Subject: Joe Bonwich

• Today's Restaurant Tidbits

  September 27, 2007

• Even More on Balaban's Closing

  January 31, 2008

• St. Louis Native Wins Johnson & Wales High School Chef of the Year

  April 14, 2008

• A New Food Blog...from a Familiar Name

  May 22, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  May 23, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  May 30, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  June 6, 2008

• Various Restaurant Tidbits

  June 12, 2008

• Now Open: Sir-B-Que

  June 19, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  June 20, 2008

• Now Open: Cafe Ventana

  August 4, 2008

• In This Week's Issue: West End Pub & Grill and Blue Machine

  August 6, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  August 29, 2008

• P-D Internal Memo Shows Paper is Shuffling Entertainment Coverage

  September 3, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Update

  September 26, 2008

• Joe Bonwich Still on the Menu

  September 29, 2008

• FoodWire: Market at Busch's Grove Now Open

  The transformation from iconic St. Louis restaurant to upscale grocery store is complete: The Market at Busch's Grove opened Saturday at 9160 Clayton Road. The market is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Call 314-567-7770 for more info. Joe Bonwich, my counterpart at the Post-Dispatch, filed a report on the market's grand opening at his blog, Off the Menu.- Ian Froeb

  December 16, 2008

• Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

  This week in St. Louis food blogs.

  January 9, 2009

• FoodWire: Fire Destroys Home of Annie Gunn's Owners

  Joe Bonwich has the unfortunate news at Off the Menu: Annie Gunn's and Smokehouse Market owners Thom and Jane Sehnert lost their house to a fire on Tuesday. Thankfully, there were no injuries.

  January 16, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 2.7-2.13

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Beer, Wine and Whisky is a blog that I've neglected to add to the digest for far too long. You need to check it out -- and not only because, beginning next week, author Dave Nelson will be blogging about wine for Gut Check!FamilyStyle Food: Karen offers a recipe for slow-cooked pork with rosemary and white beans.Iron Stef: Stef applies the Facebook 25-random-things meme to herself and food.

  February 13, 2009

• FoodWire: El Pollo Loco Opening in St. Louis

  Yesterday, just minutes after an eagle-eyed reader passed along an online job listing for the first St. Louis location of the grilled-chicken chain El Pollo Loco, Joe Bonwich posted news of its location, 4103 Lemay Ferry Road. Look for an April opening.Unfamiliar with El Pollo Loco? From the company's Web site: El Pollo Loco, pronounced "L Po-yo Lo-co" and Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken," is the nation's leading quick-service restaurant chain specializing in flame-grilled chicken. Founded in Gua

  February 19, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 2.14-2.20

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.The Cupcake Project: Stef has a recipe for pickle and ice-cream cupcakes -- and some great news!St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Pollacks visit the new Delmar Loop restaurant Racanelli's Cucina.Feast: A great story of messing with a restaurant on Valentine's Day.Sauce: News on where Wes Johnson, formerly of the Shaved Duck, will be cooking next.

  February 20, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 2.21-2.27

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.STL Bites: Earlier this week Gut Check's Brooke Foster bemoaned a new policy asking solo coffeeshop patrons to sit only at two-top tables. Bill argues the other side.Sauce: Sauce posts a picture of a mama and baby pig to illustrate a story on Kevin Willmann of Erato on Main and Josh Galliano of Monarch butchering a red-wattle hog. Chaos ensues.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich has news of an open letter from chefs Andy Ayers and Bill Cardwell to Pr

  February 27, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 2.28-3.6

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.STL Hops: Mike has photos from the Stable's Hopslam cask party.Adventures in Eating Locally: Kimberly ponders the true cost of tomatoes.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich has news of a new farmers' market in Ellisville.Iron Stef: Stef makes ginger chicken, a recipe inspired by...Twitter?Show Me Vegan: Lisa makes pasta with broccoli, bell pepper and cannellini beans.The Cupcake Project: A cupcake recipe for Purim.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Poll

  March 6, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 3.14-3.20

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.A new food blog for the digest this week: Mostly Soup, which, as its title suggests, is about mostly soup. Check it out.STL Bites: Bill is not impressed with Alice Waters' 60 Minutes interview.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly tempts us with Oreo truffles.The Cupcake Project: Stefani makes cookies with cacao nibs.

  March 20, 2009

• FoodWire: Bistro Alexander Closed?

  My Post-Dispatch counterpart, Joe Bonwich, broke the possible news on his Off the Menu blog yesterday: Clayton's Bistro Alexander (7927 Forsyth Boulevard) seems to have closed. I swung by this morning for a look, and while the tables remain set, artwork and a flat-screen TV have been removed from the walls.

  March 27, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 3.21-3.27

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.A Veggie Venture: Alanna has a springtime recipe for asparagus and scallion salad.Bruno's Dream: Speaking of spring and asparagus, let's check in on Bruno's garden.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Pollacks visit Forest Park Southeast's Mia Rosa.STL Hops: Gut Check's Noble Writ, Dave Nelson, guest- posts a description of dark American lager.Mostly Soup: A recipe for spicy Asian noodle soup.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich has the news on this year'

  March 27, 2009

• FoodWire: Various Restaurant Tidbits

  Lots of news items the past few days...- The Post-Dispatch reports that an employee of Downtown West pub Maggie O'Brien's (2000 Market Street) was shot and killed during a robbery last night. No arrests, as of yet.UPDATE: As I was writing this, my colleague Chad Garrison posted an item about the killing, including news of a possible link to another apparent homicide last night, on DailyRFT.- A scoop from George Mahe at Feast: Delmar Loop pizza restaurant and presidential favorite Pi (6144 Delmar

  June 2, 2009

• FoodWire: Joo Joo Now Open

  Last month I noted a sign for Joo Joo, a new Korean restaurant and karaoke bar, at 12937 Olive Boulevard in Creve Coeur. At Off the Menu, Joe Bonwich reports that Joo Joo is now open.

  April 13, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 5.23-5.29

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich visits Rib America and stalks Bret Michaels.Sugar, Spice & More Things Nice: Rach makes homemade baby food.The Cupcake Project: Stefani makes cupcake frosting out of Greek yogurt.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Pollacks pay a visit to Mandarin House.A Veggie Venture: Alanna makes a lentil salad.STL Hops: Everything you want to know about Berliner weiss beer.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly offers a recipe for

  May 29, 2009

• Best Sushi

  September 26, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  October 18, 2000

• Eat Drink Man Woman

  December 29, 1999

• Hot Dish

  August 18, 1999

• Jambalaya

  June 9, 1999

• Letters to the Editor

  June 2, 1999

• 'Cue Tips

  May 26, 1999

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 5.9-5.15

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Welcome a new blog to our merry band, Becky and the Beanstock. Go check it out.Sauce: An interview with Michael Pollan.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly roasts her haul of farmers' market radishes.STL Hops: Mike has news of the new weekly cask ale event at the Stable.Sugar, Spice & More Things Nice: Rach has a recipe for homemade salsa.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Pollacks -- besides adding movie and stage reviews to their blog -- vi

  May 15, 2009

• FoodWire: Jim Fiala Opening Citygarden Restaurant

  From the Press Releases We Apparently Weren't Sent Dep't.: George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine and Joe Bonwich of the Post-Dispatch both report that restaurateur Jim Fiala (The Crossing, Liluma and Acero) will be running the Terrace View, the indoor/outdoor restaurant opening in Citygarden, the new sculpture park in the center of downtown. The menu will feature Mediterranean cuisine made with local ingredients. Look for an opening in July.

  June 12, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 6.6-6.12

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.STL Hops: Didn't attend this year's Brewers Heritage Festival? Mike has pictures.STL Bites: Bill resurfaces from Twitterland with news of a wine tasting featuring Riedel glasses.A Veggie Venture: Alanna has a recipe for fire-charred tomatoes.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich has news of a new Mexican restaurant, Amigo Joe's.

  June 12, 2009

• FoodWire: Various Restaurant Tidbits

  News from a few of our friends around town:- The St. Louis Business Journal reports that a new operator has been chosen for Bevo Mill (4749 Gravois Avenue). L&M Catering will use the historic space as a restaurant, catering and special-events facility.- At Off the Menu, Joe Bonwich passes along whispers that Moxy chef Eric Brenner is consulting on the revamping of Molly's (816 Geyer Avenue; Web site), which has taken over the recently shuttered Norton's.- Sauce Magazine's blog has the news o

  June 23, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 6.20-6.26

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Feast: So George Mahe notices that Playboy has listed the St. Paul Sandwich as one of its top ten sandwiches...Off the Menu: ...and Joe Bonwich calls BS on the Playboy article.Show Me Vegan: It might be hot, but Lisa is still making an African peanut soup.STL Hops: Mike has a few things to say about a new beer-centric bar in Chesterfield.The Cupcake Project: Polenta cupcakes? Fail. Corn muffins? Epic win.Becky and the Beanstock: A long drive

  June 26, 2009

• Love That Bevo Pie: Never hear of Laganini, the south-side Bosnian pizzeria? You have now.

  July 29, 2009

• St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 7.25-7.31

  Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.The Cupcake Project: Stefani has very exciting news: She'll be providing cupcake recipes to Paula Deen's website!Iron Stef: Stef makes gnocchi stuffed with chanterelles.Becky and the Beanstock: A recipe for cilantro-mint chutney.FamilyStyle Food: Karen makes a salad with wild purslane.

  July 31, 2009

• FoodWire: El Scorcho to Become Las Palmas

  Jennifer Silverberg​Thanks to my colleague Annie Zaleski for sending along this tip over the weekend: Maplewood Tex-Mex joint El Scorcho (7356 Manchester Road; website) is not long for this world, if it hasn't already closed outright.Its phone number and website remain active, and when I swung by this morning there were no obvious indications inside the restaurant that a big change was underway, but signs posted on its front windows announce a liquor-license hearing on Tuesday, September 8, fo

  August 24, 2009

• FoodWire: Pi, Pi and More Pi

  Lots of news today about Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website), which began a year and a half ago as a Delmar Loop restaurant serving San Francisco-style deep-dish pizza and is about to become a mini-empire. First, the second location of Pi -- a.k.a. Pi Squared -- at 10935 Manchester Road in Kirkwood will not  open today as originally scheduled, owner Chris Sommers informed me. No big deal -- just the usual complications inherent in opening a new restaurant. Look for an October opening. More

  September 9, 2009

• FoodWire: Sapphire Pan-Asian Closed

  Sapphire Pan-Asian (4753 McPherson Avenue) has closed. As Joe Bonwich was the first to report, the restaurant served its final meal this weekend. Sapphire opened in November 2007, replacing Zoë Pan-Asian Café.The space will become the third location of Pi (website), after the original at 6144 Delmar Boulevard and Pi Squared, slated to open next month at 10935 Manchester Avenue in Kirkwood. 

  September 14, 2009

• FoodWire: Notes from Our Friends on Chouteau's, the Wedge

  A couple of interesting news items from my counterparts here in the St. Louis foodosphere:First up, George Mahe reports at Feast that Chouteau's at 39th, which took over the fabled space at 3800 Chouteau Avenue formerly occupied by King Louie's and Revival, is closing after lunch today.I ate at Chouteau's only once, so I can't offer a fully formed opinion on the food -- though, as a concept, the value-driven menu was less than inspiring -- but the space was grim. The dining room was closed off,

  October 2, 2009

• FoodWire: Ferguson Maid-Rite For Sale

  Ian Froeb​At Off the Menu, Joe Bonwich reports that the only St. Louis Maid-Rite (250 South Florissant Road) is for sale and possibly closed. Read Bonwich's story for more.I visited this Maid-Rite late last year. The photo at left is of the chain's famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) loose-meat sandwich.

  October 13, 2009

• FoodWire: Tidbits on A'mis, Chris' Pancakes, Firemen

  Ian FroebTumo's, soon to be come A'mis​A few restaurant tidbits that my colleagues around town have posted: Joe Bonwich of the Post-Dispatch notes that Italian restaurant A'mis will open its third location at 6419 Hampton Avenue, the former location of Tumo's. Bonwich also reports on Phelim O'Toole's, a new firefighter-themed (and firefighter-owned) restaurant opening at the old Soda Fountain Square location in Lafayette Square.Finally, in his latest gossip column, Jerry Berger includes a smal

  November 3, 2009