Subject: Clayton

• Small Plates: Wednesday, 5/30

  May 30, 2007

• Today's Restaurant Tidbits

  September 27, 2007

• Today's Restaurant Tidbit

  September 28, 2007

• Today's Restaurant Tidbits

  October 2, 2007

• Finale, Cavern at Fort Gondo To Close

  January 8, 2008

• Arcade Fire's Will Butler Got Married in St. Louis

  January 11, 2008

• Three for Three: 5.30-6.1

  May 30, 2008

• What You Missed: RFT Music Showcase in Photos, Panic at the Disco, Nato Caliph, The Earthworms, Taste of Clayton

  June 2, 2008

• LOL at St. Louis Gas Prices

  June 23, 2008

• FoodWire: Zuzu's Reopens in Clayton

  Zuzu's Handmade Mexican Food (Web site) has reopened its Clayton location. The restaurant is now located at 16 North Central Avenue, across the street from its previous location.

  January 21, 2009

• FoodWire: Parker's Table Closing

  Both Joe Bonwich and Sauce report that Clayton wine and food shop Parker's Table (8137 Maryland Avenue) is closing. Stop by for discounted wine and, on Saturday, a "farewell toast."

  January 26, 2009

• FoodWire: Wine Merchant Closing Creve Coeur Location

  The Wine Merchant is closing its Creve Coeur location at 12669 Olive Boulevard. The Clayton location (20 South Hanley Road) will remain open. The details, from the retailer's newsletter: The world is coming to grips with the most serious economic downturn since the second World War and many economists are expecting a slow recovery. Our lease is up for renewal at our Creve Coeur store and we've made the tough decision to close this location. Our Clayton shop remains vibrant and continues to grow

  February 2, 2009

• Race Baiters Target Clayton Schools

  Couple of hair-raising incidents in the Clayton School District this month of March, as school officials found racist graffiti scrawled on several school properties. The most recent incident occurred last week, when staff at the Ralph M. Captain Elementary School in the Demun neighborhood found "a threatening message directed at African Americans" scrawled on a wall in one of the boys' restrooms, per an e-mail from Principal Sandy Rosell. Rosell's message to parents said the Clayton Police Depar

  March 24, 2009

• FoodWire: Bistro Alexander Closed?

  My Post-Dispatch counterpart, Joe Bonwich, broke the possible news on his Off the Menu blog yesterday: Clayton's Bistro Alexander (7927 Forsyth Boulevard) seems to have closed. I swung by this morning for a look, and while the tables remain set, artwork and a flat-screen TV have been removed from the walls.

  March 27, 2009

• New Web Guide Offers List of Smoke-Free Dining Choices in St. Louis

  flickr.com/photos/karen_cbSmoke-free St. Louis City is out with a dining guide of city bars and restaurants that prohibit smoking. The online guide categorizes businesses by geographic location (Downtown, North City, Central West End, etc.) in addition to providing a laundry list of all the dozens of eateries and watering holes that now ban smoking. Excluded from the list are chain restaurants. In somewhat related news, I stopped by one of my favorite mid-county haunts, Krueger's Bar & Grill

  April 8, 2009

• Look by Light

  December 17, 2008

• Clayton Rustic: Mazara succeeds by getting the little things right

  November 12, 2008

• Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood

  May 28, 2008

• Shine On

  April 2, 2008

• Best Alternative to Toasted Ravioli

  Toasted Cannelloni at the Uptown Café

  September 25, 2002

• Crank Tap, Indian-Style

  October 31, 2007

• A Hard Act to Follow

  Finale's amazing food deserves a standing ovation -- and the digs ain't bad, either

  May 18, 2005

• Boulevard Irish Ale

  Carondelet Grill, 8000 Carondelet Avenue, Clayton; 314-721-7001

  March 16, 2005

• Step Out for Lunch

  July 12, 2006

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  Week of June 1, 2005

  June 1, 2005

• The Back Burner

  Restaurant August is a super-fancy bummer

  March 16, 2005

• Big or Rich?

  Unreal takes matters into our own hands (tee hee!) and re-enters the wonderful world of note-passing with the opposite sex. Plus, we settle the age-old debate: Which is better, Clayton or Ladue?

  October 27, 2004

• Best Crêpes

  City Coffeehouse & Creperie

  September 29, 2004

• Best Farmer's Market

  Clayton Farmer's Market

  September 29, 2004

• A Matter of Taste

  It's all debatable

  June 2, 2004

• When Is a Tavern Not a Tavern?

  When it's the Del Pietros' inventive latest, Tavern 43

  March 3, 2004

• Fun With Figaro

  This new eatery proves that "casual dining" can still be inventive and chic

  October 15, 2003

• Best Place to People-Watch

  St. Louis County Courthouse

  September 24, 2003

• Best Wine Store

  The Wine Merchant, Ltd.

  September 24, 2003

• Feat of Clayton

  St. Louis Art Fair is #1

  September 3, 2003

• Tapas Without Passion

  The wrong location, the wrong vibe for this lively style of dining

  May 14, 2003

• Sangria Jarra

  Barcelona, 34 North Central, 314-863-9909

  February 26, 2003

• Class War

  Marty Rochester wages war against the dumbing-down of public education -- even in the best of schools

  February 26, 2003

• Best Minimalist Chandelier

  I Fratellini Caffe and Rosticceria

  September 25, 2002

• That's a Winner

  April 3, 2002

• Putting on the Ritz

  July 19, 2000

• Business Owners to Speak Tonight on Clayton Smoking Ban

  flickr.com/photos/benedyktPeople who own businesses or work in Clayton will get a chance to address the city council tonight in a meeting to discuss a proposed smoking-ban for the St. Louis suburb. Last month the council held a similar meeting to get reaction from Clayton residents -- many of whom support the ban. (The city recently conducted a survey that found 77 percent of residents want the city to prohibit indoor smoking in public spaces.)Several bar and restaurant owners, meanwhile, conten

  May 12, 2009

• FoodWire: Clayton Smoking Ban Nears Approval

  User "Opa," Wikimedia CommonsThis is usually Daily RFT's beat, but now that it looks definite, I'll post the news here: The Post-Dispatch reports that Clayton is all but certain to pass a ban on smoking in restaurants and most other public places, effective July of 2010. In a nice touch, the only Clayton alderperson to vote against the measure did so because it wasn't strict enough.Predictably, the comment thread is highly entertaining. I have to single out RFT favorite Bill Hannegan for special

  May 27, 2009

• With Clayton Smoking Ban All But Guaranteed, Where is U. City, Creve Coeur and Overland?

  Last night the Clayton board of aldermen gave initial approval to a smoking ban for businesses and restaurants that would go into effect in July 2010. The bill needs one more reading before becoming law, though it looks to be virtual done deal at this point. Just one alderman voted against the ban yesterday and that's because he believes it is too weak. (He'd like to see smoking prohibited in public parks and green spaces, as well.) When the ban becomes law, Clayton will become only the second o

  May 27, 2009

• FoodWire: Taste of Clayton Sunday

  Sunday, June 7, is the annual Taste of Clayton event in Shaw Park. The main event runs from 1:30-7:30 p.m. "Taste, Too" begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends with fireworks at 9 p.m. Each "Taste Ticket" costs $1.25. These tickets are then exchanged for food and drink from the participating restaurants. Those restaurants include Araka, Cafe Manhattan, Flaco's Cocina, Oceano Bistro, Rearn Thai and many, many more. (View the complete list on the Taste of Clayton Web site.)

  June 5, 2009

• Review Preview: Miso on Meramec

  This week I check out the new menu at Clayton's Miso on Meramec: The grated wasabi root was stronger than its paste cousin -- no surprise there -- but it didn't overwhelm the fish. Instead, the wasabi and salmon worked in concert: a burst of heat chased by the fish's gentle sweetness -- like the smack of diving into the water on a hot day, followed by the coolness under the surface.Check back here tomorrow to see what I think.

  June 15, 2009

• Clayton's "Heartbreak Hotel" To Close This August

  claytononthepark.comThe 23-story high-rise in downtown Clayton has been many things in its brief nine-year existence. Clayton on the Park at the corners of Brentwood Boulevard and Bonhomme Avenue, began as a boutique hotel and apartment building catering to the city's well-heeled visitors and wealthy residents. Monthly rent started at $1,300 and rose quickly from there. Adding to its panache, the building offered concierge service to all occupants and imported a London taxicab to ferry its

  June 17, 2009

• Star Bright

  July 1, 2009

• The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 7.15

  Clayton makes it official, banning smoking in restaurants as of next summer. (Post-Dispatch)Perhaps not surprisingly, the Las Vegas restaurant boom has come to a screeching halt. (New York Times)This story, if true -- and that's a big if, as these things go -- is probably the grossest thing you'll read all year. (WABC)

  July 15, 2009

• FoodWire: Gourmet to Go Opening Downtown September 21

  www.gourmettogo.com​Caterer Gourmet to Go, which operates retail locations in Clayton and Ladue, will add a third location downtown on Monday, September 21. The new location in the St. Louis Place building (200 North Broadway) will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. This Gourmet to Go location, unlike the previous two, will offer indoor seating.

  September 3, 2009