Email Author Tom Finkel

2007 Stories by Tom Finkel

• The "Touchiest" State...

  published Jan 12, 2007

  Super news geek Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, showed Missouri some love Wednesday night during his regular segment, "The Word." If you missed his modest proposal for a "hear... More >>

• Home to Roost: The Art Coop Returns from Beyond the Grave

  published Jan 12, 2007

  Go to Art Coop -- Marcel'd surely be there if he could Devotees of homegrown art may recall the Art Coop, or some version thereof. If we remember correctly (look, there was a lot of drinking done ... More >>

• Help a Hero Ride with Style

  published Jan 11, 2007

  Mark Gilliland True heroes do much more than sit at their computers and read blogs all day. But if that's all the sweat you can expend right now, at least help a real-life crusader be rewarded for... More >>

• Review Preview: Flavor of India

  published Jan 10, 2007

  This week I head to Flavor of India, a new Indian restaurant by the intersection of I-270 and Olive Boulevard, to try to answer the question that has stumped many a fan of Indian cuisine: Does this vi... More >>

• Broad Strokes for Lead Paint Folks

  published Jan 09, 2007

  The City of St. Louis could make case law if it can convince the Missouri Supreme Court it has a right to sue paint manufacturers over lead poisoning -- even if the city isn't sure which companie... More >>

• Death of World News Greatly Exaggerated

  published Jan 09, 2007

  Ann Pointer, co-owner of World News Ltd. in Clayton, wants readers to know one thing: "We're not closing!" She says she's been bombarded with queries ever since the Post-Dispatch ran a story in A... More >>

• St. Louis Is MySpace Kinda Town

  published Jan 09, 2007

  stlcin.missouri.org If you knew St. Louis bills itself as a Gemini and a swinger, you beat Unreal to our city's crack MySpace page. (And while we're at it, why didn't you let us know about itr) S... More >>

• The Apotheosis of Baton Bob

  published Jan 09, 2007

  groups.yahoo.com/group/ambassadorofmirth For the second time in a year, video of Baton Bob, St. Louis' bedazzled prodigal son, has surfaced on CNN.com's free video service. It's no mystery as to... More >>

• Czech Mate for Anheuser-Busch

  published Jan 09, 2007

  There must be something in the water over at Lynch and 12th Streets. A-B, King of Beers, announced yesterday that it's making friends with the Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar, a staunch and long... More >>

• Former P-D editor Dies in Car Crash

  published Jan 05, 2007

  www.unr.edu The Post-Dispatch Web site doesn't seem to have posted this info yet, but according to a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal, former Post editor Cole Campbell died in a single-car accide... More >>

• Small Plates, Friday, 1/5

  published Jan 05, 2007

  Shmeers Cafe (8400 Delmar Boulevard), notable since its 2004 opening for being a vegetarian, kosher-certified restaurant, is kosher-certified no longer. Its menu now features both meat- and dairy-base... More >>