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2001 Stories by Joe Bonwich

• Maya Way

  published December 26, 2001

  Those who bemoan the evolution of the University City Loop into something "too trendy" -- and you know who you are -- would do well to wander... More >>

• Talk of the Town

  published December 26, 2001

  During our visits to the Maya Café, we saw and heard about several other food-related developments in the immediate area. According to the... More >>

• Kong King

  published December 12, 2001

  The e-mails started to come in soon after the opening, including a couple from Asian natives and transplants who had often sent correspondence... More >>

• Hall of Flame

  published November 28, 2001

  The difficulty with "celebrity" restaurants is that those who put their names on the doors have often done so mainly for a royalty, with very... More >>

• Cardinal Numbers

  published November 28, 2001

  I still don't generally feel I'm getting old, but while researching Jackie Smith's career and fondly remembering his bulldozing of such... More >>

• Muddy Memories

  published November 14, 2001

  Maybe the Robert E. Lee is best viewed through the eyes of youth.At fortysomething, I'm probably romanticizing long-ago trips to "the boat" for... More >>

• Water Table

  published November 14, 2001

  Here's the listing for the Robert E. Lee from the third edition of Gateway Gourmet, a book of menus and recipes from St. Louis restaurants... More >>

• Kicks and Grins

  published October 31, 2001

  The colors and crisp air of fall had finally arrived, so in the spirit of the best-laid schemes of mice and men, we piled two adults and five kids... More >>

• Rolling Carr

  published October 31, 2001

  Another significant opening has taken place with the arrival of SqWires (marketing note: it's advisable to avoid names that require a "see also"... More >>

• Thai Score

  published October 17, 2001

  What is it about the initial aroma of a restaurant that can instantly put a smile on your face, even -- as was the case when we walked into the... More >>

• Side Dish

  published October 17, 2001

  It's got a little bit of everything -- several varieties of salmon sausages, free-range beef, peppercorn-studded sheep cheese, pot-stickers in... More >>

• Miso Hungry

  published October 10, 2001

  It's always a little scary when a businessperson -- especially one with no restaurant experience -- magically comes up with a new concept that he... More >>

• Side Dish

  published October 10, 2001

  All across St. Louis, several long-awaited openings are finally coming to fruition as fall sets in. In the Central West End, the legendary Richard... More >>

• Raw Power

  published September 19, 2001

  Just as we walked through the door of Fuji, a new Japanese restaurant on Clarkson Road in West County, another party was leaving, and they were... More >>

• Side Dish

  published September 19, 2001

  Just about every food lover in town was dismayed to hear that Fio's La Fourchette, for many years one of the best dining experiences in St. Louis,... More >>

• Hello, Delhi

  published September 5, 2001

  I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but sometime in the recent past, Indian food made the leap from rare to almost commonplace in the St. Louis... More >>

• Side Dish

  published September 5, 2001

  If there are any tickets left (and don't be surprised if they've sold out), be sure to snag some for one of the best foodie events of the entire... More >>

• O Solomillo!

  published August 22, 2001

  As they say about dining out in Spain, better late than never.The tapas craze swept the rest of the country more than a decade ago, with... More >>

• Sky's the Limit

  published August 15, 2001

  It's almost invariably fun to visit one of Tim Mallett's restaurants because, as much as any restaurateur in town, Tim Mallett "gets it." He gets... More >>

• Dog Days

  published August 8, 2001

  The food stall or diner-like Mexican restaurant called a taqueria is relatively rare in these parts. The main concentration recently has... More >>

• Side Dish

  published August 8, 2001

  There's a cool new place to shop in Maplewood, and the city didn't have to forcibly displace an entire neighborhood to get it to move... More >>

• Crossing to Safety

  published July 25, 2001

  Ever since an astonishing initial visit some three years ago, one of my constant recommendations for people in search of new, fabulous restaurant... More >>

• Kibbi Kibbitzing

  published July 11, 2001

  At my first glimpse of the parking lot, I knew we might be in trouble.Here it was, just 11:20 a.m. We'd left our downtown office jobs early on... More >>

• Side Dish

  published July 11, 2001

  Part cookbook, part historical record of Lebanon, the Maronite Rite and the Lebanese community in St. Louis, Lebanon and Its Cuisine is... More >>

• OK by You

  published June 27, 2001

  My direct experience with New Orleans cooking comes in four major flavors. At the high end, it's places such as Bayona and The Grill at the... More >>