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May 29, 2013The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>
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May 17, 2013This is part two. of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Joseph Hemp V of Robust. Read part one, a profile of Hemp, here. Part three, a recipe from Hemp, will be available Monday.
As a kid, Joseph Hemp V would stand on a step stool next to the stove to help make Sunday breakfast, his family's brea ... More >>
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May 3, 2013This is part three of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Qui Tran of Mai Lee. Read part one, a profile of Tran, here. Read part two, a Q & A with Tran, here.
Qui Tran of Mai Lee (8396 Music Memorial Drive, Brentwood; 314-645-2835), doesn't place himself among the St. Louis chefs he so admires.
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May 2, 2013This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Qui Tran of Mai Lee. Read part one, a profile of Tran, here. Part three, a recipe from Tran, will be available on Friday.
Mai Lee (8396 Music Memorial Drive, Brentwood; 314-645-2835) isn't simply a job for chef Qui Tran. It's his legacy.
His ... More >>
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May 1, 2013This is part one of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Qui Tran of Mai Lee. Part two, a Q & A with Tran, will appear tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Tran, will be available on Friday.
Qui Tran can't discuss his childhood without mentioning Mai Lee (8396 Music Memorial Drive, Brentwood; 314-64 ... More >>
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April 17, 2013This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Brian Moxey of Pastaria. Read part one, a profile of Moxey, here. Part three, a recipe from Moxey, will be published on Thursday.
Though a native son of Sikeston, Brian Moxey made his bones as a young cook on the world's biggest stage: New Yo ... More >>
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March 6, 2013This is the part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Rick Lewis of Quincy Street Bistro. Read part one, a profile of Lewis, here. Part three, a recipe, will be available on Thursday.
I met with Rick Lewis, head chef of Quincy Street Bistro (6931 Gravois Avenue; 314-353-1588), early on a Mon ... More >>
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February 15, 2013Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>
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December 5, 2012Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>
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November 14, 2012Niche (7734 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-773-7755), chef and restaurateur Gerard Craft's introduction to St. Louis, re-introduced itself last week in a new space in downtown Clayton. The reopened Niche shares a hallway and kitchen space with its sister restaurant Pastaria (7734 Forsyth Boulevard, ... More >>
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September 25, 2012Tomorrow is Yom Kippur, the Day of the Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish year. It's a time for confessing sins, begging the pardon of everyone you have offended over the past year and praying desperately for God to inscribe you in the Book of Life for the next one. In order to show how tru ... More >>
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March 5, 2012Guess where we ate this beef curry and win $5 to Gioia's Deli (1934 Macklind Avenue, 314-776-9410). Hint: We ate this spicy curry at a restaurant in Brentwood.
Rules: To be eligible, you must leave a valid e-mail address (or Twitter handle or Facebook profile URL) in the comment-entry field. One gu ... More >>
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January 18, 2012This is part two of Stacy Anderson's Chef's Choice profile of Jason Tilford of Milagro Modern Mexican. Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Johnson, is published here.
Did your family cook when you were a child? My mother cooked every night. She was a great cook and still is. Eve ... More >>
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January 17, 2012January is National Soup Month, which makes sense, considering the first month of the year is typically marked with below-freezing temperatures, snow and slush. What's better than a delicious, hot bowl of soup on a chilly day? A delicious, hot bowl of soup that you don't have to make -- that's what. ... More >>
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December 29, 2011Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>
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October 13, 2011St. Louis' day-long baptism in the elements of hip-hop comes this saturday at the Gramophone. Hip-Hoppers' Holiday features, among many others, P.R.E.A.C.H., Black Spade, Prince Ea (the subject of this week's music feature), and half of the lineup for our October 28th show at the Firebird: Ma ... More >>
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June 3, 2011Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Mai Lee's Jay Nguyen. Below is a Q&A with Nguyen followed by the recipes for both the Lychee Martini and the Mai Lee Songbird.
Katie MoultonJay Nguyen whips up a M ... More >>
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May 11, 2011This is part two of Katie Moulton's Chef's Choice profile of Nate Hereford of Niche (1831 Sidney Street, 314-773-7755). To read part one, click here. Stay tuned for part three, a recipe from Hereford, which we'll publish tomorrow.
Katie MoultonThis man "loves offal." Thankfully, he opted to make En ... More >>
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March 30, 2011This is part two of Chrissy Wilmes Chef's Choice profile of Grace Dinsmoor of Modesto. Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Dinsmoor, will be published tomorrow.
Chrissy WilmesDinsmoor supervises Fidel Vergra, one of her two trusted assistants.Did your family cook when you w ... More >>
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April 21, 2010Jennifer SilverbergThe Tran family, including Mai (center)This week I review the new location of Mai Lee, which moved from Delmar Boulevard at I-170 to Brentwood earlier this year.Also, while I have your attention, a correction: In one instance in the review, I mistakenly used the restaurant's na ... More >>
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April 19, 2010Jennifer SilverbergThis week I visit Mai Lee, which relocated earlier this year from Delmar Boulevard at I-170 to, of all places, the ground floor of the new MetroLink and BJC parking lot in Brentwood. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.
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April 8, 2010This 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 >>
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January 25, 2010Yesterday was the final day of service for the original Delmar Boulevard location of Mai Lee (website). The Vietnamese institution is leaving its longtime University City digs for a spot at 1467 South Hanley Road. Note: This new Mai Lee doesn't actually face Hanley. Instead, it's located on the grou ... More >>
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November 20, 2009 Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Cupcake Project: Stef played Guess the Dessert and made sweet potato, turkey dinner and malva pudding cupcakes.Happy second anniversary to STL Hops! Mike had information about the Happy Holidays Homebrew competition and shared his beer list fo ... More >>
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August 7, 2009 Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Sounding My Barbaric Gulp: Kelly shares her thoughts on Julie & Julia -- with bonus comment from Julie Powell herself.FamilyStyle Food: In honor of Julie & Julia, Karen makes Julia Child's bouillabaisse.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: Say? ... More >>
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March 21, 2007What do you get when a new Vietnamese restaurant replaces an old Vietnamese restaurant?
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July 13, 2005You'll dig the delightfully unorthodox (yet totally Orthodox) food at Shmeers
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September 1, 2004Miss Saigon moves its delightful Vietnamese dishes to spiffier digs
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