Maryland

A new fast-casual concept — the "Urban Bake & Chop Shop" — draws crowds in Clayton

Pierced Arrows, 311, Madeleine Peyroux and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again is every newly announced show for the week! We have offerings from the big-arena rock show variety all the way down to the hole-in-the-wall club type; music fans of all shape and size are bound to see something worth getting excited about. 311 will be bringing Slightly Stoopid and the Agg ... More >>

Ten Soups Even Gut Check Won't Try

To help guide our readers through National Soup Month, Gut Check's counting down 15 of our favorite local soups. From light and healthy pho to hearty bisques and chowders, we'll lead you (belly first, of course) to some mighty fine liquid dinners. And while it's all good, delicious fun to eat our ... More >>

Lunch and People-Watching at Liluma

Robin WheelerSalmon BLT and frites at Liluma​ The Place: Liluma (236 North Euclid Avenue; 314-361-7771), Jim Fiala's Central West End outpost featuring one of the best patios for people-watching in the St. Louis area. The Lunch: A salmon BLT with frites, $12 The Verdict: After the brutality ... More >>

Baby Food Confiscated By the TSA, and Other Unsafe Foods

funnyden.comThis is why the TSA searches kids.​There's a reason why the TSA searches kids and babies. It just takes one rogue tot with some explosives in his puréed turkey and noodles to cause a national tragedy! Thursday morning, a mother flying from Dallas to Chicago with her eight-month- ... More >>

Central Café offers a menu of Lebanese staples — but, oh, the chicken!

funnyden.comThis is why the TSA searches kids.​There's a reason why the TSA searches kids and babies. It just takes one rogue tot with some explosives in his puréed turkey and noodles to cause a national tragedy! Thursday morning, a mother flying from Dallas to Chicago with her eight-month- ... More >>

MO' War

funnyden.comThis is why the TSA searches kids.​There's a reason why the TSA searches kids and babies. It just takes one rogue tot with some explosives in his puréed turkey and noodles to cause a national tragedy! Thursday morning, a mother flying from Dallas to Chicago with her eight-month- ... More >>

Food Banks Conflicted Over Junk Food Donations

Just because they're hungry doesn't mean they should have junk food. NPR covers the touchy subject of how desperate food pantries manage junk food donations. Grocery stores often donate damaged items like soda and chips, which food banks are loathe to forgo for fear of losing healthy donations from ... More >>

A Pig Flies in Soulard: Will Market Grill and its pork "wings" soar or sink?

Just because they're hungry doesn't mean they should have junk food. NPR covers the touchy subject of how desperate food pantries manage junk food donations. Grocery stores often donate damaged items like soda and chips, which food banks are loathe to forgo for fear of losing healthy donations from ... More >>

Clutch

7 p.m. Thursday, November 4. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

New CWE Taylor Park Takes Shape

For all you Central West End residents wondering what, exactly, has been under construction of late at Taylor Avenue between Lindell and Maryland, we've got good news -- it's a park.Okay, so maybe it's more of a courtyard than a park, but it's still a public space where you'll be able to sit and enj ... More >>

Put the "You" in "Costume"

For all you Central West End residents wondering what, exactly, has been under construction of late at Taylor Avenue between Lindell and Maryland, we've got good news -- it's a park.Okay, so maybe it's more of a courtyard than a park, but it's still a public space where you'll be able to sit and enj ... More >>

Scientists Find Likely Cause of Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder [Updated with Dissenting Opinion!]

Image via​The New York Times reports that scientists from the University of Montana and the U.S. Army have identified the likely cause of colony collapse disorder, which is blamed for destroying as much as 40% of the country's honeybee population since 2006.A fungus tag-teaming with a virus have a ... More >>

Turn the Page

Image via​The New York Times reports that scientists from the University of Montana and the U.S. Army have identified the likely cause of colony collapse disorder, which is blamed for destroying as much as 40% of the country's honeybee population since 2006.A fungus tag-teaming with a virus have a ... More >>

Farm Stands Gain on Farmers' Markets

What's the next farmers market? Farm stands. The Portland (Oregon) Tribune compares prices at farmers markets, farm stands, and supermarkets with the stands coming out way on top. Why is that? What's the next food truck? Food buses. The Wall Street Journal explores San Francisco's new food bus sce ... More >>

Cargill Meat Solutions Recalls Ground Beef

More recalls. A Pennsylvania company recalled 8500 pounds of ground beef for suspected E. coli contamination. The Washington Post reports that the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found a link between Cargill Meat Solutions in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, and three cases of the infection in Ma ... More >>

Wye Oak

7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 22. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Mizzou Law Professor Comes to Defense of Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church

Megan Phelps, grand-daughter of Fred, protesting outside a St. Louis concert last week.​University of Missouri law professor Christina Wells recently fired off a letter to the Supreme Court defending the free speech of the controversial Fred Phelps. As you'll recall, Phelps is the pastor of the We ... More >>

An Environmentally Friendly Jet Fighter? Call It the F/A 18 Super "Green" Hornet

The original Green Hornet fought crime, not pollutants.​A Boeing fighter jet manufactured right here in St. Louis is scheduled to take flight today (Earth Day) using a biofuel blend of jet fuel. The experiment is part of the Navy's goal to incorporate more green technology into the armed forces. T ... More >>

If You Hand Cut Your French Fries, Learn to Cook Them Properly

Welcome to Fly in the Soup, a new feature in which Gut Check contributors rail against those culinary experiences that annoy us most.Image viaThis had better be one of two fryings.​In my younger and more vulnerable years as a food writer, few words excited me more than "hand-cut fries." It suggest ... More >>

Review Preview: Guido's Pizzeria & Tapas

Jennifer Silverberg​This week, for a change of pace, I visit an old favorite: Guido's Pizzeria & Tapas. Does the Hill institution still serve standout tapas? Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.

Skip Viragh's Huge Gift to Chaminade Ranks Him Among Nation's Top Philanthropists

Chaminade PrepThe late "Skip" Viragh gave less in than Oprah, but more than Ted Turner in '09​The $28 million bequest that the late Albert "Skip" Viragh left Chaminade High School, his alma mater, vaulted him right among the big boys (and girls) of American philanthropy last year. According to Sla ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for 2009

RFT editorial coordinator Courtney Schilling and I did our best to compile as thorough a list of openings and closings as possible. Inevitably, though, some places will slip through the cracks. Please drop us a line or leave a comment with additions or deletions. - IanIan FroebMcCormick & Schmic ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 4.16

More bad news for Maryland crabs: The lack of workers to pick crabs has the industry looking to the prisons. (Baltimore Sun)The battle over artificial sweeteners. (New York Times)Burger King sales plummet. (Bloomberg)

Ground-breaking News: We're No. 1 in Shovel Readiness

flickr.com/photos/sethgainesThe old Tuscumbia Bridge. She ain't what she used to be. Ain't what she used to be.In recent weeks a lot of states have gone to extraordinary lengths -- as if a free trip to Disneyland were at stake -- to make the case that they were first to break ground in tho ... More >>

Mizzou Wins, SLU Doesn't. What Else is New?

Just when Rick Majerus' Billikens beat A-10-leading Dayton and lull you into thinking they might be able to win a game on the road against one of the worst teams in their conference, they go and get trounced by St. Bonaventure, losing 72-55 to the Bonnies last night in New York. It's one step forwa ... More >>

Lost In The Supermarket: She & Him, "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

(Welcome to Lost in the Supermarket, an occasional blog recurring feature in which we discuss unexpected songs we've heard in unexpected places. This doesn't just have to be your local Schucks or Dierbergs, either; any weird pairing you've heard is fair game for the feature. Email the scenario to me ... More >>

Shoe Bomb Joke Lands St. Louis DJ in Jail

This is why you don't talk about shoe bombs on airplanes. Michael Shafermeyer, aka DJ Helias of the local music collective The Frozen Food Section, was reportedly leaving Lambert Field on Monday to attend his wedding in Maryland when he made a joke about having a shoe bomb to a United Airlines ... More >>

FoodWire: Cookie Class at ~Scape

A cookie-baking class at ~scape Sat., Dec. 12. Call 314-361-7227 for more info.

Photos: Central West End Adult Costume Party

A cookie-baking class at ~scape Sat., Dec. 12. Call 314-361-7227 for more info.

Clayton Farmers' Market Opens Tomorrow

A cookie-baking class at ~scape Sat., Dec. 12. Call 314-361-7227 for more info.

Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

A cookie-baking class at ~scape Sat., Dec. 12. Call 314-361-7227 for more info.

Clutch

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

The Morning Brew: Friday, 1.11

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

The Top Ten Dishes of 2007: #9

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

The Costumes Are a Treat

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

Daily Web Crawl

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

Liluma

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

Paying Homage to the Metal Gods

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

Medium Well

Ian has a Legendary™ beef with Stoney River.

Halloween Comes Early

Ian has a Legendary™ beef with Stoney River.

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

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Hell of a House

For sale: three-bedroom Colonial in charming neighborhood. Hardwood floors. Lots of personality. And, oh yeah: Satan slept here.

Party On

Mosaic's food is a blast, but the servers don't seem to feel the celebratory vibe

Best Place to Pretend You're in a Big City at 3 a.m.

Coffee Cartel

Big Machers

The scribes of the Jewish Book Fest

Bar None

Bar Italia has retained its stellar reputation because it's just that good

Quantum Jeep

Female four-wheel-drive aficionados make tracks to monthly meeting

Best Daycare

Clayton Child Center