Las Vegas

No, He Meant the Champagne of Beers and Not-Poisoning a Prince of Saudi Arabia: A Q & A with Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus

This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Andrew Jennrich of Farmhaus. Read part one, a profile of Jennrich, here. Part three, a recipe from Jennrich, will be available on Friday. Is it unseemly to be thankful for the financial stresses that others have faced? Of course. So put it ... More >>

Top Ten Awkward Electric Daisy Carnival Dance Move GIFs

By Christopher Victorio and Ben Westhoff We love you, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. In fact, here are five reasons why you rule the roost. But my oh my you dance funky. We're not saying we're any better; truth is, we're utterly captivated by you and your awkward ways. Were God to create a thir ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared the three-day party a success , despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance on the ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

[Update at 2:48 a.m]: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom.Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a result of high winds buffeting tall sound st ... More >>

Branson Invites You to "Come On Down"

Branson, Missouri, once described by Homer Simpson as being like "Las Vegas if it were run by Ned Flanders" is actually getting an injection of genuine Vegas glitz. No, not the Spearmint Rhino -- it's Branson, remember -- the Las Vegas stage version of "The Price Is Right Live" will open in Branson ... More >>

Heart Attack Fells Diner at the Heart Attack Grill

Every now and then, Gut Check puts away our snark and presents a story without comment. This is one of those occasions. A man dining at the Heart Attack Grill, a Las Vegas restaurant that offers "Triple Bypass Burgers" and French fries cooked in pure lard and clothes its waitresses in masturbatory ... More >>

Why the SI Swimsuit Issue Doesn't Care if Anyone Goes to its Music Festival [Update]

There is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Music Festival, sponsored by Lexus, where blog-approved bands like White Denim and the Black Lips will play at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Wait, what? The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Beauties & Beats Music Fest (didn't spend much time on that name, di ... More >>

Las Vegas Has a Giant(s) Problem

​We all know there's really only one rule in the world of big-money casinos. That rule: the house always wins. One way or another, they people who run the casinos always -- and I do mean always -- find a way to turn a profit in the long run. You may think you're winning, and you may be in the shor ... More >>

The Jumpin' Jupiter, a "Neo-Supper Club" with Las Vegas-Style Entertainment, Opening in Maplewood

Wikimedia Commons​A venue with an ambitious take on entertainment is slated to open in the spot last occupied by the now-closed Maplewood branch of the Jive & Wail (7376 Manchester Road, Maplewood). Called the Jumpin' Jupiter, it's being dubbed a "neo-supper club" by its owner, Jim Callahan. ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Let Them Eat Horses (If That's More Humane)

Today's comment come in response to a post this morning about a convention in Las Vegas this week where ranchers, horse owners and animal-right activists are echoing the desires of some Missouri lawmakers to reintroduce horse processing plants to the United States. Reader "Adam" writes: I met some f ... More >>

St. Louis Is Second Most Dangerous City in the U.S.? Really, Forbes?

Okay, okay. We get it. We're all obsessed with where we rank, even if the data that fuels these most/best/worst cities' lists is contrived at best and completely unreliable at worst. So we can't blame Forbes for riding the trend with its newly-released "Most Dangerous Cities" list.Nope. Doesn't look ... More >>

Food Jouranlism Pioneer Michael Batterberry Dies at 78

Michael Batterberry, founder of Food and Wine and Food Arts magazines, has died. The 78-year-old died on Thursday after a long illness. He also wrote 18 books, many on food or dining. Wine Spectator has his full obituary. Forget the warm milk and turkey. The Washington Post reports foods that hin ... More >>

Did You Know There Is a National Grocery Bagging Contest? Now There Is a Movie, Too

Via Eater comes a trailer for Ready, Set, Bag!, a documentary charting the course of several grocery baggers toward the national Best Grocery competition, held in Las Vegas (!) by the National Grocers Associaction.My first thought after watching this trailer? "This can't possibly be real." It remind ... More >>

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin

The International Society of Women Airline Pilots Convention Lands in St. Louis

About 50 members of the International Society of Women Airline Pilots landed at the Four Seasons hotel this week for their annual convention. The society was founded in Las Vegas in 1978 to provide moral support for women in a heavily male-dominated field. (It still is; in the U.S., less than five p ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 4.6

Whole Foods recalls frozen Whole Catch Yellow Fin Tuna Steaks. Batches with a use-by date of December 5, 2010, may contain higher levels of histimine that can cause scombroid poisoning, according to the FDA. An Indiana man went on a grocery store meat-stabbing frenzy, prompted by a fight with his ... More >>

Latest on Steven Jackson: Las Vegas Police Find "Insufficient Evidence"

Neither police complaints nor linebackers stop Steven Jackson.​St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson won't be charged for assault over allegations that he beat his then-pregnant girlfriend in Las Vegas last March. The ex-girlfriend, Supriya Harris, filed a complaint with the Las Vegas police ... More >>

The $750 Cupcake, or Everything You Hated About the Aughts Is Still Available

It's a new year -- and a new decade -- at Gut Check International Headquarters, so why not kick things off with something that sounds like an Onion article circa 2005.User "Andareed," Wikimedia Commons​Via Las Vegas Weekly comes word of a $750 cupcake: imagesofvegas.com/isphotographyThe $750 cupca ... More >>

St. Louis Labeled as "Not Fun City" Approved for Government Travel

What's not fun about all this stuff?  Several branches of the federal government have revised their travel policies so as not to appear as though they're misusing tax dollars during these tough economic times. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Agriculture and Department of ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 7.15

Clayton makes it official, banning smoking in restaurants as of next summer. (Post-Dispatch)Perhaps not surprisingly, the Las Vegas restaurant boom has come to a screeching halt. (New York Times)This story, if true -- and that's a big if, as these things go -- is probably the grossest thing you'll r ... More >>

Laurell K. Hamilton Book Release Party

Review Photos Setlist: The Killers and Chairlift at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Monday, May 4

The important thing to remember about the Killers is that the band hails from Las Vegas, the city where the concept of time falls prey to glitz, fantasy and excess -- and the place that built a replica of great cities such as Paris and New York, thus manufacturing its own reality to fit it ... More >>

Beauty Bar/Punk Rock Hair Salon Opens this Saturday

The Beauty Bar is a name of a venue in other cities -- Austin and Las Vegas, for starters -- and now a "punk rock hair salon" in St. Louis. The grand opening is tomorrow, and will feature beer, BBQ, burlesque and tunes from Strawfoot. (I tried to continue the "B" alliteration, and just couldn't. Bum ... More >>

Lo-Fi St. Louis, HOME Nightclub Nominated for National Awards

Congratulations go out this Monday morning to HOME Nightclub and Bill Streeter of Lo-Fi St. Louis. The latter was nominated for "Best Reality Web Series" in the Streamy Awards, which honor -- what else? -- the best in web television. Lo-FI's competition is rather stiff, though: He's up against Penn ... More >>

Critical Mass: The best movies of 2008

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 10.28

Special tortilla-contest edition!

Show Review: Panic at the Disco at the Pageant, Friday, May 30

Panic at the Disco

7 p.m. Friday, May 30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

The Highest Grossing Independent Restaurants 2007

Frank Bruni Names 10 Best New (Not New York City) Restaurants

Go! 12/21-12/23

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 11/15

Won More Time!

The Original Family Stone

7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, May 3. Bottleneck Blues Bar in the Ameristar Casino, St. Charles (1260 South Main Street).

Panic! At the Disco

Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Curl Up and Die

Thursday, September 1; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Dart Art

Like drinking beer and throwing things? You'll love Blueberry Hill's 33rd annual Open Darts Tournament.

Letters

Week of April 20, 2005

Lucky in Love

The Cooler, somewhat unbelievably, asks us to swallow a Las Vegas fairy tale

Godiva Chocolate Martini

The Cheesecake Factory, 1062 St. Louis Galleria, 314-721-0505

Big Top Hip-Hop

UniverSoul Circus stays street

Have Anti-Smoking Rules and Regulations Gone Too Far?

Week of April 23, 2003

White Stripes

Saturday, Sept. 8; Creepy Crawl

Jackpot

Missouri's "get-tough" gaming commission gives an embattled casino what it wants

Monitor Wizard

Video artist Van McElwee injects warmth and life into an ostensibly "cold" art form

What Are You Doing About Male Impotence?

Published the week of July 19-25, 2000

THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE

Written and directed by Mike Figgis

Itchin' for Hitchin'