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May 25, 2012
Chris Sommers' Sqwid Wraps Its Arms Around Businesses and Patrons
Everyone with a fork and an Internet connection fancies himself a restaurant critic these days, Yelping about an overcooked steak or Twittering on about a beautifully plated dessert. Which is fine, except that the conversation tends to be one-sided and leaves little opportunity for restaurant owners ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Pi Pizzeria to Dedicate Its Food Truck to Benefit Charity
Pi Pizzeria is known for many things. Its pizza is loved by President Obama, it has a great happy hour, it set the standard for the food-truck boom in St. Louis and, of course, it serves up a mean deep-dish pizza. Now, founder Chris Sommers intends to use the brand's visibility for good -- by d ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Flying Saucer Remodel Unveiled, Tenant(s) Still a Mystery
Developer Rick Yackey yesterday unveiled an architect's rendering of a remodel of the Flying Saucer, the former Del Taco and Phillips 66 building at 212 South Grand Boulevard. The design by St. Louis firm Klitzing Welsch Associates features a new brick and glass facade but retains the basic desig ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2011
Lewis Reed Campaign Gets Big Gift; Francis Slay Campaign Gets Big Names
Slay and Reed: The election is a long way off but the fundraising isn't.The next election for mayor of St. Louis is still some 20 months away but already the campaigns are under way. Incumbent mayor Francis Slay currently has over $611,000 of cash on hand for the 2013 election, according to the l ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
Chris Sommers (Deep) Dishes on the Changes at Pi Pizzeria
Robin Wheeler Steven Caravelli is headed to Pi Pizzeria.Pi Pizzeria this week announced a change at the top of its culinary team: Steven Caravelli, formerly the executive chef of Sleek and Araka as well as a brief stint at The Mud House, is taking over for Marc Baltes, who is leaving St. L ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Kaldi's, Pi in Mix for the Del Taco Flying Saucer?
The saga of the (now former) Del Taco building, a.k.a. the flying saucer, at 212 South Grand Boulevard has taken yet another intriguing turn, with two of the city's most powerful politicians tweeting competing ideas for saving the iconic structure from possible demolition.On Saturday, Mayor Franc ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 6.6 - 6.12
Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. Off the Menu: Evan delved in to Chris Sommers of Pi's latest business venture: Sqwid, a mobile app that provides a platform for direct customer feedback. Sauce: Sauce blogged about goosefoot. A Veggie Venture: Alanna whipped up some ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2011
Pi to Open New Location at Mercantile Exchange Downtown
Courtesy: StandPoint Public AffairsA rendering of the new Mercantile Exchange project downtownThe ever-expanding Pi pizza empire -- I think it's safe to call it an empire at this point, no? -- will open its fifth location at the new Mercantile Exchange development downtown, the restaurant and the ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2011
Updated! Fast Food Industry Mag QSR Names Pi Pizza Truck Among Top 20 Food Trucks in U.S.
{Updated 2/9/11 4 p.m. with comment after the jump from Pi co-owner Chris Sommers.} In its February issue, QSR Magazine, which covers the fast-food industry waterfront, names Pi Pizzeria's Pi on the Spot among the Top 20 food trucks in the nation. Writes Daniel P. Smith of QSR (which we're pretty ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Pi Pizza Truck Hits Bureaucratic Bump in Edwardsville
Last Wednesday, January 19, Restaurant Pi's popular pizza truck toddled over the state line to Illinois to peddle pies in Edwardsville. Alerted on Twitter, east-side Pi fans flocked to the parking lot of Fond restaurant to scarf down their choice of pepperoni, sausage, spinach-mushroom and tomato-b ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Restaurant Tidbits from Brasserie by Niche, Franco, Pi
Jennifer SilverbergNow you can enjoy the onion soup at Brasserie by Niche seven days a week.A few notes from the last week:- Brasserie by Niche announced via Twitter this weekend that it will now be open seven days a week.Smart move: By all accounts, Gerard Craft's French restaurant, which landed ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
This Election Night, The Rent Is Too Damn Pi
Courtesy: Pi PizzeriaIt seems like only yesterday that Gut Check was noting its perhaps exhaustive coverage of Pi Pizzeria. But when owner Chris Sommers sends us a graphic as amazing as this, we have no choice but to share it with you.This Election Day night -- Tuesday, November 2, for those of y ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2010
Pi 2 Go Opens in Chesterfield, and St. Louis Mourns the Best Restaurant That Never Was
armadillojoes-stl.comSo, yeah, Pi 2 Go is now open at 14870 Clayton Road in Chesterfield. As the name implies, the latest outpost of Pi's ever-expanding cornmeal-crust empire is carryout-only. Why is Gut Check so meh about the news? Because it means that Armadillo Joe's Tex-Mex & Taxidermy is ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Party with Tattooed Restaurant Folks & RFT at Pi! Benefit the St. Louis Area Food Bank!
Gut Check and Riverfront Times invites all St. Louis-area restaurant workers -- especially the tattooed ones -- to join us on July 12 for a Kitchen Ink party at Pi pizzeria's Delmar Loop location. The party, scheduled on a Monday so restaurant folk will be able to attend, coincides with the opening ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Pi Kitchen Manager Brutally Beaten Outside McKinley Heights Jack in the Box
Ali Aziz, the 29-year-old kitchen manager at the Kirkwood location of Pi pizzeria, was brutally beaten early Sunday morning in the parking lot of the Jack in the Box restaurant at 1807 Gravois Avenue in the city's McKinley Heights neighborhood.Details remain sketchy, but Pi owner Chris Sommers ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
Cold Pizza Pi!
Need a reason to put pants on come Sunday morning? If you can get clothed and get yourself to Pi in the Central West End by 11 a.m., you can have cold pizza for breakfast. Beginning this weekend the restaurant will offer a selection of its thin-crust and deep-dish pies -- with meat or with ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Twitter Food Fight! Customers and Restaurateurs Hash It Out!
It always seems to take the Midwest a bit to catch up with the coasts. In San Francisco they had their first Yelp-related smackdown with criminal charges in November. Last week the New York Times published a story about chefs taking to Twitter to air grievances about suppliers, customers, employees, ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
Pi, Niche and 30 Other Loud Restaurants
Jesus, it's loud in here.Gut Check recently asked readers to chime in and name the loudest restaurants in St. Louis. While this is a highly unscientific poll, the responses show that a few restaurants stand out when it comes to decibel level.Our survey received 46 votes. 7 of them went to Pi ... More >>
Dining
December 30, 2009
All for Aughts: Let's count down the best local restaurant openings of the decade!
Jesus, it's loud in here.Gut Check recently asked readers to chime in and name the loudest restaurants in St. Louis. While this is a highly unscientific poll, the responses show that a few restaurants stand out when it comes to decibel level.Our survey received 46 votes. 7 of them went to Pi ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
The Ten Most Important St. Louis Restaurant Openings of the Aughts #10: Pi (2008)
Pi (2008)Forget for a moment that then-Senator Obama declared Pi's pizza the best he'd ever eaten. Forget too that President Obama invited Pi owner Chris Sommers and staff to cook at the White House. Consider that in only two years, Pi's cornmeal crust recipe, though imported from San Francisco, ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
2009 in Review: April
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>
News
October 7, 2009
The South Butt takes on the North Face -- and more
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>
Dining
October 7, 2009
Chez Leon gives way to a new Niche
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>
Dining
September 16, 2009
Pi Cubed: Obama's favorite pizza joint pushes back opening of second location
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>
Dining
September 9, 2009
News and Notes: A Benefit for Grace Dinsmoor and restaurant openings
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
FoodWire: Pi, Pi and More Pi
Lots of news today about Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website), which began a year and a half ago as a Delmar Loop restaurant serving San Francisco-style deep-dish pizza and is about to become a mini-empire. First, the second location of Pi -- a.k.a. Pi Squared -- at 10935 Manchester Road in Kirkwood ... More >>
Dining
August 12, 2009
Gut Check: Stimulus packages!
Lots of news today about Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website), which began a year and a half ago as a Delmar Loop restaurant serving San Francisco-style deep-dish pizza and is about to become a mini-empire. First, the second location of Pi -- a.k.a. Pi Squared -- at 10935 Manchester Road in Kirkwood ... More >>
Dining
July 8, 2009
Around the Horn: Ian covers all the bases to find you the best All-Star Game chow
Lots of news today about Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website), which began a year and a half ago as a Delmar Loop restaurant serving San Francisco-style deep-dish pizza and is about to become a mini-empire. First, the second location of Pi -- a.k.a. Pi Squared -- at 10935 Manchester Road in Kirkwood ... More >>
Dining
July 1, 2009
Gut Check: Ian dines with kings, but keeps the common touch
Lots of news today about Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website), which began a year and a half ago as a Delmar Loop restaurant serving San Francisco-style deep-dish pizza and is about to become a mini-empire. First, the second location of Pi -- a.k.a. Pi Squared -- at 10935 Manchester Road in Kirkwood ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2009
Reflections on the Debut of the "Dorm Room" at 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar
Hedwig von Ebbel, Wikimedia CommonsA who's who of St. Louis food types descended upon 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar (1913 Park Avenue) last night for the inaugural "Dorm Room" dinner.Among those spotted in the crowd -- writing that makes me feel just like Deb Peterson! -- were Gerard Craft and Math ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2009
This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated
Who knew it would be such a political week here at Gut Check International Headquarters? We called out some Post-Dispatch commenters for their ridiculous (and sometimes racist) takes on Pi traveling to the White House, and then we chatted with Pi's Chris Sommers about the trip and the fallout.Speaki ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2009
Pi's Chris Sommers Deep-Dishes on Cooking at the White House...and the Controversy
User "Wadester16," Wikimedia CommonsChris Sommers, owner of the Delmar Loop pizza restaurant Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; Web site), will appear on Fox & Friends tomorrow morning to set the record straight on his visit to the White House to cook pizza for President Barack Obama. The interview shou ... More >>
Dining
October 29, 2008
Gut Check: Obama had one Pi time in St. Louis
User "Wadester16," Wikimedia CommonsChris Sommers, owner of the Delmar Loop pizza restaurant Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; Web site), will appear on Fox & Friends tomorrow morning to set the record straight on his visit to the White House to cook pizza for President Barack Obama. The interview shou ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2008
Updated: Barack Obama Likes Pie -- And Pizza from Pi
User "Wadester16," Wikimedia CommonsChris Sommers, owner of the Delmar Loop pizza restaurant Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; Web site), will appear on Fox & Friends tomorrow morning to set the record straight on his visit to the White House to cook pizza for President Barack Obama. The interview shou ... More >>

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