Manchester

Eat Up at Taste of Maplewood Festival Saturday

Maplewood is a hip, happenin' and, of course, delicious neighborhood full of unique restaurants and shops. The town is celebrating all things yummy this Saturday, May 18 at the 5th annual Taste of Maplewood Street Festival. One block of Sutton Boulevard between Manchester and Hazel will cease to be ... More >>

Manchester Shooting: Infant, 4 More Dead; Gunman is Mayor's Nephew [UPDATE]

Update: The small town of Manchester, Illinois is now in the national spotlight after Rick Odell Smith, 43, reportedly broke into a home in the middle of the night and shot and killed five members of a family, including a young boy and an infant. Our original coverage of the shooting is below. The ... More >>

Fuel Up: A happy belly trumps an empty tank at BBQ ASAP

Slideshow: Inside BBQ ASAP on Manchester

Manchester Man Who Allegedly Put "Foreign Substance" in Dierbergs Soup Comes Forward

At least one part of the mystery of the "foreign substance" inside the soup at Dierbergs Market in Manchester has been solved. Not the part we all want solved, though. Manchester police officials say they have identified John Schewendemann as the man in the surveillance footage released this wee ... More >>

Man Puts "Foreign Substance" into Soup at Dierbergs, Police Say (VIDEO)

What's worse -- pee in your water cooler or a "foreign substance" in your soup? In Missouri, you apparently can try both! After last week's news that a high school girls basketball team allegedly poured urine into a rival team's water cooler, we have another similar crime story that is potentially ... More >>

The Gumbo Shop in Rock Hill Closes to Make Way for a CVS, Promises New Location

The Gumbo Shop (9501 Manchester Road, Rock Hill; 314-918-8747) has served the final po' boys and bowls of gumbo within its cozy confines at the corner of Manchester and McKnight Roads. The restaurant must move to make way for -- wait for it -- keep waiting -- you've already guessed, haven't you? -- ... More >>

The Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup Announcement Is Here [Updated With Complete Lineup]

[UPDATE: The complete lineup is now on page two of this post.] Right now, even as I type this, Weird Al Yankovic is in the midst of a three-hour long live streaming video announcement for this year's Bonnaroo Festival, a four-day event that takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee. As one wh ... More >>

Till Death...

October 2012 Openings & Closings

As has been the pattern for many, many months now, October saw far more openings than closings. In fact, Gut Check can confirm only one actual closing for the month: the Kirkwood location of Trattoria Branica. (There is one other possible closing.) Openings included a new barbecue joint at Mad Art ... More >>

Federal Appeals Court Sides Against "God Hates Fags" Church On Law Limiting Funeral Protests

Federal appeals judges in St. Louis ruled today that yes, in fact, the City of Manchester does have the right under the Constitution to restrict where and when certain folks -- meaning the hate-spewing death-cult, Westboro Baptist Church -- can picket funerals. (Who would want to picket a funer ... More >>

Put a Bird On It!

Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from A to Z

The team: six 40-year-old men, leaving behind six fairly respectable jobs, five wives and 14.9 children for four days. The tools: a 32-foot RV, VIP tickets, comfortable shoes and enough beer to take down a small fraternity. The task: to do and see as much as physically and logistically possible at ... More >>

Tidbits from the Grove, University City

via Facebook​- O'Shay's Pub is just about ready to go at 4353 Manchester Avenue (previously home to Newstead Tower Public House) in the Grove district of Forest Park Southeast. Look for an opening early next week, after final state approvals. Get a sneak peek at the O'Shay's menu on the restau ... More >>

Jerald Massey: St. Louis Homicide No. 6; Killed in Home Invasion in Grove Neighorhood

Two men were injured and another killed Saturday night during a home invasion in the 4300 block of Swan (below) in St. Louis' Grove Neighborhood. ​According to police, three armed suspects entered the residence near Manchester and Tower Grove around 9:10 p.m. and announced a robbery. Jerald Massey ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church Wins Another Legal Battle in Missouri

​Whatever your thoughts are about the "God Hates Fags" mantra of the Westboro Baptist Church, it cannot be said that the organization does not know its rights and how to defend them in court. Once again the controversial, Kansas-based church has won a legal decision in Missouri. The latest came ye ... More >>

Feeling Pretty Grovey

John Foster Courtney Death Leads to Increased Police Presence in the Grove

Justin Kramarczyk faces a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident.​John Foster Courtney, a popular rugby player and 29-year-old south-city resident, lost his life July 4 -- 23 hours after he was struck by a driver speeding through Manchester Road in the popular Grove district. Witnesses ... More >>

Not Just a Bookstore Re-Opens Saturday in the Grove

Richard and Connie Cheek outside the former location of Not Just a Bookstore.​If you've been to the Grove lately, you may have noticed that there have been a few additions besides the garish neon sign at the intersection of Manchester and Chouteau Avenues. For one thing, there's actual retail ... More >>

Rock Hill Blight Designation Lifted, Nabe Goes Back to Square One

Photo by Jennifer Silverberg​Back in 2006, RFT warned that Rock Hill was poised for commercial upheaval: a $95.4 million redevelopment at the northwest corner of McKnight and Manchester roads was going to bring in a Target and push out small shop owners like Michelle Barron and her Book House. Tur ... More >>

Nightclubbing: HandleBar Grand Opening Tonight

Here's one way to brighten up this dark, chilly Friday: Head over the brand-spankin' new HandleBar (4127 Manchester) tonight for its grand opening bash. $2 Fat Tire drafts, music by Box of Nerves, New Belgium and PBR giveaways and a "special surprise" from the bartender if you bike to the joint--tho ... More >>

Hear Joy Division Tunes Performed on Steel Drums!

Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, has a pretty entertaining personal Twitter account. Just a bit ago, he tweeted this video of a steel drum band called Steel Harmony playing Joy Division's "Transmission." This performance was part of artist Jeremy Deller's Procession in Man ... More >>

Scripts 'N Screwz Performs Tomorrow, Drops New Mixtape and Single "On 10"

Scripts 'N Screwz in black and white​Last time we gave some shine to underground East St. Louis duo Scripts 'N Screwz, it was busy pimping out its video for "Brick" for a contest on MTV U.The weather has changed since then, but the group's hustle hasn't. It has a new single, a Valentines ... More >>

Well Red: Readers debate the effectiveness of traffic-light cameras and the fate of taggers

What the Hell is a Michigan Left?

The Post-Dispatch reports today that St. Louis County officials plan to solve the traffic clusterfuck that is the intersection of Manchester and Hanley Roads with something called a "Michigan Left," rather than the overpass solution that was previously being considered.No, it's not a football play. ... More >>

Muschany Verdict Is In...

Scott "Free" Muschany...not guilty of deviate sexual assault.The P-D's Tony Messenger has the story.So, the mock juror I talked to earlier this week was correct in predicting that former state rep. Scott Muschany would go "scott"-free.Reached today, that mock juror, Tim Phillips, of Manchester, excl ... More >>

FoodWire: Bravo! to Go, The Post Coming Soon to Maplewood

Next month should see two new spots open in Maplewood. Opening at 7322 Manchester Road (the former Minions Café) is Bravo! to Go, a storefront venue for Bravo! Catering. According to the sign outside the location, Bravo! to Go is scheduled to open March 1. Call 314-330-7302 for more information.Als ... More >>

FoodWire: More on Fumanchu Space

Sauce's new blog reports that the recently closed Fumanchu (7336 Manchester Road) will become a burger joint called Franklin's.

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Bowwow Wow Yippee-Yo, Yippee-Yay

Nine Black Alps

Tuesday, April 11, at 9 p.m. Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Mango batida

Café Brasil, 2811 South McKnight Road, Rock Hill; 314-963-3535.

Shirock

Saturday, February 4; the Billiken Club (20 North Grand Boulevard)

13 Things About Atomic Cowboy

For one, the food's so-so; for two, the ambiance rocks

Doves

Tuesday, October 4; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

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Passing Gas

Jackass-riding Alderman Tom Bauer and QuikTrip join forces to test the limits of eminent domain

Doves

Lost Sides (Heavenly)

Blues & Boobs

Cool Bars Tour goes west, young men

Greeks With Gifts

Eat the food of the gods at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church's weekly luncheon

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Alpha Tech Electronics

Barbecue

Bandana's Bar-B-Q

Milky Way