Email Author Tom Finkel

2011 Stories by Tom Finkel

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  FEATURED STORY

  Beware the Killer Chitlins!

  published Dec 29, 2011

  File under: "Things You Were Already Afraid Of But For Other, More, Shall We Say...Visceral Reasons ." This just in from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service: Under... More >>

• Robert Kacher at the Wine Merchant in Clayton This Evening: Go!

  published Dec 01, 2011

  If you haven't already made plans for happy hour this evening, Gut Check has a suggestion: Sally your bad self forth to the Wine Merchant, Ltd. (20 South Hanley Rd., Clayton; 314-863-6282). Tonight f... More >>

• Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, 10/12/11: Review and Setlist

  published Oct 13, 2011

  Lucinda Williams | Over the Rhine The Pageant October 12, 2011 Note: If you shot good photos at the show and want to share 'em with our readers, please e-mail versions at least 550p wide, along with ... More >>

• Best Of St. Louis 2011

  published September 29, 2011

  It's a little embarrassing to admit it, particularly in retrospect, but the newsroom here at Riverfront Times was caught by surprise and... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Introducing the 2011 Riverfront Times MasterMind Award winners

  published August 25, 2011

  It has been four years since Riverfront Times inaugurated our MasterMind Awards, and by now the process has attained a degree of... More >>

• Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Spout Bogus Stats About Underage Sex Trafficking

  published Jun 29, 2011

  If ever there were a cause that every single right-thinking person on the planet would line up to rally around, it'd be underage sex trafficking. So it's no big surprise that Hollywood celebs would ge... More >>

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  Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Makes Yet Another Predictable Pick for 2012

  published Jun 21, 2011

  Fresh off its annual late-spring run (The Taming of the Shrew), this morning Shakespeare Festival St. Louis up and announced its production for 2012: Othello. You know SFSL, they're the folks who stag... More >>

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  #DescribeYourVaginaWithaMovieTitle: The Top Ten Tweets

  published Jun 17, 2011

  Earlier this week some smartypants started a hashtag free-association game on Twitter. The titler #DescribeYourVaginaWithaMovieTitle. Didn't take long for the responses to roll in. Here's the best we... More >>

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  Subway and Avocados and Green Lanternr Movie and Product Tie-ins We'd Rather See

  published Jun 17, 2011

  While not watching television the other day, Gut Check looked up in time to catch a glimpse of the new Subway commercial that gets all hot 'n' bothered about avocado. Did you know avocado is a SUPERFO... More >>

• Hometown Hero Devon Alexander: An Editor's Note

  published May 25, 2011

  Last week, Daily RFT published a brief post about the announcement that Don King Productions had booked the St. Charles Family Arena for a June 25 boxing card featuring hometown hero Devon Alexander.... More >>

• Bob Schneider at the Duck Room, 5/11/11: Review, Setlist and MP3s

  published May 12, 2011

  Bob Schneider Blueberry Hill's Duck Room Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Austin-based rocker Bob Schneider and his band played for more than two hours straight last night in front of a packed and primed Duck... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Bob Schneider Will Sing Softly into Your Ear -- So Shut the Fuck Up!

  published May 10, 2011

  When it comes to generating new material and grinding out a grueling tour schedule, Bob Schneider could be considered the Energizer Bunny of rock & roll, were it not for the fact that the Energizer Bu... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Osama bin Laden Felching the Fat Dixie Chick, and 6 Other Appropriately Themed Celebratory Cocktails

  published May 03, 2011

  A dispatch Monday afternoon from the all-things-food site Eater.com noted that restaurants are offering drink specials in honor of the killing of Public Enemy No. 1 Osama bin Laden. A few establishme... More >>

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  Kraken Wise: Squid Rocks

  published Apr 07, 2011

  No question about it: Squid and octopus are in. On a whirlwind visit to New York late last year, Gut Check partook of octopus dishes at four different restaurants on four consecutive nights. Last week... More >>

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  Girl Scout Cookies Make Us Want to Puke -- Episode 3: Shortbread (a.k.a. Trefoils)

  published Mar 24, 2011

  If Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa of Food Network fame, baked up a batch of shortbread cookies for a Girl Scout troop in her neck of the Hamptons, here is what the ingredient list might look like: ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Girl Scout Cookies Make Us Want to Puke -- Episode 2: Caramel deLites (a.k.a. Samoas)

  published Mar 16, 2011

  It's Girl Scout Cookie season, and Gut Check is celebrating by taking a more-than-cursory glance at this annual sugar and saturated-fat bacchanalia and, well, kinda throwing up in our mouth. In our f... More >>

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  Girl Scout Cookies Make Us Want to Puke -- Episode 1: Peanut Butter Patties (a.k.a. Tagalongs)

  published Mar 14, 2011

  Gut Check is sick and tired of people gushing about their love of Girl Scout Cookies. We're no hectoring health-food nutjob. We eat (and drink) our share of crap that's no good for us. But by God, th... More >>

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  Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans Missouri Group Pressures Local Civic Boosters to Disinvite Chick-fil-A Head Honcho

  published Mar 10, 2011

  PROMO, a statewide group that advocates for the lesbian, gay, transgender and bi communities, got 'er done this week, persuading the Clayton Chamber of Commerce and the nonprofit group FOCUS St. Louis... More >>

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  Poll Result: Gay or Not Gay, Gimme That Chick-fil-A!

  published Feb 21, 2011

  A few weeks back, Gut Check polled our readers, asking them you whether poultry purveyor Chick-fil-A's seeming affection for sanctity-of-marriage militants stands in your way of the tasty product said... More >>

• Valentine's Dinner Deal at Robust Wine Bar

  published Feb 10, 2011

  The best Valentine's Day dinner deal we've found so far has to be the prix fixe tasting menu offered at Robust Wine Bar & Cafe. Three courses, each with its own three-ounce wine pairing, for $55 per ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Updated! Fast Food Industry Mag QSR Names Pi Pizza Truck Among Top 20 Food Trucks in U.S.

  published Feb 09, 2011

  {Updated 2/9/11 4 p.m. with comment after the jump from Pi co-owner Chris Sommers.} In its February issue, QSR Magazine, which covers the fast-food industry waterfront, names Pi Pizzeria's Pi on the ... More >>

• Missouri Legislators Out to Screw Restaurant Workers

  published Feb 08, 2011

  Over at Daily RFT, blogmeister Chad Garrison has a post about the various ways in which some Missouri legislators are attempting to undermine the already tenuous livelihoods of our state's low-wage em... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Gut Check Poll: To Chick-fil-A or Not to Chick-fil-Ar

  published Feb 03, 2011

  Gut Check just finished reading about how four dudes have pitched a tent outside a brand-new Chick-fil-A restaurant that's set to open this morning in Des Peres. Said dudes are determined to take adv... More >>

• Nobody Doesn't Like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!

  published Jan 28, 2011

  Just last week Gut Check chewed the fat with celeb chef Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter Restaurant in Manhattan. Guarnaschelli had popped into St. Louis as part of a promotion to help kids eat better, on... More >>

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  Wenneman Meat Market Fire Rocks Local Restaurant Scene

  published Jan 28, 2011

  The fire in the wee hours yesterday that destroyed Wenneman Meat Market on State Route 15 in St. Libory, Illinois, dealt a crippling blow to a family business that has been in operation for more than ... More >>