Dutchtown

"Knockout King" Elex Murphy Sentenced, Widow Testifies, "My Family is Destroyed"

Last month, Elex Murphy, the so-called "knockout king" accused of beating a 72-year-old stranger to death in Dutchtown, was convicted -- two years after the brutal attack. And last week Murphy was sentenced, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office said on Friday, with an announcement that included ... More >>

Sultan Palace on South Grand Already Closed? Plus More from South Grand

Sultan Palace Bakery and Cafe (4144 South Grand Boulevard; 314-875-9653) opened in Dutchtown only last November. A banner still hangs outside the Middle Eastern restaurant announcing its grand opening. Signs that it is stil open at all are not good. See Also: - First Look: Sultan Palace Bakery and ... More >>

"Knockout King" Elex Murphy Convicted, Tells Widow, "I Hope They Find the Right Person"

Elex Murphy, the so-called "knockout king" accused of killing a 72-year-old stranger in a brutal attack, was convicted yesterday -- but it appears he is still maintaining his innocence. Murphy, now twenty, was at the center of our 2011 cover story on the violent, random assault of Hoang and Yen Ngu ... More >>

"Knockout King" Elex Murphy Trial: A Look Back At the Accusations, Alleged Confession

The trial has officially begun for Elex Murphy, the so-called "knockout king," accused of fatally beating to death Dutchtown resident Hoang Nguyen in the random, brutal attack that we explored in-depth in our 2011 cover story. Yesterday, prosecutors began laying out the case against the now twenty ... More >>

Four-Year-Old Girl Hit in Dutchtown Drive-By Shooting, Police Search for Suspect

The most recent victim of gun violence in St. Louis is a four-year-old girl. Police say the girl, hit by bullets last night, was not the intended target, but got caught up in gunfire from a drive-by shooting. The incident took place last night around 7:30 p.m. on Louisiana Avenue in the city's Du ... More >>

Noodle House on South Grand Already Closed

Looks like a very short life for Noodle House (3924 South Grand Boulevard; 314-771-5197). The Vietnamese restaurant opened in late June of last year in a former Arby's restaurant along South Grand in Dutchtown. Driving past it this week, I spotted a For Lease sign posted outside the restaurant. Peer ... More >>

Police: Two South Grand Shootings Last Night

At 8:45 last night, a 27-year-old black male was talking to someone he knew while on the 3600 block of Liermann, just west of South Grand in Dutchtown. An Asian male approached and interrupted them (according to what the victim later told the cops). The men "exchanged words." 

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Oct. 12-14

Friday (Oct. 12): Food Truck Friday @ Tower Grove Park Head to the park (before doing so requires a parka) for the last major food truck fest of the year. Nibble on quick fixes from Papa Tom's Fancy Franks, Le Food Truck, Sarah's Meltdown and more. As always, admission is free--arrive early! 2 to ... More >>

Three Shootings Last Night: A Good Samaritan, An Eatery Shoot-Up, and Violent Robbery

Shooting #1 went down in the Lewis Place neighborhood  just before 8:30 pm, police say. A 20-year-old black male was walking east in the 4400 block of Evans Ave when a navy Doge Magnum started coming towards him, but stopped ahead of him near a group of 7-10 black males standing in a vacant lot ... More >>

Darryl Reed, St. Louis Homicide No. 89; Shot in Head in Drive-By on Martin Luther King Dr.

Last night at about 9:30 pm, 25-year-old Darryl Reed of Dutchtown was sitting in the front passenger seat of an SUV that was rolling east on Martin Luther King Drive, at the northern edge of Fountain Park.  Another young guy, age 26, was driving, police say. As they approached Euclid, the drive ... More >>

Streetwalkin' is Bumpin' in South City; Johns Rejoice While Aldermen Look to Legislate

Street prostitution is alive and well in parts of South City, and members of the Board of Alderman are working on legislation to shut down strolls in residential areas. Last week, KMOV 4 reported that street-walking ladies had descended on neighborhoods in Cardonolet and Dutchtown after a city ord ... More >>

Terrence Vann: St. Louis Homicide No. 82; Shot to Death in Fist Fight

Police say a fistfight turned into a firefight last night in Dutchtown, killing one man. Terrence Vann, 19, was fighting another man in the 2700 block of Keokuk Street at 9:20 p.m, according to police reports. Vann pulled a pistol and his opponent drew his gun as well, firing one shot that struck Va ... More >>

Dameion Dorsey Charged with Burglary After Being Shot by Police

Police were called to the 3900 block of Compton Avenue in the Dutchtown neighborhood at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning for a reported burglary. When they arrived, they found the back door of the building ajar. They entered with weapons drawn.Once inside the police heard breaking glass, and then saw a man ... More >>

St. Louis Pho transforms former Burger King into a deliciously noisy affair

Review Preview: St. Louis Pho

This week I visit St. Louis Pho (3863 South Grand Boulevard; 314-664-4041), a Vietnamese restaurant that opened in the Dutchtown neighborhood at the very end of last year. (Hence the leafless tree in the background of the photo I shot then.) Page through for a sneak preview of my review.

Tidbits: Sushi Sake, Delmonico's Diner, Chronicle Coffee, Taylor's Place

Catching up on this and that... - There's a new sushi joint in south St. Louis County. Sushi Sake is now open at 4418 Lemay Ferry Road, featuring all-you-can-eat sushi and hibachi. The restaurant is open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-10 ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: May 11-13

Friday (May 11): Food Truck Friday @ Tower Grove Park The season's first Food Truck Friday brings the the St. Louis Food Truck Association along with other vendors to Tower Grove Park for plenty of tasty meals on wheels. The list of vendors includes the likes of Seoul Taco, 2 Girls 4 Wheels, Go G ... More >>

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The 10 Most Heinous Crimes of 2011

2011 marked the end of an era: St. Louis is no longer the Most Dangerous City in America. Not only did our city lose the coveted number-one spot, now held by Flint, Michigan, it slipped to number four! And it looks as though the city's murder rate will decline by 30 percent from 2010. What's going o ... More >>

Maude's Market Offers Heritage Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Mabel Suen​Turkey time is quickly approaching! If there's still no word on your bird, consider a locally raised heritage turkey from Maude's Market (4219 Virginia Avenue; 314-353-4219) for the dinner table this year. Maude's Market, a year-old shop in up-and-coming south-city neighborhood Dutc ... More >>

Judge KO's Prosecutor's Attempt to Seize RFT Notes in Knockout King Case

​A judge has quashed a subpoena from the Office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, which demanded that Riverfront Times reporter John H. Tucker produce his notes and testify about his interviews with Elex Murphy, who is in jail awaiting trial on a homicide charge.Murphy is the focus of ... More >>

St. Louis Stays Off FBI's Cop-Killer List for 2010

​Newsflash from the most dangerous city in the country: 56 on-duty law enforcement officers were killed during felonious acts in 2010, and not one of those killings occurred in St. Louis. The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday published its annual report tracking the number of such de ... More >>

North Pointe Residents Say No to Crime

"The neighborhood itself is a nice neighborhood," says Simril. "It's got a few bad apples in it, but the citizen's patrol is trying to calm down the scene, and the last couple of months we've made progress." ​Most days for the past fifteen years, 57-year-old Tommy Simril has climbed into his 1 ... More >>

Charlie Brennan Talks Knockout King

​Yesterday, KMOX Radio's Charlie Brennan sat down for a one-on-one interview with us to talk about "Knockout King," a feature story we ran a couple months ago about the violent ritual adopted by St. Louis teenagers involving the sucker-punching of unsuspecting pedestrians for thrills. In Apr ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Jennifer Silverberg​This week, we lunched on a mandarin orange-and-chicken salad from 6 North Café, brunched on a frittata at Schlafly Bottleworks and continued our countdown of favorite dishes with sizzling rice soup from Hunan & Peking Garden and vegetarian meatballs at Lucas Park Grille. ... More >>

The Veggielante Visits Dutchtown's Urban Eats Café

​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

Angela Fletcher: St. Louis Woman Sent Boyfriend 897 Harassing Texts

Angela M. Fletcher was found guilty today by a St. Louis jury.​In July 2010, Angela Fletcher and her boyfriend, Nicholas Barrale, obtained orders of protection --  barring a St. Louis woman from harassing them via text message. The woman had allegedly sent Barrale hundreds of threatening mess ... More >>

Knockout King: Kids call it a game. Academics call it a bogus trend. Cops call it murder.

Details of Alleged "Knockout King" Elex Murphy's Confession

​This week's feature story, "Knockout King", revisits the death of Dutchtown resident Hoang Nguyen, who was fatally beaten two months ago while walking home from his local grocery store in broad daylight. The attack was later determined to be part of a violent ritual -- the young teens who pa ... More >>

Man Shot in Dutchtown in Broad Daylight

The 4100 block of Nebraska -- the site of yet another shooting in Dutchtown.​Two men were shot yesterday in separate incidents in St. Louis -- but both are expected to survive the attacks.In the first instance, a man in the 4100 block of Nebraska Avenue, at the intersection of Meramec, was shot in ... More >>

Beyond the Arch: Surprisingly cool destinations within a 30-minute drive

Dutchtown Man in Serious Condition After Interrupting Burglar

The 3700 block of Delor, where a 28-year-old man was shot several times last night.​A 28-year-old man is in serious condition after interrupting a gun-toting burglar trying to break into his neighbor's apartment last night.The man, whose name is being withheld by police, was at his home in the 370 ... More >>

Police Respond to Rash of Violent Crime in Dutchtown

Keith Novara, "the new police face" of Dutchtown.​Perhaps it's no coincidence that three of the most notorious murders in the city this year -- the killing of U.S. Marshal John Perry; the unprovoked assault on 72-year-old Hoang Nguyen as he walked home from the grocery store; and this week's k ... More >>

Former Dutchtown Resident Laments Downfall of Neighborhood

Today's comment comes in response to our coverage of a meeting last night addressing crime in the Dutchtown Neighborhood of south St. Louis. FDRontheHill writes:I spent the first 22 years of my life growing up in the Dutchtown neighborhood. I have seen it steadily decline from a place where I used ... More >>

Shannon McGinn: Fresh-Faced Alderman Candidate, Discusses Her Campaign With RFT

John H. Tucker​A few years ago during the Marble Stage Theatre Company's run of "Fiddler on the Roof," the role of Golde was given to Shannon McGinn, a local social-services worker who did community plays on the side. The role depicts a fiercely loyal mother, unafraid to raise her voice to emp ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 8.23-8.29

​Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs. Andrew Mark Veety: Andrew shared a brief history of Provel. Rhubarb and Honey: Kimberly made a Green Tomato Pie. Cupcake Project: Stef showed how to make Pink Frosting Without Food Coloring.

Maggie Ginestra and Amelia Colette Jones: 2010 MasterMinds

Tommy Sowers Celebrates Memorial Day Power-Walking Through "100 Mile Yard Sale"

Sowers: Road Marchin'​Tommy Sowers would argue with our description of him "power-walking." The former Green Beret -- and Democratic candidate for Missouri's 8th Congressional District -- calls his hundred mile journey down Highway 25 this weekend a "road march." As in the kind of military hikes i ... More >>

When sweeping smoking bans take effect next year, many bar patrons might not even notice the difference

RFT talks with the St. Louis nurse who kept Saddam healthy until it was time for him to hang

Satisfaction with St. Louis Police Depends on Where You Live

topteedesigns.com​The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department yesterday released findings from a satisfaction survey it conducted recently. The poll of St. Louis residents found that three in four people were "satisfied" with the operation of the department and even more (86 percent) found police ... More >>

Caribbean Sí: A Puerto Rican restaurant sprouts on South Grand

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Bosnian refugees found safe haven in St. Louis in the 1990s. Many are on the move again -- this time to the suburbs.

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Golden Rockets