Maplewood

Strange Donuts Hits Kickstarter Goal Early, Announces Opening Date

Strange Donuts, the independent doughnut shop slated to open at 2709 Sutton Boulevard in Maplewood this spring, turned to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise $10,000 toward the purchase of its kitchen equipment. The restaurant reached its goal this week -- and, as of today, still has 12 days bef ... More >>

Strange Donuts Launches Kickstarter Campaign, Partners with Kuva Coffee

In January Gut Check reported that business partners Corey Smale and Tyler Fenwick planned to open Strange Donuts (2709 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood) in Maplewood in May. When we spoke with Smale in January, he told us he and Fenwick drew inspiration for Strange Donuts from hip doughnut shops in Port ... More >>

Sam's Club Customer Service Agent Was Her Own Best Customer - And a Thief

For the first half of 2012, Genis Helm was a customer service agent at the Sam's Club in Maplewood. The 26-year-old's job was to accept returned merchandise from dissatisfied customers and issue cash refunds and gift cards to those customers. All fine and good. But what she started doing was issuing ... More >>

What KDHX is Raising Money for Now: A Tour of the New Building in Grand Center

KDHX (88.1 FM) celebrated its 25th anniversary on Sunday at the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. We went; we heard music, we ate pretzel-encrusted chicken, we got buttons that said "Music Lovers for KDHX" (duh) and "Dancers for KDHX" (irony is great!), we bought a t-shirt that said "Aggressively I ... More >>

Encapsulated Studios, the New St. Louis Home for Punk Rock and its Ilk

Early last year, RFT Music featured a story on local punk rock entrepreneur, Mike Jones, and his record label I Hate Punk Rock Records. The end of the article alluded to a huge project Jones had in the works. After numerous visits from building inspectors, countless trips to hardware stores and lumb ... More >>

Tidbits from the Loop, Jumpin' Jupiter and Coyote's Ranch Grill & Saloon

Catching up on some more restaurant news from when I was out of town the past week: - Ligaya Figueras of Sauce spotted a new venture right in the back yard of Gut Check International Headquarters: An awning outside of 6227 Delmar Boulevard advertises a restaurant serving burgers, wings and frozen c ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: May 18-20

Friday (May 18): Rhythm and Ribs @ St. Charles Community College Campus Enjoy ribs from Bandana's-Bar-B-Q, Ethyl's Smokehouse, Mannino's Market and Stumpy's House of BBQ and Catering along with cold drinks, snacks, and live music. Admission is $5, with food and drink packages available for $25 or ... More >>

William Lawrence Found Competent to Stand Trial for Alleged Craigslist Murder Solicitation

William Lawrence, the 32-year-old Maplewood man who allegedly placed a Craigslist ad offering $1 million per dead Maplewood police officer this past March, has been found mentally competent to go to trial for his actions after the mental exam requested by his public defender.

Donald Rasch Was Punched to Death

​That's Dr. Mary Case's official assessment of the facts. Dr. Case, the St. Louis County Medical Examiner, ruled Rasch's death a homicide last week, and after studying his brain, determined the cause of death was a subdural hematoma, or blood clot on the brain.Rasch, 50, was found unconscious in h ... More >>

Post Offices In St. Louis May Be on the National Chopping Block

​When's the last time you sent a letter...or mailed anything at all besides a rent check? It's probably been a while; you probably do most of your correspondence online.The United States Post Office is taking notice. Today, the USPS released a list of 3,653 post offices nationwide to be studied fo ... More >>

Mayans, Beer Chocolate: What a Combo!

Deborah Hylandwhat could possibly go better with an exhibition of Mayan art and artifacts than Mayan-inspired chocolates by Kakao? How 'bout Kakao's Mayan-inspired chocolates paired with beer from Maplewood neighbor Schlafly?​To celebrate its exhibition, Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea ... More >>

Water Street Cafe and Cocktail Bar to Open in Maplewood Next Week

The interior of Water Street Cafe and Cocktail Bar on Tuesday morning.​Gabe and Maria Kveton are still slapping paint up on the walls of the Water Street Cafe and Cocktail Bar at 7268 Manchester Road in Maplewood, but the brother-and-sister team vow that the restaurant will open next Tuesday, ... More >>

Chocolate Is Always the Right Size for Valentine's Day

Laura MillerChocolates at Bissinger's at Maryland Plaza​Valentine's Day is this Monday, February 14. What's that? You haven't done your shopping yet? No worries. On this holiday, it's not the thought that counts -- it's the quality of the chocolate.Gut Check checked in with a few of our favorite ... More >>

Jive & Wail in Maplewood Closes; Lawsuits Still Pending

jiveandwail.com​The Jive & Wail's Maplewood outpost has closed. The corner storefront has "For Lease" signs on it, and no mention of the establishment appears on the venue's website. In July, the limited liability company that runs the Maplewood location, and its owner, Stephen L. Benner, wer ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: Walmart Sandwiches Recalled http://bit.ly/b9v31V ...and here I was looking forward to having an egg-salad sandwich from Walmart...

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

Cup of Sno Open at Deer Creek (a.k.a. Rocket) Park

Ian Froeb​It has been a rough few months for Cup of Sno. In April the Maplewood snow-cone stand was struck by an errant Cadillac. No one was hurt, but the structure was destroyed. A new stand went up in its place in May (pictured right), but that hasn't opened for business.Yesterday, Cup of Sno it ... More >>

Jive & Wail in Maplewood Sued for Copyright Infringement by BMI

jiveandwail.com​Performance-rights giant BMI and several other copyright-owners have sued the Maplewood outpost of the Jive & Wail for copyright infringement In documents filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, multiple plaintiffs accused the Jive & Wail piano bar in Maplewood of nineteen in ... More >>

Nightclubbing: Recent Bar and Venue Openings and Closings

Drown your sorrows about the oil spill/World Cup/Wimbledon and beat the heat at one of the new nightlife spots in town. The Good News: Chesterfield's International Tap House opened its sister location last week in beery, cheery Soulard. The place is huge and swank, and features 500 beers in bottl ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call: April 2010 Openings and Closings

April SeagerCardinals legend Ozzie Smith at his namesake restaurant​April is synonymous with new beginnings: Spring is underway, baseball returns and, in St. Louis, new restaurants extend their fragile buds toward the warming light of patio season.Or something like that.Several new restaurants deb ... More >>

This Week's Tip of the Tongue Newsletter

Sign up for Tip of the Tongue here.Gut Check not providing enough dining tidbits for you? Consider subscribing to Tip of the Tongue, the Riverfront Times' weekly e-mail dining newsletter.In this week's edition, learn about the transformation of Maplewood's CooperElla into Artisan Caffe (the extra ... More >>

Good Game: The Post Sports Bar in Maplewood is a winner

Farmers' Market Share: Whole Wheat Bread

User "Zyance," Wikimedia Commons​December is a sad time for the farmer's market aficionado. At minimum, it will be three months before the first spring greens are available. We're down to two monthly markets, the indoor Tower Grove setup at St. John's Episcopal Church on Arsenal Street and Maplew ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow me @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on my Twitter feed this week:A few weeks ago I wondered when someone would name a dish after #stlblues T.J. Oshie. The Post sports bar in Maplewood has an Oshie Burger.1:14 PM Dec 15thOf ... More >>

FoodWire: October Openings and Closings

October has ended its wet, wet reign, so we look back on the soggy month's restaurant openings and closings. As always, if I missed one, please let me know in the comments. Gracias in advance.Ian FroebBeechwood Bistro by Sage fell victim to the Union Station curse.​OpeningsThe Wedge (under new man ... More >>

Eating Good in Maplewood

Last Night: Hamell on Trial; Jesse Irwin at the Deluxe

hamellontrial.comEd Hamell, a.k.a. Hamell on Trial, made a pit stop at the Deluxe Diner in Maplewood last night on his way to the SXSW Festival in Austin. The Brooklyn-based artist-- known for his subversive, spoken-word lyrics and blistering acoustic guitar (a '37 Gibson) -- performed before a smal ... More >>

Deluxe -- Maplewood's New Venue/Restaurant Opening This Weekend

Drink of the Week: Tokyo Rose

Fumanchu
7336 Manchester Road, Maplewood
314-647-3331

Gut Check:
Acero in Bon Appétit; Sassafras goes green at MoBot

Acero in Bon Appetit Magazine

St. Louis Weekend Recap: Schlafly Repeal of Prohibition Fest, Dan Deacon, Feist, Alice Rose, Wash Ave. Club Pics, Flamenco Dancing

Go! 1/25-1/27

Go! 10/5-10/7

The Time for Films

Mapmaker, Mapmaker...

Small Plates: Thursday, 3/8

Read All About It

Another independent bookseller gives up the ghost

Slice of Life

Jon Feraro's Jersey-style pies are the real thing

Letters

Week of December 29, 2004

Best Coffee

Goshen Coffee Company

Think Global, Eat Local

Maya Cafe serves up pan-Latin fare with a side of whimsy

Paradise Found

The majestic new Monarch brings world-class cuisine to St. Louis

Banzai Sci-Fi

Fant-Asia St. Louis animates Saturdays

Art Critics' Corner

Week of March 19, 2003

Talk of the Town

More new restaurants to drool over

Best Video Store

Movies Unlimited

Best Highway-2-Heaven

McCausland Avenue

Cajun/Creole Cuisine

Bobby's