Ballwin

Sharon Province: Clayton Funeral Service Officer Pleads Guilty In Massive Scam Case

One former officer with a now defunct Clayton funeral service company has pleaded guilty to her role in a massive fraudulent scheme involving the sale of prearranged funeral contracts and the misappropriation of the related insurance premiums. Authorities believe that the company -- National Prearra ... More >>

New Locations for Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium, Jet's Pizza

-Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium (1170 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-932-5414) will open a second location in Des Peres. Hat tip to George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine, who broke the news. The new edition of the wildly -- and, in this critic's estimation, deservedly -- popular Fozzie's w ... More >>

Deep Covers: Bhi Bhiman re-imagines rock favorites on Substitute Preacher

Police: Ballwin McDonald's Employee Chases Customer Who Stole Phone Battery, Hit By Car

*This post has been corrected from an earlier version. The bizarre behavior of a McDonald's customer in Ballwin early this morning quickly escalated into a dramatic chase that sent an employee to the hospital and forced police to apprehend the patron. At around 5:15 a.m., a twenty-year-old suspe ... More >>

"Moo Cow" Is An Actual Wanted Criminal Whose Name Is On Missouri, Illinois Billboards

The cow got out of the barn. A criminal suspect who has the unfortunate nickname of "Moo Cow" has the even greater misfortune of having drivers throughout Illinois and Missouri see his baby-talk street name plastered on billboards calling for his arrest. But that's the price 24-year-old "John L. H ... More >>

Missouri Has Two of the Seven Most Anti-LGBT Legislators; Can You Name Them?

ThinkProgress.org has issued a ranking of the most anti-LGBT legislators in the Republican party (House of Representatives division), and while Kansas Representative Tim Huelskamp claimed the top spot, Missouri is the only state to place two members of Congress on the list. You'd think the deep Sout ... More >>

The Egg & I Coming Soon to St. Louis

The Egg & I, a breakfast-and-lunch restaurant chain founded in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1987, will open its first St. Louis location this July at 11692 Manchester Road in Des Peres. The Egg & I currently has locations in thirteen states (not counting Missouri), including at 455-D Regency Park Driv ... More >>

Missouri Psychologist Lobbies for Health Insurance Coverage for Eating Disorders

When Richard P. Martielli took the job as president of the Missouri Psychological Association last summer at age 33, he likely became the youngest person in the country to lead a state psychological association. As MPA president, he works on the legislative side of things, protecting and expanding t ... More >>

Señoritas Pique in Sunset Hills Closed

​Señoritas Pique inside the Quality Inn at 3730 South Lindbergh Boulevard in Sunset Hills has closed. The Mexican restaurant, a spinoff of Señor Pique in Ballwin, opened in late 2010.Señor Pique manager Jennifer Jimenez confirms the news to Gut Check. "The restaurant was doing good," she says, ... More >>

Cool Off With Free Sweet Tea at McAlister's

Image via​Gut Check's getting tired of people reminding us that it's hot outside. Even if we could ignore our sweat-soaked clothes or disinterest in doing much beyond drinking cold cocktails in an air-conditioned room, the headlines are everywhere -- as are the videos of people frying shit on ... More >>

Philip Gounis on Poetry, Youtube and Bob Dylan

Photo by Jon Scorfina​Though records are most commonly thought of as a way to listen to music, they were also the first medium to document the majesty and mystery of the spoken human voice. Local poet and former Streetside Records employee Philip Gounis is a lifelong collector of spoken-word r ... More >>

Christy's Hamburgers Coming to West County

​A regular reader -- and tipster -- sent along word that the small chain Christy's Hamburgers is opening at 14560 Manchester Road in Ballwin. This would be the second area location; the first is located 3957 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville.According to Christy's website, the chain was founded ... More >>

Chips and Salsa Off the Old Block: A Visit to Señoritas Pique

Ian FroebTacos al pastor, with a side of papas picositas, at Señoritas Pique​A Mexican restaurant attached to a Quality Inn in Sunset Hills? The prospect might seem daunting, but what if I told you it's a sibling of one of the area's better Mexican restaurants, Señor Pique in Ballwin?Does that m ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, September 3 - 5, 2010

Sustainable agriculture, sustainable energy, sustainable...art? All of the pieces on display at ArtDimensions Gallery's Seeing Green are inspired by sustainability, including that of featured artist David Langley, who uses found objects and recycled paper in his works. The exhibition will inclu ... More >>

Jay Nixon: Ass Clown of the Week

​For the second time in two years, Jay Nixon has one a landslide election. Though something tells me da' governor isn't going to put this one on his resumé. Daily RFT readers this weekend overwhelmingly elected Nixon as their "Ass Clown of the Week." Nixon earned a whopping 53 percent of the vote ... More >>

Homophobes, Governors, Preachers and Artists: Who is Ass Clown of the Week?

Who's it gonna be this week?​You know the rules: Read the following credentials and then cast your vote for the person whose words or actions you think made them the biggest Ass Clown of the past seven days. And the nominees...1. Lewis Greenberg: The Ballwin resident sentenced to 20 days in jail t ... More >>

Food Supply Crisis Hits Circle of Concern Food Pantry

circleofconcern.org​It's a news story we've seen repeatedly since the economic downturn: food pantry shortages. Locally the situation's getting dire for Circle of Concern Food Pantry in an area that many St. Louis residents don't consider when they think of hunger: west county. "Circle's ser ... More >>

Gimme Patric and Askinosie Chocolate NOW!

​Now that you've read this week's feature about Patric Chocolate and Askinosie Chocolate, Missouri's two bean-to-bar chocolate makers, you're probably craving a chocolate fix right now. But grabbing a Hershey's from the office vending machine? Wouldn't make you feel unspeakably foolish now that yo ... More >>

Signing Day: Four St. Louis Area Athletes Among 23 Expected to Sign with Mizzou

We'll use any excuse to run this photo. Click for larger size.​It's a semi-holiday for college football fans today. As the first Wednesday in February, it's National Signing Day, or the day when an athlete can officially autograph a binding letter of intent to play sports at a university.The Unive ... More >>

Map Locations At A Glance: Baseball Homes Of The Stars

St. Louis Craft Beer Week Begins Saturday

Alberto Gottardo, Wikimedia CommonsFirst, an apology: In this week's Gut Check column in the dead-tree Riverfront Times, I screwed up the dates for the first annual St. Louis Craft Beer Week. Events begin this Saturday, May 30, not last Saturday, as the column had it. My sincere apologies to Mike Sw ... More >>

The Five Most Offensive Cardinals-Cubs Shirts

The snarky commenters at Deadspin are loving this controversy-causing T-shirt worn by an always-classy Cardinals fan during one of the Cubs games last weekend. Apparently this was allowed to slide while the wearer of a relatively innocuous "Cubs Suck" shirt was forced to turn it inside-out when he e ... More >>

Romancing the Sneak

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday.Though the typical variability of St. Louis weather decided to spit disdainful snow on last week ... More >>

Perverts Beware: St. Louis area police have your number

North- and south-side rec centers: separate and equal

"Just Google '[insert any city name] hash,' press enter and automagically -- 40 drinking buddies and a place to crash in any major city in the world."

Week of August 24, 2006

"You hide behind the First Amendment...trying to get your worthless message across to any high-school-dropout, drug-using anal-copulation queen who will read it."

Week of August 17, 2006

Fancy Feast

For ladies who lavishly lunch (and other people, too)

Letters

Week of August 3, 2005

Letters

Week of December 1, 2004

Food for Thought

Do your tummy and your community good by Dining Out for Life this Tuesday

The Secret of Massa's' Success

What makes this place so popular? Certainly not the food.

Beach Blanket Beats

With Buxton!

Bush Strikes Out

Our commander in chief takes to the mound, Missouri gets its very own dinosaur, an Old Kid on the Block remembers when he was New, and Unreal learns a little something about love and basketball

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 24, 2004

Letters

Week of January 21, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of November 26, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of November 19, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of November 12, 2003

Best Lounge Act

Tony Viviano

No Thanks, We're Brits

Week of October 23, 2002

The Big BM

Week of October 9, 2002

Lunar Shot

Week of June 19, 2002

Dirt Demons

Big Shark Bicycle Company wheels out a big welcome for some of the nation's best mountain-bikers

Let Them Eat Y2Cake

Dining out at the end of the millennium

Send in the Marinos

Longtime Pasta House man Tony Marino opens up his own place in Ballwin

Gun Club

Overland wasn't the only city helping put guns on the streets

This Ain't No Party

Ross Perot launched the Reform Party as the voice of the American people. Eight years later, it's a shrill, staticky free-for-all, and the moderates can't get heard.

Smoke Signals

Touring area 'cue joints proves to be a saucy experience

HOW 'BOUT THEM RAMS, NOAM?

On some frequency in St. Louis, sports-talk radio takes on pro football and other opiates of the masses