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Local Harvest Cafe & Catering's "Organic Banh Mi": 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 >>

Sugarfire Smoke House's Beef Brisket: 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 >>

Popaganda: In No, it's the ad men vs. the dictator

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 >>

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

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #2: Chitarra at Pastaria

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #2. Chitarra at Pastaria (7734 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-6603)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #1: The "Flying Pig" at Guerrilla Street Food

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #1: The "Flying Pig" from Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; www.guerrillastreetfood.com; 314-529-1328)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #4: The "Pork Porterhouse" at Cleveland-Heath

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #4. The "Pork Porterhouse" at Cleveland-Heath (106 North Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois; 618-307-4380)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #3: Steak Tartare at Little Country Gentleman

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #3. Steak tartare at Little Country Gentleman (8135 Maryland Avenue, Clayton; 314-725-0719)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #7: Pho at St. Louis Pho

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #7: Pho at St. Louis Pho (3863 South Grand Boulevard; 314-664-4041)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #6: "Spicy Wonton Soup" at Famous Szechuan Pavilion

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #6: "Spicy Wonton Soup" at Famous Szechuan Pavilion (8615 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-685-0888)

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #5: Grilled Quail at Blood & Sand

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #5: Grilled quail at Blood & Sand (1500 St. Charles Street; 314-241-7263)

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)

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

Glacier Grifter Leads Mixology to Brink of Jumping the Shark, Destroying the Planet

The waistcoats and bow ties. The speakeasy affectations. The designer ice cubes. Yes, the mixology revolution has given the naturally snark-prone any number of things to mock. (Including, for some, the term mixology itself. Yet after a tasty tipple (or three), even the most skeptical of us had to ... More >>

The WWE Royal Rumble Guide For Concert-Goers

Pro wrestling and arena concerts may seem like vastly different species. But they're not that far off. World Wrestling Entertainment camped out Sunday at Scottrade Center for this year's Royal Rumble, arguably the mega-federation's second biggest pay-per-view of the year next to its annual Wrestlem ... More >>

A Few More Restaurants of Note from 2011

​This week, I counted down my top ten dishes for 2011, a list drawn mostly (though not entirely) from restaurants that opened this year. In October, I ranked the five best new restaurants in St. Louis for 2011 and awarded an honorable mention to five more new restaurants.Even accounting for the ov ... More >>

Multi-Story House

Multi-Story House

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 >>

Chilean Wine Sales Skyrocket After Mine Drama

Chilean miner rescue leads to increase in Chilean wine sales. Harper's Wine and Spirits notes that British retailer Tesco has had a 325% increase in sales of wine from Chile since the rescue of the miners who'd been trapped since August. Gourmet Live shares one of the stories from their iPad app r ... More >>

#65: Chile Morita con Puerco at Señor Pique

Ian FroebChile morita con puerco at Señor Pique​Señor Pique might look like just another Mexican restaurant slinging chips and salsa and margaritas to the west county masses -- and, yes, you can get all three of those items here -- but the menu offers dishes I've encountered nowhere else in St. ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 3: Chile vs. Germany

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

Grit Expectations: Ian finds his Mojo on South Grand

The World Goblet Round 3: Australia vs. United States

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

Review Preview: Mojo Tapas Restaurant & Bar

Jennifer Silverberg​Another week, another visit to South Grand. This week, I review Mojo Tapas Restaurant & Bar, which opened a few months ago in the old Erato Wine Bar/Parkside Lounge space at 3117 South Grand Boulevard. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.

The World Goblet Round 2: Germany vs. Australia

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 2: Chile vs. United States

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 1: Germany vs. United States

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 1: Australia vs. Chile

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet: The World Cup of Value Wines

via​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gu ... More >>

Haveli doesn't look like much from the outside. So go in already!

Drink of the Week: 2007 Santa Ema Carménère, Sasha's on Shaw

We've taken over the couches in the back corner at our joint, Sasha's on Shaw, nicknamed Shawsha's. The bar's dark wood and dim lights are barely augmented by the flickering fire behind us, the votives set on the granite tabletops, a few neon signs. Last night, we got a text from one of our friends ... More >>

The Top Ten Dishes of 2009 #9: Andhra Chicken Curry at Mayuri

​The Andhra chicken builds its fire with each bite: It begins with a sharp heat tinged with fruity sweetness and a faint tang of yogurt. The chicken and the ground nuts in the curry mellow the heat ever so slightly and give the dish as a whole a well-rounded flavor, but just when you think you've ... More >>

Death Disco

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 3.27

Lent on Cherokee Street

Special Día de los Muertos Edition

Don't let not a little thing like not being Mexican stop you from buying those sugar skulls!

Crowded Waters

Is Oceano Bistro just another fish in the sea?

Copia Runneth Over

The food's delish, but Copia still needs to prove a thing or two to oenephiles

Don't Go It Alone

Christian Slater hunts monsters but finds only a lame movie

Series/Festivals

Week of May 28, 2003

Chili

Steak 'n Shake

Beating Swords Into Cameras

Webster University hosts the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Claudia Acuña

Wednesday-Saturday, Jan. 2-5; Jazz at the Bistro

What Will You Miss Most About Former President Bill Clinton?

Week of February 7, 2001

Is a Revote in Florida the Answer to the Election Fiasco?

Week of November 15, 2000

Fiesta, Then Siesta

Ay caramba! Union Station's Latin American Festival promises fun, food and frenzied footwork

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