Bob Kraiberg

[UPDATED] Joe's Cafe, an Underground Music Venue, Cited by the City

Updated at 2 pm with comment from Christman's publicist.Joe's Cafe -- a private club and concert space in the Skinker-Debaliviere neighborhood -- was cited by the Excise Division during a show Thursday night on the charge that it lacked the proper permits. Located at 6014 Kingsbury Avenue, the venue ... More >>

St. Louis Police Raid Swingers Club "Red 7"; Consenting Adults Beware!

Police estimate 150 people were inside Red 7 at the time of Saturday's bust.​The PBS history series, American Experience, recently aired a documentary on the Stonewall Uprising. You know that story, don't you? In June 1969, New York City police attempted to shut down the Stonewall Bar in Greenwich ... More >>

Alderman Boyd Proposes Bill to Re-Legalize Sale of Mini "Airport" Liquor Bottles

Image viaCan't buy or sell these little guys, technically -- unless Alderman Boyd changes the law. ​Psst. About that pocket-sized bottle of booze you're nipping off. Yeah, the one you bought within city limits: it's contraband. Those 50-milliliter bottles -- good for warming tummies in business cl ... More >>

Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue's trouble, but it's taking all the blame

Lure Nightclub Ending "Red Hot" Thursdays; Liquor License Hearing for Today Postponed

Photo: Egan O'KeefeBlack Eyed Pea member Will.I.Am. deejaying at Lure this month.​Nick Trupiano, co-owner of Lure Nightclub, says his Washington Avenue establishment is ending its "Red Hot" Thursdays promotions -- a hip-hop night that has drawn complaints from residents and scrutiny from city offi ... More >>

Bill Stallings: Once Prominent St. Louis Developer and Nightclub Owner Dead at 47

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergBill Stallings outside his Cheetah nightclub on Washington Avenue in 1998.​A man who played instrumental roles in the redevelopment of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel and the resurgence of Washington Avenue in the late 1990s and early 2000s died last Thursday. William Stephen ... More >>

Lure Nightclub Now Focus of Petition Drive; Downtown Group Submits Signatures

​Owners of Lure Nightclub discovered Wednesday that they were the sole downtown bar to receive a citation letter from the St. Louis liquor commissioner calling them to a meeting to discuss nuisance complaints. Now comes news that they're also the target of a petition drive from neighboring busines ... More >>

James Morgan: St. Louis Liquor Control Officer Indicted for Bribery, Feels "Used"

​Updated 4:10 p.m. with comments from St. Louis Liquor Commissioner Bob Kraiberg. An eight-year veteran of the St. Louis Excise Division was indicted on bribery yesterday for soliciting money in exchange for helping a bar owner win a liquor license.Note: Read entire indictment below.According to t ... More >>

St. Louis Cracks Down on Downtown Nightclubs: Lure, Sugar, F15teen

Corrected and updated (with specific number of police calls to the clubs) at 9:24 a.m.So, here's a curious aside regarding the city's crackdown this week on three downtown nightclubs. On Monday, Daily RFT specifically asked the St. Louis Police Department whether Monday's shootings downtown had anyt ... More >>

Downtown Residents Want Lure Nightclub Disciplined or Closed

Members of the Downtown St. Louis Residents Association hosted a meeting last night to discuss what can be done about disruptive behavior outside area nightclubs. ​Of specific concern to the group is the Lure nightclub (formerly Lucky's) at 1204 Washington Avenue. Just last week club-goers who may ... More >>

When sweeping smoking bans take effect next year, many bar patrons might not even notice the difference

Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.

Downtown St. Louis residents to the Dolce' nightclub: Shut the hell up!

Say It Ain't So: Joe's Café Has Closed Down

This Must Be the Place

New owners, new venues and old digs: A report on St. Louis' ever-evolving club scene

Exhibit V

Want a Girls Gone Wild video? The city can hook you up. Plus: a box full of even more naughty tapes, and a paean to the cars that go boom.

Behold the Forty

A paean to the big bad bottle

Chutes and Ladders

Bill Stallings, the mastermind behind the Chase Hotel renovation and one of St. Louis' biggest movers and shakers, has tumbled hard

Letters

Week of September 8, 2004

Letters

Week of May 5, 2004

Barroom Bawl

Just in time for Mardi Gras, a venerable Soulard watering hole is forced to dry up

Night Hawks

Two South Grand joints get 3 a.m. liquor licenses, changing the face of after-hours partying in St. Louis

James' Leg

When barrelhouse-blues pianist James Crutchfield died a few months back, not only did he leave a legacy -- he left a leg