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Schadenfreude Overdose: National Restaurants Anti-"Obamacare" Policies Hurt Business

Last month, following the reelection of President Barack Obama, Gut Check examined five national restaurant chains sticking to anti-"Obamacare" policies. Papa John's chief executive John Schnatter threatened to raise pizza prices and cut employee hours to part-time to side-step paying for health ins ... More >>

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 >>

Denny's Meets Middle-Earth With Menu Sort Of Inspired by The Hobbit

Advertising Age reports that on November 6, Denny's will launch a limited-time menu inspired by Peter Jackson's film The Hobbit, to be released on December 14. Because Bilbo Baggins wouldn't be at all horrified by Denny's "Build Your Own Hobbit Slam," which is a real thing it's serving. What, like ... More >>

Reunited, And It Feels...Just Okay

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. Most of my favorite bands from high school are reuniting, either for one-off festivals or for total rebir ... More >>

Truck Stop Missouri Serves Up Reality TV and Giant Pools of Gravy

In two weeks the University of Missouri - Columbia will celebrate their one hundredth homecoming, but there's a new character in town encroaching on the Tigers' fame: Midway Truck Stop, the subject of Travel Channel's newest hit, Truck Stop Missouri. The giant, independent truck stop stationed one e ... More >>

Top Five Fast Food Joints Besides Del Taco to Enjoy While Drunk

Laura MillerSo long, after-bar hangout.​A community of St. Louis drinkers was surely surprised when news broke that plans might be in the works to demolish an after-bar staple, the midtown Del Taco (212 South Grand Boulevard; 314-534-1424). Gut Check reported yesterday that developer Rick Yack ... More >>

How to Visit an Iconic Restaurant Without Looking Like an Ass

gomemphis.comGoing to Rendezvous or another food icon? Do your damn homework, Newb.​We don't stay holed up in the ivory tower of Gut Check International Headquarters all the time. No way! Sometimes we've got to get away. Hit the road. Eat in another city. Going to Memphis? Then you must have ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Food Network​Like everyone else in St. Louis, Gut Check was pretty excited about opening day. However, we're even more excited about new food options available at Busch Stadium, from healthy, gluten-free eats, to the Food Network's "Signature" Busch Stadium sandwich. What else did we do this ... More >>

[UPDATED] Denny's Wants to Kill You, Part 3: Free Trip to Baconfest 2011!

Baconfest Chicago​ Gut Check was contacted yesterday by Gotham, Inc., the communications company that represents Denny's. Evidently the employee who issued the original quote about the success of Denny's Baconalia wasn't qualified to comment. The company has asket to retract her comments and ... More >>

Denny's Wants to Kill You, Part 2: Bacon Sundaes!

It's barely been six months since Denny's attempted to decimate the American dining population by introducing the Fried Cheese Melt - a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with fried mozzarella sticks. For the hearty souls who survived that onslaught, it's time for dessert! Denny's​ Bring on ... More >>

Deluded Denny's Now Calling Itself "America's Diner"

Here is sample of the new ad campaign from Denny's in which it rebrands itself "America's Diner":In case you can't watch the ad, it features various customers sharing the diner-esque nicknames given to them by the Denny's server. The tagline: "America's Diner is always open."The New York Times repor ... More >>

In Partial Defense of the Man Shot by Police at the Denny's on Hampton Avenue

Trip Powers: great name, great beard, allegedly terrible decisions.​Yesterday, Daily RFT told the tale of the awesomely named and magnificently bearded -- or, if you like, magnificently named and awesomely bearded -- Trip Powers and his early-morning visit to the Denny's at 1515 Hampton Avenue. My ... More >>

Grand Slam of a Mugshot: Police ID Man Shot Following Fiasco at Denny's

Trip Powers: Power trip goes wrong.​Meet Trip Powers, the man shot early Sunday morning while seriously craving a Grand Slam omelette. Or maybe it was a Moons Over My Hammy?In any case, here's how it went down, according to police. Powers, 39, arrived at the Denny's on Hampton Avenue around 3 a.m. ... More >>

Day 31: Food, Glorious Food!

Editor's note: Aspiring photojournalist and Gut Check contributor Kholood Eid is chronicling her Ramadan fast in diary form. Click for all Ramadan Diary entries. Kholood Eid​This past Friday marked the first of two things: the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, the three-day holiday that follows Ramad ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: There are Del Taco breakfast sandwiches (?) in the break room. Does Gut Check dare? India's Wheat Surplus Rots While Country Continues to Suffer Malnut ... More >>

Denny's to World: We Will Kill You With Cheese -- Cheaply [Updated with Caloric Count!]

​That there is Denny's new Fried Cheese Melt. It's exactly what it looks like: four fried mozzarella sticks and American cheese grilled between two slices of sourdough bread. It comes with French fries -- which look...odd -- and, yes, marinara sauce. It costs only $4.What more can you say about th ... More >>

Will Albert "The Great" Follow "King" James' Footsteps?

He didn't even leave a note. ​So after witnessing quite possibly the worst idea I've seen in literally years, the ESPN/LeBron James joint project entitled "The Decision", the question, of course, will predictably be asked around these parts, "Could Albert Pujols be next for this sort of thing?"&nb ... More >>

Counter Intelligence: RFT stages an around-the-clock diner-thon

A Year of Masturbating Clowns, Stalkers and Rat-tails: Best Missed Connections 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimateslug/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​And so a year has passed in that pageant of desperation, creepiness and accidental humor that we call craigslist Missed Connections. Much was gleaned in 2009! We learned that our fellow St. Louisans are capable of grave crimes against gramm ... More >>

Incredibly Creepy Secret-Admirer/Stalker Posts on craisglist Missed Connections

Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.http://www.flickr.com/photos/llimaorosa/ / CC BY-ND 2.0​The things that i could never tell you - w4m - (Maryland Heights)When I make love to my husband I ... More >>

The Dive Bomber: Lounging at Sappington Lounge

Robin Wheeler​Is there anything sadder than an old bar in a strip mall? What about an old bar sandwiched between upscale rescale shops in a strip mall, with only a battered Chinese restaurant to keep it company? That's Sappington Lounge, which looked so forlorn from the outside that I thought it ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Friday, 7.24

A California company recalls romaine lettuce for possible salmonella contamination. (CNN)A man with high blood pressure sues Denny's for not disclosing sodium levels in its food. (UPI)Morgan Spurlock's anti-McDonald's movie Super Size Me is going to become a...comic book? (Chow.com)

Cardinals Nickname Poll: Call for Reyes Nominations!

Unreal lost track of time and forgot to solicit nominations for our next nicknamee. No matter; here we go. We'll close polling soon on a nickname for Yadier Molina... Pick a Nickname for Yadier Molina! ( surveys)...but we can't wait to stir the pot for our next nicknamee, Dennys Reyes. And yes, ... More >>

Mizzou Wins, SLU Doesn't. What Else is New?

Just when Rick Majerus' Billikens beat A-10-leading Dayton and lull you into thinking they might be able to win a game on the road against one of the worst teams in their conference, they go and get trounced by St. Bonaventure, losing 72-55 to the Bonnies last night in New York. It's one step forwa ... More >>

That Was Fast: Denny's Story Disappears from Stltoday's "Most Popular" Feature

Yesterday I wrote how a story on stltoday.com had become something of an Internet sensation due mostly to the picture accompanying the article. stltoday.comTuesday's most popular stories. The story was about a free breakfast promotion at Denny's and featured a photo of an African-American family get ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 2.4

In today's news: peanut butter (again).

Free Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast: The Perfect Prelude to a Screening of "Paul Blart: Mall Cop"?

Talk about your slow news days. Unreal hasn't heard back from our friends in the movie-screenin' business, but we just had to share this priceless photo and story from our other friends in the newspaper-writin' business: Yessiree, seems today would be the day to get around to seeing Paul Blart: Mall ... More >>

Denny's Free Grand Slam, A Photo Portrait

Ian FroebThe scene at the Denny's on Hampton Avenue shortly after noon.

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Unreal's cougar search continues, with a bathroom break, and another for Breaking Dawn

What would make Malcolm partake of the condemned man’s last meal?

Will Ian flip for the Original Pancake House?

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Mad About It

Costner and Allen are the upside to The Upside of Anger

News to Muse

The Year in Review: A Quiz

Low Tide

Watercolors Café is far from being a masterpiece

Phat-wa!

We scope out Pinkeye's publicity, chat with Hopesfall and declare a fatwa on A Perfect Circle

Methmaker, Methmaker, Make Me Some Meth

Unreal finds good meth-lab locations and talks to a young lady making her way in the world (with the help of semi-nude photos); Bill Haas gets honest; and we (and Denny's) find several ways to play with our food

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of January 28, 2004

HoJo Mojo

The last Howard Johnson's west of the Mississippi closes, leaving its patrons with no place to dine

Sherman's March

The venerable Billy Sherman's Deli makes a move but doesn't stray too far from where it came

Best Place To Waste Time

St. Louis County Traffic Court, North Division

Goody Works

Though it bites off a bit more than it can chew, the Goody Goody Diner serves up a mean breakfast

Diner

South City Diner

Girl on the Bridge

Directed by Patrice Leconte

Short Cuts

News of the Weird

1998: The Year in Music