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Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

10 Fast Food Valentine's Day Specials for St. Louis Lovers

For many couples, Valentine's Day means a fancy dinner out complete with flowers, chocolate and sparkling wine. But with Valentine's Day profits expected to reach $18.6 billion this year, fast-food restaurants are looking to get in on the holiday craze. Why have an expensive steak dinner when you ... More >>

Mayor Slay and Businesses Like Discounts for Voters. Too Bad It's Illegal!

Daily RFT's eyebrows raised when we noticed the following tweet by Mayor Francis Slay from Sunday: I'd love to see civic-minded coffee shops and restaurants offer "I Voted" discounts. #fgs-- MayorSlay.com (@MayorSlay) November 4, 2012 A minor legal problem there: Financially rewarding citizens for v ... More >>

Gut Check Indulges in Baked Goods from the Tour D'Onut

Amanda WoytusTour D'Onut bikers line up in front of John Donut before moseying to the second shop. ​At 9 a.m. Saturday, the inside of Soulard's John Donut was packed with about 30 people dressed in their athletic finest, enjoying breakfast around the bright yellow tables. They're participants ... More >>

Name the Gateway Grizzlies' New Appetizer, Win 2012 Season Tickets

Sauget, Illinois' own Gateway Grizzlies already have some of the best eats in baseball. But bacon cheeseburgers on grilled Krispy Kreme doughnuts and hot dogs buried in cheese, bacon, grilled onions and sauerkraut aren't enough. With the help of Favazza's Specialty Foods*, they're introducing a new ... More >>

Top 5 Fast Food Frankensteins

Alllllllrighty, folks! The theme of this post: These foods shouldn't exist.​Creators of the following high-calorie, mixed-metaphor monstrosities flew a little too close to the sun (remember what happened to Prometheus?), and yet their charred and grease-soaked bastard children of Fast Food Nat ... More >>

Baseball's Best Burger Clobbered by Meat Monster from Akron

Robin WheelerBaseball's best burger? Um, not any more.​And you thought Baseball's Best Burger would be hard to top. The Gateway Grizzlies are proud of their concessions, and we respect that. Last year we respected 'em so much that we sent a writer out to compare three of their offerings head ... More >>

Board of Aldermen: Public Art Bill Passes, and a Reminder That Police Are Here to 'Protect and Serve'

image via​In today's St. Louis Board of Aldermen news, the long-debated, long-awaited Board Bill 2 has passed! 21st Ward Alderman Antonio French is behind the bill, which will establish a Public Art Trust Fund for the city.Click behind the cut to hear more about the landmark public art bill, ... More >>

Today's Board of Aldermen Meeting: A Plea for Public Art

photo by Keegan HamiltonAntonio French chats with the members of the Regional Arts Commission​The St. Louis arts community was out in force this morning to show their support for the proposed "Public Art Trust Fund" being considered by the Board of Aldermen. About a dozen artists and representativ ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Ian Froeb Schnitzel & spaetzle at Iron Barley​It's a happy week for Gut Check, as Ian hit the halfway point in his countdown of 100 favorite St. Louis dishes. Check out his latest installments, from Iron Barley and Gokul Snacks and Sweets, and then peruse the entire list of recomm ... More >>

Doughnut Leave Krispy Kreme Without Your Flu Shot

Come for the doughnuts. Stay for the influenza.​It's only Monday morning, but we already have a clear frontrunner for Oddest Restaurant Promotion of the Week: Several area locations of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are offering "drive-thru" flu shots.No, really. The flier says, "Don't leave your car, jus ... More >>

Gateway Grizzlies Best of the Best: Baseball's Best Burger vs. Baseball's Best Burger vs. Baseball's Second-Best Nachos

Robin Wheeler​Minor league baseball stadiums have some major league eats, and the Gateway Grizzlies in scenic Sauget, Illinois, have some of the best in the nation. Adam Richman of Man v. Food is a fan, so you know the eats must be over-the-top and worth the price of admission. While Fight C ... More >>

Food Safety Bill Inches Closer to Law

The Senate's reached a "tentative agreement" on the food safety bill. The Hill reports, "'It's a clear signal that this is going to happen when they come back in September,' said Sandra Eskin, director of the Pew Health Group's Food Safety Campaign." The House passed their version of food safety leg ... More >>

RFT readers salivate about the return of Dunkin' Donuts, but say Monsanto's "tearless onion" is a crock

Gateway Grizzlies, the Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down

Jennifer SilverbergThe West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor-league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, will offer a 4,800-calorie burger at its stadium this season. (MSNBC)The 4-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn ch ... More >>

The Sneak: Who Kolaches the Watchmen?

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday.Show: Watchmen, in all its nearly 3 hours of incomprehensible, geeky glory. No one should ever b ... More >>

Krispy Kreme and Abortion, Together at Last

Great catch by our sister paper Miami New Times: An Inauguration Day offer from Krispy Kreme has prompted an absolutely insane response from a pro-life organization.Here's the deal: On Tuesday, every Krispy Kreme customer is entitled to one free doughnut. Or, as the official Krispy Kreme press rele ... More >>

Red-Light Cameras and Public Art

Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

Dinner Is Served

Ian takes one for the team and counts down the ten best restaurant dishes of 2007.

The Top Ten Dishes (and the Absolute Worst) of 2007

Mmmm...Doughnuts...

Infield Hit

Ian catches a Slider at the Gateway Grizzlies' GCS Stadium -- and lives to tell about it.

Ballpark Frank

The lowdown on eats at the new ballyard

Happy Feet

B-Sides compares Tony Danza's tap-dancing and acting, gets cozy with Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and doesn't balk at a new scene trading card

Summer Wonders

You won't want to miss these hot summer events

Heil Heil Rock & Roll

Bob Heil and his legendary audio inventions head to Cleveland and the Hall of Fame

Running on Empty

Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel

Vacation, Had to Get Away

Riddle of Steel checks in from Europe, Ghostface Killah gets all James Joyce on us, while the Download directs us to MP3 nirvana

Kremated

Charlie Foxman gets tough on lard-asses, Unreal learns to network, and Mayor Slay takes credit for the sunrise. Special bonus: an illustrated Local Blog o' the Week.

Possessed to Create

CAMP builds a party

Mission: Inebriated

Wacky floats, men in dresses and heels: There's no reason you shouldn't have (or go to) a ball this Mardi Gras

Letters

Week of February 4, 2004

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Circus Freaks

Who let the Shriners out?

Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Out to Lunch

New places to get your eat on

Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Triple Threat

The Eroica Trio bring their lovely harmonies and visages to St. Louis

Letters

Week of October 10, 2001

Best Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

You're in St. Louis Now

If you thought Irene Smith was strange, you haven't been to City Hall lately

Sonny Landreth

Sunday, July 1; Broadway Oyster Bar

Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme

Side Dish

Tips and tidbits from the St. Louis food scene

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

Best Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme

FLOTSAM & JETSAM

Our-way-or-no-highway robbery in the NBA; you too can help underwrite World Wide Magazine; the Post's Greg Freeman loses a source of inspiration