Chile Peppers

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

See photos: Inside Mission Taco in the Delmar Loop

First Look: Gringo Offers Taco Options Like Al Pastor, Octopus and Grasshopper in the Central West End [Photos]

From the formidable forces behind the successful pizza empire that is St. Louis chain Pi Pizzeria comes a new concept called Gringo (398 North Euclid; 314-449-1212), which opened its doors in the Central West End last week with a full menu of tacos, margaritas and more. See also: - Pi Pizzeria Te ... More >>

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 >>

Five Star Burgers' Green Chile Cheeseburger: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurants. These are the 100 dishes that define St. Louis dining in 2013. Our list culminates this fall when ... More >>

Five Star Burgers Makes Eater National's 25 Hottest Burgers List

Congrats to Steve Gontram and St. Louis' own Five Star Burgers (8125 Maryland Avenue; 314-720-4350) for serving one of the "25 Hottest Hamburgers in America Right Now," according to Eater National. Five Star's "Dad's Green Chile Cheeseburger" was singled out as a must-eat item, joining stellar burge ... More >>

Vaya Con Dos: Two new Mexican-ish restaurants in less-than-likely locales

Slideshow: Photos of Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina

Tidbits: More Tuesdays for Farmhaus, a 100 for Perennial, Jobs at Tucanos

- In November of last year, Farmhaus (3257 Ivanhoe Avenue; 314-647-3800) announced that it would expand its dinner service to Tuesdays to accomodate holiday demand. (The restaurants regular schedule had been lunch Monday through Thursday, dinner Wednesday through Saturday.) Today, the acclaimed res ... More >>

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

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #8: "Dad's Green-Chile Cheeseburger" at Five Star Burgers

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #8. "Dad's Green-Chile Cheeseburger" at Five Star Burgers (8125 Maryland Avenue, Clayton; 314-720-4350)

Stellar Work: Five-Star Burgers lives up to its name

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Heinz Heats Up the Holidays With New Jalapeño Ketchup

Heinz Ketchup is preparing for a spicy new year with its 2013 limited-edition release of Heinz Tomato Ketchup Blended with Real Jalapeño: "The classic ketchup recipe blended with real jalapeño peppers [sic] for a fun, spicy twist." It retails for $2.49. The jalapeño-flavored condiment is set to ... More >>

First Look: 5 Star Burgers

It's been a long road for Steve Gontram. The former owner and chef of Harvest (1059 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-645-3522) has been pining for years to open a St. Louis outpost of 5 Star Burgers (8125 Maryland Avenue, Clayton; 314-720-4350), a business that he and his father found ... More >>

Best of Missouri Market Preview -- Including Seven Show-Me State Products to Taste Test

If you're looking for the the cream of the crop from the Show-Me State, head down to the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard; 314-577-9400) this weekend. The annual Best of Missouri Market will take place Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October, 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The market will a ... More >>

Taos Hunters: The Southwest slings diner grub with a side of New Mexican

St. Louis Pho transforms former Burger King into a deliciously noisy affair

New Mexican: La Cantina seeks to carve a unique niche in Webster Groves

Review Preview: La Cantina

This week, I visit La Cantina (35 North Gore Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-968-3256), the new tapas-esque Mexican restaurant from Robert Trevino, owner of the popular Amigos Cantina (120 West Jefferson Avenue, Kirkwood; 314-821-0877). Page through for a sneak preview of my review.

Subway's Doritos Nachos Available in St. Louis

When Gut Check learned yesterday that Subway is test-marketing nachos made with Doritos, we couldn't wait to try them -- in fact, we were so excited that we bought chips, Cheez Whiz and jalapeños to make some for ourselves. Turns out we didn't have to wait. An operative passed along word this mor ... More >>

Mexican Metamorphosis: If you thought Half & Half's name refers to breakfast and lunch, you don't know the half of it

One Nation, Under Tacos: How Mexican food conquered America

Seven Heaven: Siete Luminarias burns bright — even amid the many Mexican marvels of Cherokee Street

The Seven Best Hot Dog Stands in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

Nuoc Charm: Dao Tien is a peach of a Vietnamese bistro, and a slice of home-style heaven

Soup Countdown #6: Duck & Smoked Jalapeno Chili at The Shaved Duck

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 >>

Flip-Flop and Fly: Some things improve with age. Like St. Louis Wing Co.

Hiro's Welcome: The Loop's newest sushi joint has something extra to offer

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 >>

Drowned (But Not Yet Burned) at El Mexiquense

Ian FroebThe torta ahogada at Overland's El Mexiquense​The torta ahogada is a traditional Mexican sandwich that is "drowned" (ahogada) in red chile sauce. Since the torta ahogada at Taqueria Durango was one of my 100 Favorite St. Louis Dishes, when a reader informed me that Overland's El Mexiquens ... More >>

Adobe Reds brings a taste of New Mexico to Midtown

Market Pub House's Blazing Wing Challenge: Gut Check Investigates

Ettie BernekingRFT staffer Mark Madonna suffers through a ghost pepper wing.​Disappointed with our writer's Pearl Cafe spice challenge defeat, Gut Check decided it was time to turn up the heat: The same no-pay writer should try the much-hotter ghost-pepper-wing challenge at Market Pub House (6 ... More >>

St. Louis Wing Co. Still Taking, Um, Wing

Ian Froeb​St. Louis Wing Co. (9816 Manchester Road, Rock Hill; 314-962-9464) opened two months ago with a menu featuring chicken wings in sauces both traditional and not (coconut curry, kalamata olive-feta and walnut-herb pesto among them). While I applaud the variation in flavors -- I liked a sim ... More >>

Joey B's Opens New South County Location

Ian FroebJoey B's pretzel bites with jalapeño cheese dipping sauce​Joey B's Food & Drink is now open at 189 Concord Plaza, the shopping center at the southwest corner of the intersection of South Lindbergh Boulevard and Baptist Church Road. This is the third location for Joey B's, part of the ... More >>

Wingasm: What does the "O" in O! Wing Plus stand for?

Eat Your Veggies. Just Not These.

Wikimedia CommonsThese beets won't kill you. Yet. ​Beets are so often maligned that it's hard to imagine that they're pickled and processed in 105-ounce cans. Who knew there was such a pickled beet demand? Well, that demand's going to go unmet for a bit. Lakeside Foods Inc. of Manitowoc, Wis ... More >>

Rosalita's Cantina takes a shot at spicing up the loft district

Stuff This, Burger King: A Visit to the Wicked Lady Pub

Ian FroebThe "Wicked Burger" at the Wicked Lady Pub​I was already planning to visit the Wicked Lady Pub (4534 Gravios Avenue; 314-448-1978) to order the "Wicked Burger" when I saw that Katie Moulton had taken a bullet for Gut Check and sampled the new "Jalapeño & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse ... More >>

Burger King's Jalapeno & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse -- Chokes!

www.bk.comThose little nuggets that look like corn kernels? Them's cheddar!​Burger King dubbed its newest limited-time burger, set loose in January, the Jalapeno & Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse, conjuring visions of sitting in a dim back booth across from The Most Interesting Man in the World. ... More >>

At Joy Luck Buffet, bypass the buffet and focus on joy and luck

Stuff It! Giant Jalapenos Enter the Giant Stuffable Food Market

Paul BoslandThe new jalapeno variety is medium hot with large fruit.​Because the average jalapeno pepper isn't big enough to hold nearly as much cheese as we'd like, the New Mexico State University chile pepper breeding program has genetically engineered the 'NuMex Jalmundo'. It's a hybrid bet ... More >>

Taqueria el Jalapeño Now Fast Burrito

Jennifer SilverbergThe jalapeño still smiles.​This isn't news, per se, since it happened almost half a year ago, but I haven't seen it reported anywhere else, and it involves a restaurant I liked quite a bit: Taqueria el Jalapeño (10009 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Ann) has a new owner and a new n ... More >>

Patties Take the Cake: Five Guys brings burger glory to Town & Country

Roll 'Er Derby: Ian's quest for sushi domination continues with Mizu and Ki

Tacos de Kirkwood: Amigos Cantina brings the suburbs a little taste of Cherokee Street

Agave gives Mexican cuisine the white-tablecloth treatment.

It just might be able to find its niche in the Grove.

Keep It Down!

Knorr Lipton Fiesta Sides Nacho Pasta: Rotini Pasta Smothered in a Nacho Cheddar Cheese Sauce

Knorr Lipton Fiesta Sides Nacho Pasta: Rotini Pasta Smothered in a Nacho Cheddar Cheese Sauce

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Schnucks

6600 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights

Lychee Cosmo

Red Moon, 1500 St. Charles Street, 314-436-9700

Don't Mess with Tejas

Steve Gontram's culinary compass points south-of-the-border

Picture of Lily's

A friendly family offers a sweet and charming introduction to Mexican home cooking

Carnaval Supply

South St. Louis is home to a joyous celebration of Brazil's appealing cuisine