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March 27, 2012
Blackfinn American Grille Opens This Week
Blackfinn American Grille will have its official opening this Thursday, March 29, at the St. Louis Galleria (South Brentwood Boulevard & Clayton Road, Richmond Heights). Curious? You don't have to wait till Thursday. The restaurant, which is taking over the former Mark Shale space in the mall, has ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Mysterious New Taco Truck for St. Louis? [Updated]
Driving around the city this morning and early afternoon, I spotted a new -- to me, at least -- food truck. Tacomovil was painted across the back of the truck in big letters, so I assume that's the truck's name. Actually, I spotted it twice: first, heading westbound on Market Street; then, half an ... More >>
Music
March 15, 2012
Hayes Carll
8 p.m. Sunday, March 18. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.
News
March 1, 2012
Ask a Mexican: Buy banned books!
8 p.m. Sunday, March 18. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.
Blogs
February 29, 2012
AB-InBev Wants You to "Track Your Bud"
Look closely at that Budweiser in your hand. It has a German name. It was produced by Brazilians. Its brand-name used to be owned by the Dutch. But it's distinctly American. If you're confused, worry not. Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a new software program called "Track Your Bud," allowing you ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2012
Wanna Start a Business? St. Louis is One of the Best Places to Do It
With the recession still in full swing and likely to continue for several more years, it seems like it would be a foolhardy proposition to start up a small business. But there is something infinitely appealing in working for yourself -- particularly since that makes you immune to layoffs. And accord ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Cassy Vires of Home Wine Kitchen
This is part one of Stephen Fairbanks' Chef's Choice profile of Cassy Vires of Home Wine Kitchen. Part two, a Q&A, will be posted tomorrow, and part three, a recipe from Vires, will be posted on Thursday. Jennifer SilverbergHusband-and-wife owners of Home Wine Kitchen, Josh Renbarger and Chef Cassy ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
The Radiohead Presale is Tomorrow Morning: How to Increase Your Chances
Don't be like this dance enthusiast and miss out. You know by now: Radiohead has announced the first leg of its 2012 tour and St. Louis has one of the shows. It's on March 9th at the Scottrade Center, and tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Saturday at 10 a.m. But some spots (history ... More >>
Culture
October 13, 2011
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
News
October 13, 2011
Better burgers, worse concert experiences: Readers kvetch
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Culture
October 6, 2011
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Culture
September 29, 2011
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Red-Light Cameras: A Cautionary Tale From Houston
Houston red-light saga becomes absurdist comedyMany St. Louisans are eagerly awaiting the outcome of a court case that, in a partial ruling earlier this year, seemed to nullify the city's ordinance allowing red-light cameras. But if Houston is any indicator, opponents of the cameras in St. Louis ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2011
81,000 Households in Metro St. Louis Don't Have a Car
Who knew so many St. Louis households depended on one of these?The Brookings Institution is out with a study looking at the public transportation access within America's biggest cities, and St. Louis is near the bottom of the list. According to Brookings, 82 percent of area residents without a ca ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Anheuser-Busch Wants to Trademark Your Area Code
Image viaAnheuser-Busch may not want to use this trademark -- but they definitely want to own it.If brewing giant Anheuser-Busch gets its way, we won't just be living in the 314.We'll be living in the 314 (TM).The St. Louis-based brewery, now owned by Belgian conglomerate InBev, has applied for a ... More >>
News
June 30, 2011
Ask a Mexican: Would Mexico have been better off if the American Southwest remained Mexico?
Image viaAnheuser-Busch may not want to use this trademark -- but they definitely want to own it.If brewing giant Anheuser-Busch gets its way, we won't just be living in the 314.We'll be living in the 314 (TM).The St. Louis-based brewery, now owned by Belgian conglomerate InBev, has applied for a ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Bo & the Locomotive Triumphantly Return, Having Only Slept On Cat-Piss Couches Once
Bourbon Street. Photos courtesy of Bo Bulawsky.Bo & the Locomotive is gearing up for the release of its first full length, On My Way; it's out July 30th. The band is, in fact, exactly on its way, having just returned from a tour that took Bo and his band through the South. There were especia ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
BlackFinn American Grille to Open at the Galleria
Courtesy of BlackFinn American GrilleBlackFinn offers lobster mac & cheese.Ben & Jerry's and the California Pizza Kitchen will be joined in the St. Louis Galleria in late September by a new concept for the Midwest: the BlackFinn American Grille. BlackFinn's menu items include seafood items s ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2011
The Double Play Blues, Part 2
A twin killing! Get it? Okay, fine, they're just brothers, not twins. Man, tough room. You all may remember (or you may not; I don't honestly know how much attention anyone pays to me), that just a few weeks back I wrote about the astonishingly high number of double plays the Cardinals have hit i ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Citygarden Wins Major Award
Citygarden was presented the award yesterday.The downtown St. Louis sculpture garden, Citygarden, has won that major award for which it was named a finalist last month. Yesterday, the Urban Land Institute awarded Citygarden its Amanda Burden Open Space Award. The annual honor recognizes the best ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
St. Louis is Tops in Postal Carrier Dog Bites
It's up to you to prevent this.We're No. 5! Celebratory chomps all around.OK, it's not actually that funny. The U.S. Postal Service today released data on the nation's top cities for dog attacks on postal carriers, and St. Louis tied for fifth (along with San Antonio) with 39 attacks in 2010. Hou ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Man Attempts to Jump off Plane, Blames Mother's Day
Mom got you stressed?If you don't throw Momma from the train, she might cause you to throw yourself off the plane. Yesterday, a 34-year-old man aboard a Continental flight traveling from Houston to Chicago made an attempt to open the airplane door while the plane was miles above the ground. ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Dirty South author Ben Westhoff on his time covering St. Louis hip-hop and the new book
What y'all really know about the Dirty South? Enough to write a book, apparently. Congratulations are in order to RFT alum Ben Westhoff, whose second book will be officially released on May 1. The book, entitled Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinven ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Chugging Milk at a "Chocolate Seder"? Even a Jackass Knows That Ain't Kosher
Image viaDrink up! (Slowly, and with a bucket nearby.)Today's Post-Dispatch includes an innocuous, even charming, article by Jesse Bogan about a "Chocolate Seder" held over this past weekend for kids at Congregation Temple Israel in Creve Coeur.According to the article, the aim of this "Seder" wa ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
St. Louis' Citygarden Finalist for Urban Land Institute Award
Photo: Nick LucchesiWill the Citygarden hares win this race?Citygarden is one of five finalists for this year's Open Space Award from the Urban Land Institute. The organization made the announcement yesterday. The St. Louis attraction that opened in 2009 is competing against two public spaces in ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
St. Louis Ranked Eighth Most Toxic City
A report out yesterday ranks metropolitan St. Louis as one of the most "toxic" (i.e. polluted) cities in the nation. The study by Forbes.com looked at cities based on five factors: air quality, water quality, the number of nearby Superfund sites, amount of days when the air-quality index (AQI) ex ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Food Porn Truck Hits a Bump.
Remember yesterday's food truck porn story? There's scandal afoot! Eater.com learned that the food truck in Ron Jeremy's new film, "The Flying Pink Pig" is a real Los Angeles food truck, used without the owner's permission. The owner of the Flying Pig, Joe Kim, was told by an ex-employee that the a ... More >>
News
October 20, 2010
Ask a Mexican: But one of my best friends is Mexican: Does disclaimer make racial slights OK?
Remember yesterday's food truck porn story? There's scandal afoot! Eater.com learned that the food truck in Ron Jeremy's new film, "The Flying Pink Pig" is a real Los Angeles food truck, used without the owner's permission. The owner of the Flying Pig, Joe Kim, was told by an ex-employee that the a ... More >>
Music
October 20, 2010
Holy Fuck/Indian Jewelry
8 p.m. Friday, October 22. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Twelve Things To Do This Weekend: September 17-19
Dan ZettwochA late 2009 RFT cover featuring KSHE mascot Sweet Meat.Summer's not over yet! There's still one more week (more or less) to enjoy the last gasps of carefree fun and outdoor hangs. Here are twelve good bets for the weekend -- of course, on top of the events we've already covered he ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Show Announcements: Week of August 26
Electronic Luddites, Ontario's Holy Fuck don't mess around with loops and laptops. Catch them with Houston drone angels Indian Jewelry at the Firebird on October 22 The Ambassador *Melanie Fiona, September 4 Billiken Club *Active Child, October 26 Ciceros *Bass Line Bums, September 8 *B ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones: Concert Film to Be Re-screened at Long Last on September 16
image viaLadies and gentlemen, mark your calendars for September 16. That's the date of a one-night-only screening of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones, a concert film shot in 1972 as the Stones toured the U.S. in support of their double LP Exile on Main St. -- which was itself re-rele ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
St. Louis Continues to Next Round of The Other Guys Premiere Battle
Gunning for a St. Louis premiere. Did you feel like a winner when you woke up this morning? No? How about one-fifth of a winner? Because that's what you should feel like!The Other Guys stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg announced yesterday via a Facebook video that St. Louis is one of ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
News from Robust, Cielo
Jennifer SilverbergInside Robust in Webster GrovesChecking in with our friends around the St. Louis food Interwebs reveals a couple of news items today. George Mahe reports on St. Louis Magazine's Feast that Webster Groves wine bar and restaurant Robust has named Kris Janik executive chef and Fra ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Miss Missouri Pageant Underway [Updated]
Image sourceThere she is...Erika Hebron of O'Fallon, aka Miss Gateway St. Louis, was crowned Miss Missouri 2010 on Saturday night. She'll be competing in the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas in late January. "I was actually so calm that it was kind of scary because I didn't even know what ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2010
2010 MLB Draft: A Mock Draft You Can Set Your Watch To
It's Christmas in June! Finally, Draft Day is here, and I'm as giddy as a small child the day before Christmas, shaking all the packages and trying to figure out what might be in that really big one with my name on it. Unfortunately, no amount of shaking or clever examination of the boxes is goin ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Nightclubbing: Book 'Em, Danno's -- The Craft-Beer and Classic-Cocktail-Favoring Pub, That Is
Danno's American Pub is a bit off the beaten path, but it's a good reminder why venturing out of the city is a worthwhile exercise. Danno's is exactly what you expect from a classic American pub. It has a casual atmosphere, comfy club chairs, Big Buck Hunter, a pool table and a kitschy '60s ... More >>
Calendar
May 26, 2010
Hop, Skip, Dance
Danno's American Pub is a bit off the beaten path, but it's a good reminder why venturing out of the city is a worthwhile exercise. Danno's is exactly what you expect from a classic American pub. It has a casual atmosphere, comfy club chairs, Big Buck Hunter, a pool table and a kitschy '60s ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2010
Ridiculously Premature Thoughts on the Rams' Draft Picks, Vol. 2
The first picks are predictable, the latter are where the fun can be had.I've already gone through the picks the Rams made in the early rounds of this year's draft, and I like what they did. The big question, of course, is Sam Bradford, who will likely make or break the Rams' draft pretty mu ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2010
Grav-oy or Grav-wah?: P-D Settles Question Once and For All
Image sourceSo is it the Grav-oy Bootery or the Grav-wah Beuter-ee?The Post-Dispatch's Life Sherpa is undoubtedly the most challenging gig in St. Louis journalism. Advising people about how to live their lives is a hefty responsibility, especially when you add linguistic questions to the mix, ... More >>
News
March 31, 2010
Ask a Mexican! Special Minuteman Project Edition
Image sourceSo is it the Grav-oy Bootery or the Grav-wah Beuter-ee?The Post-Dispatch's Life Sherpa is undoubtedly the most challenging gig in St. Louis journalism. Advising people about how to live their lives is a hefty responsibility, especially when you add linguistic questions to the mix, ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2010
St. Louis Grapplin' For Chance to Host WWE's WrestleMania
On Sunday 72,000 fans packed University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona for WrestleMania 26. Another one million people across the world tuned in to view the spectacle via pay-per-view. A year earlier, in Houston, another 72,000 rasslin' aficionados filled Reliant Stadium, dropping nearly $7 millio ... More >>
Dining
March 26, 2008
Asia, Lumiere Place's Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese/Japanese chow parlor/sushi bar, is all over the map
On Sunday 72,000 fans packed University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona for WrestleMania 26. Another one million people across the world tuned in to view the spectacle via pay-per-view. A year earlier, in Houston, another 72,000 rasslin' aficionados filled Reliant Stadium, dropping nearly $7 millio ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2008
Fight! Fight! Fight! Makes Some Noise
On Sunday 72,000 fans packed University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona for WrestleMania 26. Another one million people across the world tuned in to view the spectacle via pay-per-view. A year earlier, in Houston, another 72,000 rasslin' aficionados filled Reliant Stadium, dropping nearly $7 millio ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2008
Radiohead at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, May 14, 2008
On Sunday 72,000 fans packed University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona for WrestleMania 26. Another one million people across the world tuned in to view the spectacle via pay-per-view. A year earlier, in Houston, another 72,000 rasslin' aficionados filled Reliant Stadium, dropping nearly $7 millio ... More >>
News
June 6, 2007
Rediscovering Brooklyn
Come, senators, congressmen, please heed Joe's call.
News
May 30, 2007
False Prophets
Joe narrows the 2008 campaign playing field.
News
June 7, 2006
Is Prince Joe a bigot?
Week of June 8, 2006
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February 18, 2004
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