Kentucky Derby

The Ten Best Food Events in St. Louis This Weekend: May 4 to 6

Cinco de Mayo, Derby Day and First Friday are only a few of the excuses to get out and get your drink on this weekend. Besides that, rejoice over the bounty of a new farmers' market season in Tower Grove Park, celebrate Big Sky Cafe's 21st anniversary or take a tour or class this weekend. Details on ... More >>

Sanctuaria's Mint Julep: Gut Check's Hump-Day Cocktail Suggestion

Wednesday. Hump Day. Congrats, you've made it halfway through the work week! Unfortunately, you still have two days to go. Dunno about you, but in order to survive the midweek blues, we're going to need a drink. Which brings us to our Wednesday Gut Check feature: "Gut Check's Hump-Day Cocktail S ... More >>

Derby Day Best Bets

For the past 139 years, on the first Saturday in May, women have donned obnoxiously large hats and sipped mint juleps, men have bet their hard earned money, and three-year-old thoroughbreds have sped down a track in Louisville, Kentucky in an attempt to claim the biggest prize in horse racing. The ... More >>

Entre's John Perkins on Pop-Up Restaurant #2, A Good Man Is Hard to Find

A Good Man Is Hard to Find, the new pop-up restaurant from the catering firm-mobile kitchen-underground restaurant Entre (360 North Boyle Avenue; 314-632-6754), opens tomorrow, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. A Good Man is Hard to Find follows this winter's pop-up, Le Coq, which Entre chef John Perkins tells ... More >>

An Open Letter to Missouri Rep. Rory Ellinger, Re: Missouri State Dog

Dear Representative Ellinger, First of all, congratulations on your victory in last week's primary! Yes, yes, we know you ran unopposed -- and will run unopposed again in November -- but a lot of people came out to vote for you and only you, which must be a real self-esteem booster. We're very happ ... More >>

Daily RFT Wants YOU To Help Us Nominate the Official Missouri State Dog!

It has recently come to Daily RFT's attention that while Missouri has, among many other symbols, a state bird (bluebird), state game bird (bobwhite quail), state invertebrate (crayfish), state animal (the Missouri mule), state American folk dance (the square dance) and will soon, pending approval by ... More >>

Your 2012 Kentucky Derby Party Soundtrack And Geography

Now is the time for all good cultured TV-owners with new apartments to show off to hold 2012 Kentucky Derby parties and try to remember to call it, while sipping what they hope to be a mint julep, the 138th renewal. In fact, it might be a little late--no doubt Mike Shannon is already "on assignment. ... More >>

Jim the Wonder Dog Should be Missouri's Historical Dog

The Missouri House Committee on Tourism and Natural Resources is attempting to determine which of three dogs should be our state's official "Historical Dog." The finalists are Seaman, the Newfoundland who accompanied Lewis & Clark; Old Drum, a dog of indeterminate breed who was cited in a Suprem ... More >>

The Ten Best Neighborhood Bars in St. Louis

​Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories.Diana BenantiThe Royale̴ ... More >>

Photos: The 2010 Kentucky Derby Party at the Royale on Kingshighway

To be sure, there were more than a few good places to watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Photographer Lee Harris shows the scene at the Royale on Kingshighway. The restaurant-and-bar held its fifth-annual Derby party, complete with live music, (Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three) and a "best ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 30 - May 2, 2010

The Bangles then.​ The Go-Go's vs The Bangles at That 80's Club (Friday) On Friday night, the final '80s pop star showdown takes place at Rue 13. Each Friday in April, That '80s Club DJs have pitted the music of two '80s icons against each other, and since the Bangles are due to come to St. Louis ... More >>

5 Places to Watch the 2010 Kentucky Derby in St. Louis

​The Kentucky Derby is described as the most exciting two minutes in sports. But as exciting as it may be, not everybody is willing to make the drive to Louisville for a two-minute race. If you're looking for a place to watch the race in St. Louis -- maybe drink a few Mint Juleps or sport that fun ... More >>

It's the Ladue Yacht Club, Dahling!

Image sourceWho is that handsome devil? Could it be attorney Al Watkins? Alas, no. "It is with the highest degree of regret that I inform you that I am not a member of the Ladue Yacht Club," Watkins told Daily RFT.​You may have noticed that there aren't many bodies of water in Ladue, unless yo ... More >>

Guess Where I'm Eating This Burger -- and Win a Prize [Updated with Clue Answer!]

Ian FroebGuess the restaurant, win some glasses.​Somewhere beneath that cheese and barbecue sauce is a burger. The first correct guess where I ate it wins a set of four (4) nifty Kentucky Derby glasses. Guesses as comments. You must leave a valid address in the email section of the comment entry f ... More >>

Five SXSW Best Bets: Sleigh Bells, Best Coast Three More Acts to Watch

SXSW is the Kentucky Derby of American music festivals. It's a quick race to the finish for up-and-coming bands to test their might and merit against their fellow musicians and friends -- all while enjoying as much free beer as possible. Here's a look at five of the favorites who have a chance of br ... More >>

The Dive Bomber: Double-D's Den

Robin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. She also has a strange attraction to drinking establishments with jars of pickled -- or possibly fossilized -- eggs. She reports on these dives for Gut Check every Friday.If you run to Double-D's Den the moment you finish reading this -- and you should ... More >>

Kentucky Derby: T Minus 25 Hours

Kentucky Derby: T Minus 23 Hours

Kentucky Derby: T Minus 23 Hours

Kentucky Derby: T Minus 25 Hours

In It to Win It

Unreal talks ponies with a true racing expert, learns some things about mowing (severed toes are bad) and receives a particularly biting Commontary.

Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Booze

Chill out at these St. Louis watering holes

Pulp Fiction

At Mad Art

The Year of the Izzo

Championship prediction: Big Ten dark horse gallops to victory

The Morning-After Drill

A comprehensive analysis of hangover remedies

Geeks Gone Wild

If you can't get laid at a science-fiction convention, you can't get laid!

Shipping Blues

Fairmount Park's owner can't squander his prize filly's talent on home turf

Dirt Track Nation

At Tri-City Speedway they don't mess around with "race cars." They race cars.

Nags to Riches

A late push for slot machines in Springfield may be Fairmount Park's silver bullet

Mint Julep

Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 502-636-4400

Holy Cow!

Cubs and Cards fans partying together?

Where's Florissant?

Some Lou denizens feel dissed by Miss USA (but Unreal still loves her!), a Pattonville student is treated criminally, and an 84-year-old grandma praises the Rams in song; plus, we clock local athletes on our gaydar

Manhattan

Monarch, 7401 Manchester Avenue, 314-644-3995

Dead Again

Mickey Hart and his grateful mates are out to prove they're more than mere Other Ones

One-Track Mind

On top of old Fairmount: Collinsville's humble racecourse is home to one of the nation's winningest Thoroughbred owners

Jacked

What do our cars do when they get stolen?

Party Favor

Our pick for the best 2004 celebration slogan

Painting While Intoxicated

Plein air party in Augusta

All the Kings' Horses

The Busches, the Orthweins and other St. Louis royalty get down and dirty playing polo. It's the passion that grounds their lives.

Joker's Wild

Casino lawyer Michael Lazaroff cheated for years -- and the insiders knew. Now that he's cut the deal of his life, why does anybody believe him?

DJ KRUSH

Kakusei (Red Ant/Sony)