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South Grand Tidbits: St. Louis Pho Temporarily Closed, Hong An Coming Soon

St. Louis Pho (3863 South Grand Boulevard; 314-664-4041) is closed temporarily, according to a sign on its front door. The sign indicates that the Vietnamese restaurant will reopen on Monday, April 15, under new management. St. Louis Pho's phone number remains connected but went unanswered when I ca ... More >>

Other Ozzes, Great and Terrible (But Mostly Terrible)

We Started the Fire: A Thorough Investigation Of The Chipotle Quesarito Urban Legend

It was during a regular lunch break in January when Gut Check first heard tell of Chipotle's "secret menu." While waiting in the restaurant's service assembly line we overheard a customer ahead of us order an "adult" quesadilla. Our ears immediately perked up. When our turn to order arrived, we aske ... More >>

Chew on This: Ian Froeb's Ten Best St. Louis Dishes of 2112

The Class War Between Food Culture and Music Culture

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship I'm a sucker for the Food Network. Chopped is my jam, I have strong opinions about specific Iron Chefs, an ... More >>

Hardee's Bacon Will No Longer Come From Super Sad Pigs

There are enough reasons to feel guilty about going to Hardee's. Several of their burgers approach or cross the 1,000 calorie line. Maybe Kate Upton's boobs got you there. But now. . . er, wait, starting in 2022, Hardee's customers can rest a little easier knowing the bacon and other pork bits in t ... More >>

When I.R.S. Means I'm Really Starving: Where to Find Food Specials on Tax Day

Today is tax day. Normally it's April 15, but because it fell on a Sunday this year, Americans have an additional two days to get their shit together. If you're responsible and not scrambling a la the people of Springfield, then you have one more reason to be happy today: As usual, in honor of tax d ... More >>

Alex Smith's Anger: Snubbed by His Own Team

​I haven't written a whole lot about football lately. It's partially because I was so fatigued by the season the Rams just went through that football just didn't seem much fun anymore. (Pro variety, anyway.) Another part of it is my personal disdain for Jeff 'Mouth of the South' Fisher, who the Ra ... More >>

Eight Tasty Food-Related Halloween Costumes

Photos by Julia Gabbert​Every year, we wait until the last minute to pick out our Halloween costume, and this year was no exception. We refuse to go the all-too-easy "slutty" route (we have class!), and we're bored with Jokers and Jesuses. So we decided to go with what we know: food. Spirit ... More >>

Patty Quake: Can St. Louis withstand the "better burger" restaurant invasion?

It's Spam's Birthday! Let's... Celebrate?

Wikimedia CommonsSpam turns 74. ​So venerable. So maligned. So ... squishy. Spam turned 74 years old this week. No, we're not talking about the can your grandma's had tucked in the pantry since 1937, "just in case". We're talking about the whole product. Spam made its market debut on July 5, ... More >>

CWE Culpepper's Now Serving Breakfast, Too

Culpepper's added a breakfast counter service on March 28.​You can add the Central West End location of Culpepper's to the list of eateries adding breakfast hours -- a trend we'd attribute to the fact that, in this still-slouching economy, everybody's trying to eek out every last cent of profit.Th ... More >>

Church's Southern-Style Chicken Sandwich

​Of all the staples on the fast-food menu, Gut Check has a special place in our plaque-clogged heart for the fried chicken sandwich. The softness of the bun yielding to the crispness of the exterior of the chicken and then the juicy meat inside...it's heaven! Of course, that's the idealized v ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl. Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: Stuff This, Burger King: A Visit to the Wicked Lady Pub http://bit.ly/iibZzz Jimmy Fallon vs. Stephen Colbert: Battle of Ben & Jerry's Late Night I ... More >>

Bah Humbug! Brits Aren't Going for the Sprout Surprise Whopper.

How about a Burger King Sprout Surprise for a quick Christmas nosh? Eater.com says that the Brits aren't thrilled with the holiday concoction, which was being sold in three U.K. cities until today. The burger features Emmentaler cheese and what looks like a fried patty of mashed Brussels sprouts. It ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Sleigh Bells Tells 'Em How It's Done at the Firebird, Thursday, October 28

Jon GitchoffSleigh Bells at the Firebird.​A deafening buzz surrounded Sleigh Bells even before the duo released its debut, Treats. The hype was somewhat perplexing: While its elephant-sized crunkbeats, razor-honed guitar riffs and Alexis Krauss' slam-poet-butterfly vocals are certainly arresti ... More >>

Make Your Own Person With Food!

image viaI said bundt cake, not butt cake!​Remember the Halloweens of yore? The haunted house in your best friend's basement, where her overbearing dad delighted in cramming your hand into a bowl of peeled grapes while trumpeting, "Oh no! It's a bowl of eyeballs!," causing you to piss your pan ... More >>

One Critic's Take on "The Locavore's Dilemma"

Image viaWhy bother?​On Monday, St. Louis Magazine restaurant critic Dave Lowry posted "The Locavore's Dilemma: One Critic's Take" on the magazine's food blog, Relish. The piece is a merciless and often quite funny critique of the locavore movement. The preoccupation with "local" foods is, at bes ... More >>

Don't Panic Over Halal Food Carts Near Ground Zero.

Good God, no! They're selling Halal food at Ground Zero! The Washington Post sensibly explains to a concerned reader why selling food that adheres to Islamic law in Lower Manhattan isn't threatening.An English professor was forcibly removed from a Manhattan Starbucks because she refused to participa ... More >>

Eight Bizarre TV Commercial-Song Pairings, As Inspired by Red Stripe's Frankie Goes to Hollywood Re-Write

Image via​On Monday, Red Stripe premiered a new ad for its delicious, delicious beer. The video clip features the Red Stripe Ambassador -- shades of the Old Spice smooth-talker, perhaps? -- dancing to a Stephen Marley-produced, reggae cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's '80s synthpop hit "Rel ... More >>

Marilyn Scull of Ann & Allen Baking Company and Park Avenue Coffee

This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marilyn Scull of Ann & Allen Baking Company and Park Avenue Coffee. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe, will be posted soon. Robin WheelerTime to make the...gooey butter cake!​Did your family cook when you were ... More >>

Marilyn Scull of Park Avenue Coffee and Ann & Allen Baking Company

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marilyn Scull of Ann and Allen Baking Company and Park Avenue Coffee. Part two will be published tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Scull, will be posted the following day. Robin Wheeler​Marilyn Scull isn't where she thought s ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.5

It's Cinco de Mayo - how many pickled jalapenos can you cram down your gullet? Eat Me Daily reports that a new world record in pickled jalapeno eating was set last weekend by some poor fool willing do down 275 of the vinegar heat bombs during double overtime. But he's a professional eater. The amat ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 4.21

Foot-and-mouth disease is back. Three cows were found with the condition's mouth sores, so Japan has banned the export of beef for three months, according to Forbes. It's the first case of foot-and-mouth reported in Japan in ten years. Jack in the Box has introduced self-service kiosks. Slashfood ... More >>

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights

The Morning Brew: 3.29

Next on "Intervention" - junk food addicts. New rat research indicates that large quantities of fatty foods can be as addictive as cocaine. (Bloomberg Business Week) Good news - demand for locally-produced meat has skyrocketed. Bad news - it's happened so quickly that slaughterhouses can't keep up ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 2.19

​ Fine dining restaurant starts serving 99 cent tacos. (The Orange County Register)World's second largest tea company on its way to being Rainforest Alliance Certified. (Reuters)A beer tour through Vietnam. (New York Times)Dumbest employees ever try to sneak large hydrocodone pills into Burg ... More >>

Ask a Mexican!: Loco for Lebanon: Do Mexicans have genetic ties to the Middle East?

Video: SpongeBob Got Back! Motley Crue, Unk and Europe Bonuses

I can't believe nobody sent this to me yet: A Spongebob Squarepants version of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," as a Burger King commercial. Fabulously twisted. Incidentally, the SpongeBob mash-ups on YouTube are all shades of hilarious. How about "The Final SpongeDown"?

The Dish: Hardee's Western Thickburger

Today on the Daily RFT, my colleague Chad Garrison discussed the rather racy new Hardee's ad in which model and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi expresses her love for Hardee's Western Thickburger. Here's the commercial, which aired many times during this past weekend's NCAA basketball action: So is the ... More >>

Bear Market Sandwich Extravaganza: Hot Pockets Steak & Cheese Panini

Aimee's examination of frozen sandwiches continues with the Hot Pockets panini.

Second Spin: Tommy Cash, Rise and Shine

Malcolm blows his stimulus check on fast food

Cherry Docs is too much of a very good thing.

Thanks in part to Charlie Barron's total commitment to his character.

Dammed & Damned: The Great Flood of ’93 Revisited

Fun With Fluids

The Revolution will be televised — and plenty addictive too.

Enviga

$1.39 (estimated)
Arrived via media kit

What, a Dump?

Environmentalists decry the expansion of a gigantic Illinois landfill.

Taco Bell Home Originals Taco Dinner

Sauce 12 Shells & Seasoning

Slugfest

Slither is silly and gross, but it might worm its way into your heart

Not on Our Street

Cherokee Street's business establishment wants that Mexican bus to vamoose

Chantico

Starbucks, 521 Olive Street, 314-231-2150

Turkey Gone Wild

We raise a glass to everyone's favorite Thanksgiving spirit, imagine Tofurky dinner at the White House and eat one hundred T-ravs. Plus: Where in the world is Floyd Crues?

HoJo Mojo

The last Howard Johnson's west of the Mississippi closes, leaving its patrons with no place to dine

Best Working-Class Power Breakfast

White Castle

Duh Press

Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket

Design of the Times

St. Louisan Charles Eames and his wife, Ray, may have designed the very chair you're sitting in

Andy Klein

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR KILLIN'

An intense study of the mechanics of hate gets a staged reading by the New Jewish Theatre

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