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  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    While You Were Eating Left Over Turkey, Teenage Boys Were Living Out Gridiron Dreams

    Jennifer SilverbergProud American Traditions: Jazz... Ford... Capitalism... Thanksgiving weekend high school football state championship games.​Not even a man wearing a cowboy hat while eating a Big Mac, listening to Bruce Springsteen and trading derivatives on his iPad is more American than high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Captain America: The First Avenger and All-American Apple Pie

    Deborah Hyland​St. Louis has plenty of delicious options for apple pie: Sugaree, Jennifer's Pharmacy, Winslow's Home, the Good Pie. Apple pie accompanying a viewing of the highly anticipated Captain America: The First Avenger, however, must be beyond ordinary. Almost superheroic. Plus, what's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Foot Hi Pie at Blue Springs Cafe

    Robin Wheeler​Last October Gut Check staged the Great Illinois Pie Fight, with Blue Springs Cafe in Highland taking a sound beating from Mills Apple Farm in Marine. How sound was the beating? But if we ever need to gather ammunition for a pie fight, we're heading straight to Blue Springs. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Mills Apple Farm vs. Blue Springs Cafe: The Great Illinois Pie Fight

    ​You'd think this fight would be a slam-dunk KO, given that Riverfront Times just declared that Mills Apple Farm produces the Best Pie in St. Louis. But, well, we at Gut Check really love to eat pie. Plus we were inspired by this article in the New York Times Magazine about PieLab, a community ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Ferguson Middle Schooler Competes in National Spelling Bee

    Scripps National Spelling BeeYulkendy Valdez, St. Louis' very own champion speller (and sponsored by the local daily) is in Washington, D.C., at the moment, competing against 292 of the nation's other top spellers in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.But though Valdez, Speller 155, successfully spel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Repo Man (Version 2.0) Arrives in Midwest

    flickr.com/photos/davesevenNot your grand-daddy's repo man.The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday about a new automobile device being employed by used-car dealers across the country. The contraption -- which disables a vehicle whenever its buyer misses a payment -- is apparentl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2009

    Show Review: Lambchop and Theodore at Off Broadway, Friday, January 23, 2009

    Outside on the Off Broadway smoking patio, the whole hope thing was getting out of hand. "Do you have any joints?" some random dude inquired as I huddled next to the propane heater. "Joints? Plural?" I replied. "Would you settle for a three-day-old roach?" He wasn't settling. "Do you think they'll p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Following the Missouri River 340: A How To

    Outside on the Off Broadway smoking patio, the whole hope thing was getting out of hand. "Do you have any joints?" some random dude inquired as I huddled next to the propane heater. "Joints? Plural?" I replied. "Would you settle for a three-day-old roach?" He wasn't settling. "Do you think they'll p ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Up Show-Me Creek: Blisters, hellish heat, a boatload of vomit and lots of painkillers. It's all part of the Missouri River 340 race.

    Outside on the Off Broadway smoking patio, the whole hope thing was getting out of hand. "Do you have any joints?" some random dude inquired as I huddled next to the propane heater. "Joints? Plural?" I replied. "Would you settle for a three-day-old roach?" He wasn't settling. "Do you think they'll p ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Dry-Hump Fatigue

    Our readers like barbecue and solid reporting. Chris Duncan humping random objects, not so much.

  • Dining

    August 2, 2000

    Old-Fashioned Healthy

    The food overflows at Diamond Mineral Springs

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