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Qui Tran Lives the American Dream and Continues His Mother's Legacy at Mai Lee

This 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 >>

In the Galleries: We Buy Gold at Webster University, closing January 28

Good As Gold

Chipotle Unveils ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen -- But Will St. Louis Ever Get Its Noodle On?

The fast-fooderati are abuzz about ShopHouse, the brand-new, Asian-themed, fast-casual spinoff from Steve Ells, founder of the empire known as Chipotle Mexican Grill. The first ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen opened its doors last month in Washington, D.C. (Click that big ol' link back there to re ... More >>

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7:30 p.m. Monday, October 3. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Meet the Mexico Goat, Missouri's Latest Animal Celebrity

image viaThe Mexico Goat: Eat this, Franzen.​If you've been missing the Tower Grove Coyote, cheer up! Now you can befriend the Roaming Mexico Goat. The goat was first spotted wandering around Mexico, Missouri, about ten days ago. Since then, he has followed in the coyote's pawprints and start ... More >>

Local Fifth Grader Publishes Book About Elephant's Triumphant "Escape" to Saint Louis Zoo

For elephants, one would think the Saint Louis Zoo would be a place to escape from, not to. Earlier this year, In Defense of Animals, an animal rights organization, named the zoo to its "Hall of Shame" on its Top Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list. A month later, one of the elephants, Jade, contracte ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8.20

​ Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, a memoir by New York Times food critic Frank Bruni, hits bookstores today. The book discusses Bruni's history of eating disorders, which aren't uncommon in the food industry. (Detroit Free Press, San Francisco Chronicle)A new Illinois law ... More >>

Funny Ha Ha

B-Sides finds out why Neil Hamburger isn't Yo La Tengo's favorite comic, then gets cinematic with Undertow Records' Monahans.

St. Louie Chop Suey

You are what you eat: The story of a culture, told through its cuisine.

Jogging While Intoxicated

Just in time for the worst storm in recorded history, Unreal catches up to Hash House Harriers, the drinking club with a running problem

What If . . .

A cadre of Missourians stand at the vanguard of the 9/11 "truth movement." Just don't call them conspiracy theorists.

Little Misses

Introducing the best movies of 2005 you probably didn't see

Free At Last

A harrowing journey leads to America, and then to someplace better

Hamburger Helper

This is no time for laughter

Stoners

The Rose Garden offers up a tasty gimmick

Hold the Relish

Neil Hamburger just might be hipper than you are, but that doesn't mean you can't take his calls; meanwhile, St. Louis courts record their cases on handy stone tablets.

EYE OF THE NEEDLE

Kellwood's taking fashion forward by making virtually all our clothes in the Third World. But the St. Louis giant carefully cloaks its operations, its plant locations and its monitoring of labor conditions.

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