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Mission Accomplished: Mission Taco Joint spices things up in the Loop

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Saint Louis Bread Co. Introduces New "Meal of Shared Responsibility" With No Set Price in St. Louis Bakery Cafes Today

Today Panera Bread -- known locally as Saint Louis Bread Co. -- introduces a new menu item, the "Meal of Shared Responsibility," with no set price in all 48 of its bakery cafes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The meal offers turkey chili in a sourdough bread bowl with choice of sides. Panera is ... More >>

10 Most Offensive, Ridiculous "Sad Desk Lunch" Photos

The mission of Sad Desk Lunch is stated simply on its website: Sad Desk Lunch isn't about how great your lunch is. And it's not about how crappy your lunch is either. It's about the fact you eat your lunch at your desk during your lunch break where you could roam free ....Eating our sad tupperware ... More >>

The Veggielante Relishes Robust's New Downtown Wine Bar in the MX Building

The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

Milagro Modern Mexican Team to Open Restaurant and Bodega in Delmar Loop

Ligaya Figueras of Sauce broke the news yesterday that brothers Adam and Jason Tilford of Milagro Modern Mexican (20 Allen Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-962-4300) plan to open a new venture called Mission at 6235 Delmar Boulevard in the Delmar Loop, the address vacated just last week by the Delmar Res ... More >>

The Veggielante Wanders to Winslow's Home

The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

Brunching at Brasserie by Niche

Where: Brasserie by Niche (4580 Laclede Avenue; 314-454-0600) When: Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We Tried: The brioche French toast with lemon curd ($8) and the quiche du jour ($8) The Verdict: To some, weekend brunch is an exclusively American pastime. We congregate to restaurants ... More >>

It's National Grilled-Cheese Sandwich Day: Here's Where to Celebrate in St. Louis

The great thing about fake holidays like National Soup Month, International Pi Day or National Grilled-Cheese Sandwich Day is that you might not even know they're approaching until they are here, and then you have a justifiable reason to overeat delicious food, instead of just shamelessly doing so ( ... More >>

The Ten Best Places to Grab Tacos in St. Louis

In this week's RFT cover story "One Nation, Under Tacos," writer Gustavo Arellano shares the evolution of Mexican food in the U.S., chartering its history from the American Southwest and the California coast to the Midwest and everywhere in between. With temperatures cresting 80 degrees in St. Louis ... More >>

One Nation, Under Tacos: How Mexican food conquered America

Ask a Mexican: Will Mexicans ever see Chicanos as equals?

Fish Fry Frenzy: Week 1, First Unitarian Church of St. Louis

Vegan felafel, pita bread, veggie chili and dolmas aren't traditional fish fry fare, but then, little about the menu at the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis (5007 Waterman Boulevard, 314-361-0595) UnFish Fry could be described as traditional. This annual vegetarian dinner not only takes meat off ... More >>

Devils in the Details: Diablitos Cantina aims to stand out in a very crowded culinary field

Soup Countdown #2: Menudo at Taqueria Durango

January is National Soup Month, which makes sense, considering the first month of the year is typically marked with below-freezing temperatures, snow and slush. What's better than a delicious, hot bowl of soup on a chilly day? A delicious, hot bowl of soup that you don't have to make -- that's what. ... More >>

Food Truck Fever, Part 2: The road goes on forever and the menu never ends

A First Look at Kelly English Steakhouse

Evan C. Jones​Armed with a rich culinary pedigree and an armful of accolades including a James Beard Award nomination, Memphis-based chef Kelly English's newest venture, Kelly English Steakhouse (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights; 314-770-8100), anchors the main entrance to Harrah's Ca ... More >>

#54: The Gracey at Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium

Emily Wasserman​Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium (1170 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-932-5414) serves up a wide variety of sandwiches, salads, burgers and hot dogs, offering selections for red-meat-loving carnivores, but also vegetarians. The ingredients are fresh, and many of the ... More >>

Todd Lough of Bixby's: Recipe for Shrimp Soft Tacos

This is part three of Mabel Suen's Chef's Choice profile of Todd Lough of Bixby's. Part one can be found here. Part two, a Q&A with Lough, is published here. Chef Todd Lough's cooking is likened to the overall setting at Bixby's. Located on the second floor of the Missouri History Museum with a ser ... More >>

Club Med at Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium

Erika MillerFozzie's Club Med is almost too pretty to eat -- almost.​Club Med sounds like it could be the name of some swanky nightclub on Washington Avenue, but it's actually the moniker of a veggie-heavy flatbread sandwich from the now one-year-old Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium (1170 S. Big Ben ... More >>

Review Slideshow: Salume Beddu

Jennifer SilverbergMangalitza Lardo on focaccia with sott'aceto (pickled fennel and celery relish) and herbs. ​The best lunch in town right now? Maybe so. My review of Salume Beddu (3467 Hampton Avenue; 314-353-3100) is now available online, and be sure to check out Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow ... More >>

Great Harvest Bakery to Finally Reopen Under New Ownership

Ettie Berneking​It's amazing what a little elbow grease; 3,600 pounds of whole wheat and 650 pounds of honey will get you. In this case, it got Tom and Judy Honigfort a new business, two new careers and a start to another chapter of their lives. It hasn't been that long since Great Harvest Br ... More >>

Nate Hereford of Niche: Recipe for English Pea Soup

This is part three of Katie Moulton's Chef's Choice profile of Nate Hereford of Niche. Part one can be found here. Part two, a Q&A with Hereford, is published here. Katie MoultonEnglish pea soup: a bowlful of springtime.​ Watching chef de cuisine Nate Hereford in the kitchen at Niche, the obs ... More >>

Falafelwich Wagon Prepares to Hit the St. Louis Streets

Inside HospitalityLook for this logo on a falafel wagon near you. ​ The St. Louis food truck fleet is set to expand in June when the Falafelwich Wagon hits the streets. Falafelwich is the first local food truck for St. Louis-based Inside Hospitality. The restaurant public relations and brand ... More >>

The Brunch Menu at Milagro Modern Mexican

Ian FroebThe breakfast tacos at Milagro Modern Mexican​Last month, reigning RFT "Best Mexican Restaurant" Milagro Modern Mexican (20 Allen Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-962-4300) introduced a new brunch menu. It's available every Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and unless your weekly brunch must include ... More >>

Traveling Tea's Ancient Forest Black Tea, Tower Grove Farmers' Market

Wikimedia Commons​The clock radio comes on playing "Lover Please," from 1962. Swing tempo, brassy saxophone, handclaps like an R&B reveille. You can hear echoes of his gospel days in Clyde McPhatter's pleading: Lover please, please come back Don't take a train comin' down the track Don't, ple ... More >>

Matt Dawson of Brandt's Cafe: Recipe for Duck Tacos

This is part three of Deborah Hyland's Chef's Choice profile of Matt Dawson of Brandt's Cafe. Part one can be found here. Part two, a Q&A with Dawson, is here. Deborah HylandBrandt's Cafe chef Matt Dawson prepares duck tacos.​Appetizers are Brandt's Cafe (6525 Delmar Boulevard, University Cit ... More >>

Battle Limited-Time Tacos: Taco Bell Pacific Shrimp Tacos vs. Qdoba Mini Street Tacos

​Fast-food chains became America's sixth food group by mass-producing cheap, gut-filling, handheld eats with indulgent, uncomplicated flavors the public could depend on. It's dietary crack, and it works every time. Occasionally, though, fast-food and fast-casual chains mix it up by introduci ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 3.14-3.20

​Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. Cupcake Project: Stef explains how to use your favorite coffee beans for baking. Family Style Food: Karen shared her recipe for Burnt-Sugar Mango Chutney & Goat Cheese Naanwich.

Every Taco Tells a Story, Don't It? Screen-Printed Tortillas Come to Cherokee Street for Southern Graphics Conference

Deborah HylandJesus ain't got nothing on this tortilla operation executed by artist Kim Wardenburg and Eric Woods, owner of Firecracker Press.​On the surface, Cherokee Street seems fairly diverse: indie printers and hipster stores co-existing with Mexican grocers and restaurants, hip-hop cloth ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why Jesus shows his face in tortillas

Printmaking Punks and Professors to Converge on STL this Spring

Image viaScreenprinted tortillas are coming to Cherokee Street​Whip out your [bound and boutique-crafted] day planners, all you printmaking junkies:1) The Cherokee Print League is doing their 3rd Annual Holiday sale on Dec. 4, don't forget. 2) The nation's premier printmaking conference -- that of ... More >>

Gyro Scoop: Meaty Middle Eastern pleasures abound on South Grand

Creative Fusion: No joke, at Café Lazeez you can get chicken tandoori and chicken tikka as pizza toppings

Take It From the Tip Top: Grooving to Night Ranger at a Serbian bar and grill in Soulard — priceless

Dolce' aims high -- but does it hit Ian's sweet spot?

Appearance ain't everything at this downtown restaurant/club.

Ba Le and Cheeburger Cheeburger break the chain mentality.

Fast food ain't necessarily bad food.

Under the Hampton Sun

Find a foodie paradise in south St. Louis

All Abroad!

Bring an adventurous palate to these great spots, and your inner cheapskate will thank you

Viva Vito's

SLU expansion couldn't keep a good restaurant down

Call to Order

How to get a satisfying meal at an Indian restaurant

By the Numbers

Though 12 North's name is unimaginative, its food is anything but

The Story of Eau

The Chase Park Plaza harks back to its heyday with the addition of a spectacular new restaurant

Aromatic for the People

The sweet smell of success at the India's Rasoi in the CWE