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February 28, 2013Christopher Frank, accused of exposing himself to an eleven-year-old boy in a Brentwood Home Depot last year, pleaded guilty this week. Police say the suspect got down on his knees in a bathroom stall, exposed his genitals to the boy -- and then watched him use the bathroom.
Here at Daily RFT, we' ... More >>
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November 9, 2012Friday (Nov. 9):
ARTstravaganza Moonlight Opening Reception @ the St. Louis Artists' Guild
Enjoy a wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres during the opening evening of this weekend juried art show of fine, folk and fun artwork. Free. 5 p.m.
25th Anniversary @ Hank's Cheesecakes
To celebrate Hank's 25th A ... More >>
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November 1, 2012As has been the pattern for many, many months now, October saw far more openings than closings. In fact, Gut Check can confirm only one actual closing for the month: the Kirkwood location of Trattoria Branica. (There is one other possible closing.)
Openings included a new barbecue joint at Mad Art ... More >>
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October 31, 2012Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina (South Brentwood Boulevard & Clayton Road; 314-863-1150), the new, higher-end Mexican restaurant at the St. Louis Galleria, has its official grand opening tomorrow evening, but a phone call reveals that the restaurant is open for business right now.
Vida is located at ... More >>
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September 18, 2012This week, I visit Famous Szechuan Pavilion (8615 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-685-0888), the one-of-a-kind restaurant that relocated earlier this year from its original drive-thru spot in Brentwood to St. Louis' strip mall without culinary equal, Jeffrey Plaza.
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September 14, 2012- Maplewood could become the latest St. Louis County municipality to allow food trucks to roam its streets. Maplewood-Brentwood Patch reports on this week's meeting of the Maplewood City Council at which Councilman Tim Dunn proposed a six-month trial for food trucks provided that they avoid the main ... More >>
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August 31, 2012This month has been a busy one for restaurant openings, including the long-awaited reopening of the Mexican restaurant -- though not the same Mexican restaurant -- in Lafayette Square, a new Thai restaurant for the Central West End, a new spot for the coffee-geek set and a drive-thru sushi joint in ... More >>
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August 29, 2012Keith Esters and Johnathan Perkins, already charged with murder in the death of former SLU volleyball player Megan Boken, were yesterday charged with armed robbery and felonious restraint for their part in a crime that took place August 12 in Brentwood.In the Brentwood robbery, Esters and Perkins al ... More >>
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August 28, 2012A colleague noticed yesterday that the drive-thru hut at 8950 Manchester Road in Brentwood, which was the original home of Famous Szechuan Pavilion (8615 Olive Boulevard, Olivette; 314-685-0888), has new signage up advertising "To Go Sushi."
Turns out that's not just what the new venture offers. Th ... More >>
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August 21, 2012Last week, I found much to admire in, of all places, an upscale national chain restaurant at a shopping mall. Will lightning strike twice this week as I visit another (slightly less) upscale national chain restaurant at a shopping mall: BlackFinn American Grill (South Brentwood Boulevard & Clayton R ... More >>
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July 13, 2012You can win $10 to Joe's Chili Bowl (808 Chestnut Street; 314-241-7070), and all you have to do is guess where we ate this turkey and pesto sandwich. Hint: We grabbed this from a grocery store in Brentwood.
Rules: To be eligible, you must leave a valid e-mail address (or Twitter handle or Facebook ... More >>
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April 27, 2012As we grudgingly made out our income tax checks to the government last week, we felt relieved that our annual nightmare was over. Then we turned to our gas bill and noticed this printed on the bottom: "University Ci Tax: $4.30." And at the bottom of our receipt from the Brentwood Target: "Incl 1% Ha ... More >>
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March 5, 2012Guess where we ate this beef curry and win $5 to Gioia's Deli (1934 Macklind Avenue, 314-776-9410). Hint: We ate this spicy curry at a restaurant in Brentwood.
Rules: To be eligible, you must leave a valid e-mail address (or Twitter handle or Facebook profile URL) in the comment-entry field. One gu ... More >>
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June 29, 2011Casino Queen, my Lord you're mean; I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green. -- WilcoIt seems the former city administrator for Brentwood had been living the life of an (alt.) country song. And now his tawdry and high-rollin' ways finally caught up to him. Christopher Seemayer, Bre ... More >>
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June 23, 2011Image viaEach year, the Brentwood and Town & Country Whole Foods locations have a meeting to review applications and discuss which local organizations should be chosen as beneficiaries for the stores' quarterly Community Support Days.
On these days, 5 percent of both stores' total proceeds ... More >>
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June 14, 2011If there is a center of evil in the St. Louis metro area, it is surely the parking lot of the Whole Foods Market in Brentwood. Enjoy sadomasochism but too shy to join a proper BDSM club? Visit the store on a weekend afternoon.Which is why Gut Check found this video "Whole Foods Parking Lot" by a ... More >>
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April 14, 2011via http://www.missourigag.org/Chuck Spearman of the Missouri Gospel Announcers GuildThe Missouri Gospel Announcers Guild had grown tired of its office space on Broadway, just north of downtown St. Louis. "Cars get vandalized a lot," admits Chuck Spearman, the organization's president. "There ... More >>
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September 20, 2010Yeah, not quite Rodeo Drive.Some of us here at the Daily RFT have a very hard time resisting dresses, shiny things or the possibility of a serious deal on shoes. So, strictly for research purposes, we grabbed a girlfriend and checked out the new Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood Square this weekend.Not ... More >>
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August 17, 2010A strict smoking ban will go into effect in Brentwood beginning January 1. The Brentwood city council approved the measure by a 7 -1 vote last night. Unlike the ban for all of St. Louis County -- which goes also goes into effect this January -- the Brentwood law does not exempt "drinking bars" (thos ... More >>
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June 4, 2010Dr. FreezeSouthern Sno in BrentwoodGreetings! Dr. Freeze here, lately returned on the red-eye bird from the 17th Annual International Conference on the Advancement of the Snow-Cone Arts in Davos, Switzerland -- just in time for the official start of snow-Cone season.Yes, Memorial Day has come and ... More >>
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April 19, 2010Jennifer SilverbergThis week I visit Mai Lee, which relocated earlier this year from Delmar Boulevard at I-170 to, of all places, the ground floor of the new MetroLink and BJC parking lot in Brentwood. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.
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February 4, 2010Last week, in conjunction with our feature story on smoking ban loopholes, we asked readers to name the smokiest bar in St. Louis. More than 330 people responded.The overwhelming winner? "All the bars where you can smoke."When it came to an actual watering hole in the city or county, the results ... More >>
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August 2, 2000The armadillo, Texas' best-known critter, migrates to Missouri
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June 2, 1999Developers like the Sansone Group are using a state law to rake in millions of tax dollars for retail projects in the burbs. Trouble is, the legislation was designed to help blighted inner cities.
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