ASAP

  published April 4, 2013

  Jim Randall is walking toward the front door of BBQ ASAP, the... More >>

• Sidney Street Café's Robert Zugmaier Up for Food & Wine Magazine's "People's Best New Pastry Chef"

  published Apr 01, 2013

  St. Louis fell short in this year's vote for Food & Wine magazine's "People's Best New Chef" award, but now we have another chance. Food & Wine announced this morning the "People's Best New Pastry Che... More >>

• Food Talk STL Ends Run on KFNS 590 AM

  published Apr 01, 2013

  David Craig announced this weekend that he is putting his radio show Food Talk STL "on hiatus." Food Talk STL has aired on Saturday morning on KFNS (590 AM) since February 2012. The station recently a... More >>

• Bombay Food Junkies Hits Kickstarter Goal for Food Truck

  published Apr 01, 2013

  So, yeah, maybe there's something to this whole using-Kickstarter-for-your-new-restaurant plan, after all. Bombay Food Junkies, a vegetarian Indian food truck start-up, reached its Kickstarter goal o... More >>

• Your Pick for St. Louis' Most Underrated Barbecue Is...

  published Apr 01, 2013

  As a commenter astutely pointed out, The Shaved Duck (2900 Virginia Avenue; 314-776-1407) is hardly an unknown restaurant. Still, it isn't simply a barbecue joint -- heck, in its original incarnation,... More >>

• Smoked Veal Sweetbreads Barigoule and Rabbit-Prosciutto Terrine at Franco: What to Eat This Weekend and Where to Eat It

  published Mar 29, 2013

  Gut Check tells you what's new and tasty at our favorite restaurants. I called Tom Schmidt, owner of Franco (1535 South Eighth Street; 314-436-2500) and its younger sibling Nico (6525 Delmar Boulev... More >>

• Strange Donuts Hits Kickstarter Goal Early, Announces Opening Date

  published Mar 29, 2013

  Strange Donuts, the independent doughnut shop slated to open at 2709 Sutton Boulevard in Maplewood this spring, turned to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise $10,000 toward the purchase of its kitc... More >>

• Riverfront Times' Iron Fork 2013: The Slideshow (and the Hangover)

  published Mar 29, 2013

  First, a heartfelt thank you to everyone -- restaurants, bars, sponsors, ticket-buyers -- who attended last night's Iron Fork event. It was the biggest Iron Fork yet: 2,000 people trying food from s... More >>

• Travel + Leisure Magazine Lauds Bixby's and O'Connell's Pub

  published Mar 29, 2013

  Travel + Leisure, which cancelled Gut Check's subscription and banned us for life after we requested to receive only the Leisure half of the magazine, has honored two St. Louis restaurants in recent f... More >>