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Whole Foods Market Signs Lease for Central West End Store

We learned last fall that the St. Louis area was almost certain to receive a third location of Whole Foods Market -- and the first within the city limits. Specifically, we learned that Mills Properties reportedly had a letter of intent from Whole Foods to open in the ground floor of a new building a ... More >>

Metal Mesh Is Not Organic: Annie's Recalls Frozen Pizzas

Is that a scowl on the face of the cute little Annie's bunny? Might be. The Berkeley, California-based company known for its organic mac & cheese, snacks and more has announced (via the FDA) a nationwide voluntary recall of its Annie's Homegrown Frozen Pizza because these pizzas might contain fragme ... More >>

St. Louisians Lead the Charge to Re-purpose "Columbus Day"... You Still Probably Won't Get the Day Off Though

Karl Frank Jr. was never comfortable celebrating Christopher Columbus' accidental discovery of America, and he certainly never cared for the mixed legacy Columbus left behind. So today--the federal holiday created in 1939 by FDR to honor the Italian explorer and slave-wrangler who "sailed the ocea ... More >>

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

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 from 5 to 7 p.m., the wine store hosts a tasting of bottles imported by Robert Kacher (you can call h ... More >>

Owner Scott Carey Discusses New Sump Coffee

Ian FroebSump Coffee in south city​I noted last week that a new coffeehouse called Sump Coffee will be opening at 3700 South Jefferson Avenue in south city. Today, I had a chance to speak with owner Scott Carey, who returned to his hometown of St. Louis last year after spending time in both Berkel ... More >>

Battle Corned Beef: The Leopold Bloom Special

​Father Blackie Ryan, the priest/gumshoe hero of a series of mystery novels by Andrew Greeley once claimed, "The Jews and the Irish do not share a heritage, but they do share a psychosis." The Jews call it guilt. The Irish call it shame. It pretty much amounts to the same thing and can be bla ... More >>

Tyler Perry mangles Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls

A New Arch for a New St. Louis: Let's not just redesign the grounds around the Gateway Arch. Let's go for the whole enchilada!

Ronnie's Kids

Today, "amnesty" is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

SXSW Day Two: KDHX/Twangfest Day Party, Ray Davies, John Hiatt, Morning Benders, Roky Erickson/Okkervil River -- and More

Hating on South By Southwest is too easy. Just look around: Shit-faced lawyers waxing bizness gobbledygook to shit-faced salesmen of exercise bikes, members of psych-metal bands (probably called Red Octopus or Purple Cobra) barely remaining vertical for all their unbathed rock studiousness, the endl ... More >>

Bean-to-bar manufacturers Patric and Askinosie are putting Missouri on the chocolate map

Thespians on Wheels: Joan Lipkin's DisAbility Project is on a roll

The Curse of Alternative Nostalgia and the Class of '93: A Response to the Chicago Sun-Times' Article

The Chicago Sun-Times’ blog recently published an interesting piece by noted music critic Jim DeRogatis, in which he attempts to prove that ‘90s Alternative Nation darlings (and specifically Chicago acts Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair and Smashing Pumpkins) resemble the baby-boomer acts t ... More >>

Bounty by the County

The state’s winemakers and food producers aren’t exactly key playersin the global economy. A Mizzou professor aims to change all that.

The Loving Tongue

Café Natasha's Kabob International is all about simple pleasures

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, 05 may be a pleasant surprise.

They Lost It at the Movies

Classroom films have come a long way from those cheesy old duck-and-cover flicks. Or have they?

California Chromatics

The St. Louis Art Museum colors your world with works by two West Coast painters

Been There, Done That

Jane Connell's seen the brightest lights on Broadway

Labor of Love

Erstwhile St. Louis singer/songwriter Emory Joseph specializes in funky country

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Teenage Wasteland

Good music from some bad girls, the Donnas

SHORTCHANGED

For years now, the Human Development Corp. has taken in millions of tax dollars to provide Head Start services for 2,500 of the city's low-income children. It has never come close. And the problems just begin there.

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