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Chris DiMercurio of Vino Nadoz Wants You to Trust Him

This is part one of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Chris DiMercurio of Vino Nadoz. Part two, a Q & A with DiMercurio, will be available Wednesday. Part three, a recipe, will be published Friday. You could easily miss Vino Nadoz (16 The Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-726-0400), dwarfed as it ... More >>

Ten Worst St. Louis Crimes of 2012

Probably the most talked-about crime in St. Louis this year was the murder of Megan Boken. Boken, a 23-year-old SLU graduate who had returned to town to play in an alumni volleyball game, was sitting in a parked car in the Central West End on a Saturday afternoon in August when a teenager opened the ... More >>

In Hyde Park on Hudson, it's patriotic to pleasure a president

Familiar Ring: What must Devon Alexander "The Great" do to live up to his nickname?

Point and Clique: The 2012 RFT St. Louis Web Awards

[UPDATE] Robert W. McGartland: St. Louis Homicide No. 7; Shot In Sight of Friend

​The Post-Dispatch and other sources report that three men are now in custody and have been charged for their involvement in Robert W. McGartland's death. Jerry Shelton (18), T.J. Hill (19) and Michael Rosner (20) have all been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, among var ... More >>

Man Arrested for Firing Fourth of July Shots Into the Air

​We know the Fourth of July is the time to celebrate our country's Declaration of Independence, which, of course, was inspired by the Revolutionary War, which, of course, involved lots and lots of shooting. Patriotism = Guns! Unfortunately, one poor fellow found out the hard way that in conte ... More >>

Memphis Chef Kelly English Follows the Fleurs-de-Lis to St. Louis

Courtesy: Harrah's CasinoKelly English, owner of Restaurant Iris in Memphis, will open a steakhouse at Harrah's Casino.​Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights; 314-770-8100) announced last month that it will open Kelly English Steakhouse this fall in the location now occupied b ... More >>

John Lee Kennedy: St. Louis Homicide No. 57; Dies at North City White Castle

John Lee Kennedy, of the 3800 block of North 25th Street, died last night after being shot just blocks away from his home in the Hyde Park Neighborhood. ​According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Kennedy was at the intersection of North 21st Street and North Florissant around 11:5 ... More >>

Chris Williams of Franco

This is part one of Chrissy Wilmes' Chef's Choice profile of chef Chris Williams of Franco. Part two, a Q&A with Williams, will be available tomorrow. Look for part three, a recipe from Williams, on Thursday. Chrissy Wilmes​Chef Chris Williams' journey from his first experience in a kitchen t ... More >>

St. Louis Census By Neighborhood: Downtown Biggest Winner; North City Biggest Loser

A vacant home in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood for sale through the city's Land Reutilization Authority.​More 2010 Census date is out following the devastating (perhaps surprising) news yesterday that St. Louis lost 29,000 residents over the past decade. Today the website of St. Louis Mayor Fr ... More >>

Gerard Craft Sells Taste by Niche to Adam Altnether

Jennifer SilverbergTaste by Niche's current digs. The new space will also feature a new owner.​Gerard Craft announced today that he has sold Taste by Niche to Adam Altnether. The 24-year-old Altnether, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, has worked for Craft for ... More >>

Bob Colosimo of Eleven Eleven Mississippi, Part 2

This Q&A is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Bob Colosimo of Eleven Eleven Mississippi. Part one is available here; part three, a recipe, we'll publish on Friday. Robin Wheeler​Did your family cook when you were a child? If so, what meals stand out? Growing up in an Italia ... More >>

Bob Colosimo of Eleven Eleven Mississippi

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Bob Colosimo of Eleven Eleven Mississippi. Part two, a Q&A with Colosimo, will be published Thursday; part three, a recipe, we'll publish on Friday. Robin Wheeler​Eleven Eleven Mississippi's Bob Colosimo always wanted to be a chef. ... More >>

Top 10 Food Films to Watch on a Cold Autumn's Night

True story: Late 1990s, on the campus of the renowned Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York. It's a movie night, and the feature is Big Night, which is to be screened in the main auditorium. The buzz that day on campus is that someone had spotted the movie's star, Stanley Tucci, on th ... More >>

St. Louis to Sitka: Chef TJ Weston Publishes Alaskan Seafood Cookbook

​TJ Weston, a St. Louis native and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, has published his first cookbook, Eat, Fish & Be Happy: Salmon and Halibut Recipes to Celebrate the Taste of Alaska. The book draws from the 28-year-old Weston's time as the chef at a fishi ... More >>

Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Amy Zupanci of Fond and Township Grocer in Edwardsville, Illinois. Part two, a Q&A with Zupanci, follows on Friday and part three, a recipe, on Monday.Robin WheelerAmy Zupanci, chef and owner of Fond and Township Grocer​When Amy Zupa ... More >>

Freddie Holland of Match Foods, Inc., Part 2

Robin Wheeler​This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Freddie Holland of Match Foods, Inc., maker of Match Meats. Part one is available here, and part three, a recipe, follows on Friday. Did your family cook when you were a child? If so, what meals stand out? Our family n ... More >>

Freddie Holland of Match Foods, Inc.

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice profile of Freddie Holland of Match Foods, Inc., maker of Match Meats. Part two, a Q&A with Holland, will be posted tomorrow, and part three, a recipe, follows on Friday. Robin Wheeler​"I was raised on a farm. We raised our cows with bottles, ... 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

Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's, Part 2

This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe from Chef Rook, will be available soon. Robin WheelerChef Lou Rook III in the Annie Gunn's kitchen with Samantha Beard.​Every other year chef Lou R ... More >>

Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's, Part 1

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's. Part two will be published tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Chef Rook, will appear on Friday. This week, shallow flood water saturated a field on the north side of Highway 40 in Chesterfield, a reminde ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, May 14 - 16, 2010

With great events like these, it's hard to pick just one. Hit up the Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair or the Grand Center Spring Art Walk, then get inspired at the Urban Renewal Project, showcasing work by Employment Connection clients -- homeless, U.S. Veterans and ex-offenders who took tr ... More >>

Gates' Way to the North

Chef's Choice: Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias; stay tuned for parts two and three. Robin Wheeler​"I was the world's pickiest eater as a child," says Marc Baltes, a Culinary Institute of America grad who now works as executive chef for Pi Pizzeria ... More >>

Thespians on Wheels: Joan Lipkin's DisAbility Project is on a roll

Dr. Feelbad: When a west-county physician went haywire, no one intervened to shut him down

Headline of the Day: "Lawmakers Cheat and Drink"

Ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been criticized by anyone with a pulse over the past two months (compared to the previous six years, when the jabs were mainly given by Illinois residents.) And in defending himself since his December 9 arrest, the politician has often veered into the ... More >>

Eat Like Obama!

www.amazon.com The election of Barack Obama has apparently turned us into a nation of twelve-year-old girls, with Newsweek, the New York Times and 60 Minutes our Tiger Beat, YM and TRL (RIP). Here at Gut Check, we follow the reports on the new cabinet with interest -- OMG, is he really g ... More >>

Michael Ruhlman at Viking Thursday

Paul McKee a No-Show at Public Meeting

Churches Coax Paul McKee Out of Hiding

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Two Kind

Trattoria Two gives Two Nice Guys something to look up to.

Open Season

You don’t need a single reason to recall your alderman, especially in north St. Louis

The Corner Man

Your boy wonder lost his title and won't take your calls. What's a trainer to do? Find another prodigy.

Bank Shot

Internet hoops junkies fuel Shawn Siegel's Jerry Maguire-like dreams

Farr Out Campaign

A loose-lipped former train conductor is looking to get his long-shot congressional bid on track

Extreme Makeover

Rollin Stanley is a hotshot city planner -- which begs the question: What the hell is he doing in St. Louis?

The Greening of McRee Town

There was nothing wrong with the Missouri Botanical Garden's downtrodden neighbor to the north that a bulldozer couldn't fix

I Love the '80s

The neglected Fontbonne Film Series

Judging Mariano

The circuit clerk and the city's judges square off on the public's right to know. The clerk and the public are losing.

Citizen Callow

The mayor names a PR wiz to a city board and ends up with a PR problem

The Gospel According to Paul

Developer Paul McKee Jr. envisions WingHaven as a "New Urbanist" planned community where everyone will live, work and get along. So why does it look so much like suburbia?

"I'm a Downtown Man"

Jimmy is a big man in a small, strange world.

Smoking Gunn

Annie Gunn's aims to please

Pipe Dream

Former Celery frontman Phil Browne shares music with a new crowd

PEACE WORK

A Hyde Park community-art project and the people who brought it to fruition

Trail Blazers

The new North Riverfront Trail is giving visitors and residents the opportunity to see the other side of the street