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Taste Test: Wendy's New Late-Night "Moonlight Meal Deal" Targets Millennial Dudes

Having properly mourned the passing of the classic Wendy's dollar menu, Gut Check's former favorite grab-bag of fast-food bargains, we decided it was time to check out the chain's latest innovation in low-price, high-value fast food: the "Moonlight Meal Deal," described in a company press release as ... More >>

A Good Man Is Hard to Find's "Pork-n-Beans": One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now (Seriously, Only Three Weeks Left)

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 >>

Kriss Kross Reunites for Some Reason: A Hilarious Look at Their Last Ten Years

On February 23rd, '90s rap duo Kris Kross will reunite on an Atlanta stage to perform at a celebration honoring the 20th anniversary of So So Def Recordings. Here, we peer into several scenes in the life of Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac from their many years spent away from the spotlight.

10 Veterans Day Food Freebies and Specials Happening Today

Yep, yesterday was Veterans Day. Many restaurants offered food freebies and specials to celebrate this national holiday, and a few are today, too. Members of the military can score a meal special at these ten restaurants by brandishing any of the following forms of ID: Active, former or retired mil ... More >>

New "Ultra Modern" Wendy's Opens on Hampton Avenue Today

Today, Wendy's opens its first "ultra-modern" fast-casual restaurant in the Greater St. Louis Area at 2130 South Hampton Avenue. By coincidence -- because we haven't been stalking it daily -- Gut Check crashed happened upon the restaurant's grand opening VIP event yesterday evening. And let's just ... More >>

Video: Italian Man Places Entire Package of Mentos Inside a Coke; Condom Involved

Have you ever dropped a Mentos (the fresh maker!) candy into a bottle of Coca-Cola? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you could somehow manage to put an entire package's worth of Mentos candy into a bottle of Coca-Cola before the soda fizzed out of control? Wonder no longer. This Italian ... More >>

50 Ounces of 7-Eleven Double Gulp Is Still a Lot of Double Gulp

Shocking news from the fountain-soda beat: 7-Eleven has reduced the capacity of its Double Gulp from 64 ounces to a mere 50. Is 7-Eleven taking a stand in the contentious debate about obesity in America? Nope. Seems the 64-ounce Double Gulp was just too damn big for the average vehicle's cup-holde ... More >>

Kickass! The Black Rep hauls off and whomps Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Extreme Coca-Cola Habit Contributes to Woman's Death

Back when Gut Check had the metabolism of a teenage boy (because, at the time, we were in fact a teenage boy), we'd think nothing of slamming back a six-pack of ice-cold Coca-Cola over the course of a lazy afternoon. Of course, we'd also think nothing about slamming back a bacon double cheeseburger ... More >>

Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics

Perennial Artisan Ales Opening in Carondelet -- Our First Look

Sarah BarabaPhil Wymore, who founded Perennial Artisan Ales with his wife, Emily​If it feels like the list of local craft breweries keeps growing -- you're right. To that never-ending list add Perennial Artisan Ales (8125 Michigan Avenue; 314-631-7300), a brewery and tasting room nestled in t ... More >>

Take Me to Your Feeder: Welcome to the world's largest candy convention. Be advised: Resistance is futile.

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis' Rave Scene Gains Closure With One Last Party

​Between 1990 and 2001, the city's rave scene was one of the healthiest in the country and possibly the largest in the Midwest: A dynamic, reverent community that created a family out of people who knew only each other's first names. This was before the pacifiers and the phat pants, before glo ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Featured Review: Analogue

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Lawsuit Claims Facebook Illegally Uses Minors for Advertisements

Mothers dislike their kids being used in Facebook ads.​Have you seen those advertisements on Facebook that show one of your friends endorsing a certain product? The ad could be for a local restaurant or maybe a national retailer and features your friend's mugshot next to something saying that he o ... More >>

The U.S. Government Runs on Free Snacks -- So How Does Missouri Stack Up?

image viaHow things get done in Congress. (At least in the office of Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, which sports of model of the Capitol building made from boxes of Peeps.)​In any office, no one is more likely to get visitors than the person who keeps a candy jar on his or her de ... More >>

The New Coca-Cola Freestyle Machine Is Peachy Keen

Ian FroebCoca-Cola's new Freestyle soda fountain at the Ferguson Wingstop​On Monday, Gut Check told you about the slick new devices from Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Pepsi's "social" vending machine is still just a prototype, but Coca-Cola's Freestyle soda fountain is now available in St. Louis at the Win ... More >>

Coke, Pepsi Introduce Futuristic New Soda Fountains and Vending Machines

​Perhaps realizing that the "battle" between the world's two most iconic soft drinks (sorry, Dr Pepper) is simply a matter of whether you prefer the achingly sweet flavor of one or the other, both Coke and Pepsi are looking past the beverage to the beverage-delivery system as a new way to differen ... More >>

Bans Help People Too Stupid to Feed Their Kids, Themselves

Wikimedia Commons​ It's not just Jamie Oliver trying to save American kids from their parents. The Law is getting involved. Again. Reuters reports today that the Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agricultu ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Vega Sindoa El Chaparral Grenache at the Wine Merchant

Gut Check loves us some wine. We want a bottle with bang and a bang for our buck, so every week we will visit a local wine shop, where the experts will recommend a good-value wine priced under $15. We'll drink some and tell you wether we want to continue -- because the only time Gut Check has our no ... More >>

Halfway Haus To Open in South Carondelet

Spring is still being a big ol' tease, but new venues are blooming across the Southside like crocuses. The Heavy Anchor opens in a few weeks, The Warehouse has a new sign and is open for business, and Halfway Haus (7900 Michigan), a new bar and venue coming to South Carondelet, opens March 10.Diana ... More >>

Pro Athletes Only Endorse Healthy Food, Right?

plbsports.comRemember Flutie Flakes?​Parents are so gullible. An Australian study published in Public Health Nutrition indicates that half of Australia's parents don't read the nutritional information and were twice as likely to buy junk food for their kids if it's endorsed by a professional ... More >>

This American Life Reveals Coca-Cola Recipe

​This weekend's edition of This American Life focused on the closely held secret recipe of Coca-Cola. (At least, as I understand it, this was the episode that aired this past weekend. Please correct me if I'm wrong! I didn't hear it myself.) You can download a podcast of that episode at the This A ... More >>

La Tejana lets its tacos do the talking

Are Vending Machine Bans Creating Black Markets?

Image viaCan you put a price on Funyuns?​Hank Cardello, a former food-biz executive (Coca-Cola, General Mills, Cadbury-Schweppes), has posted an op-ed piece on the website of The Atlantic (via Eater) in with an intriguing argument against banning vending machines in schools:The recently passed Hea ... More >>

Hansen's Creamy Root Beer Natural Cane Soda, Winslow's Home

bridgeandtunnelclub.com​Before researching this column, Drink of the Week knew one thing about root beer: It is made from sassafras. We knew that because many years ago, on a hike in the woods with Grandpa, he pointed out a sassafras tree. He snapped off a small branch, split it with his pocke ... More >>

Mexican Coca-Cola No Different from U.S. Version?

​A story on Time (via Gawker) this morning landed with a virtual thud in the very depths of my soul: Scientists claim to have found no proof that Mexican Coca-Cola, beloved of food snobs and hipsters, contains cane sugar. But according to Time, a recent study that analyzed sodas found that M ... More >>

Taqueria Durango is further proof that the county's got it going on

7-Up vs. Coke, Part 1: From dot-com darling to disaster, the spectacular flameout of Andrew Gladney. Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all.

Probugs Organic Whole Milk Kefir Cultured Milk Sublime Slime Lime With Other Natural Flavors

$4.39
Whole Foods Market
1601 Brentwood Boulevard
Brentwood

There Goes the Eruv

You'll dig the delightfully unorthodox (yet totally Orthodox) food at Shmeers

Lotsa Matzo

After a tour of St. Louis' finest, our reviewer knows from deli