Moonrise Hotel

The New Moon Room's Sidewinder: Gut Check's Hump-Day Cocktail Suggestion

On Monday night, when we decided to go out for an early Hump-Day drink, a storm was on the horizon, but we chose to tempt fate anyway. We jetted up to the top of the Moonrise Hotel to check out the recently opened New Moon Room (6177 Delmar Boulevard; 314-721-1111) and snag a cocktail at the bar. ... More >>

First Look: Sushi Bistro Rolls Sushi and Hibachi Into a Single Concept in Downtown Kirkwood [Photos]

In late February, Kirkwood welcomed a new seafood-centric restaurant to town: Sushi Bistro (343 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-966-5545). The sushi bar and hibachi grill is run by owners Jimmy Li and Zhenkun Lin with chef Andy Chi, whose experience comes from rolling sushi on the East Coast for ... More >>

First Look: Gringo Offers Taco Options Like Al Pastor, Octopus and Grasshopper in the Central West End [Photos]

From the formidable forces behind the successful pizza empire that is St. Louis chain Pi Pizzeria comes a new concept called Gringo (398 North Euclid; 314-449-1212), which opened its doors in the Central West End last week with a full menu of tacos, margaritas and more. See also: - Pi Pizzeria Te ... More >>

First Look: New Moon Room at the Moonrise Hotel

The Moonrise Hotel (6177 Delmar Boulevard; 314-721-1111) opened its brand-new rooftop bar last week for a special media preview of the space called the New Moon Room. Gut Check was there to scope it out and to chat with the duke of U. City and the man behind the New Moon Room, Joe Edwards. "I never ... More >>

Contest: Pick the Oscars® Winners, Win a Night for Two in the Loop

With the 2013 Academy Awards (Sunday, February 24) a month out, we've decided to hold this contest in conjunction with the benevolent Joe Edwards empire for our fellow movie geeks. If you consider yourself a film expert (or even if you just think you could make a few winning picks), you could win ... More >>

2012: The Year in St. Louis Music

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Oct. 26-28

Friday (Oct. 26): South Grand Creepy Crawl @ participating South Grand restaurants Enjoy drink specials and entertainment at a number of favorite South Grand watering holes. Start with select martini and beer specials set to a villainous theme at Absolutli Goosed, drop sake bombs at Sekisui in a s ... More >>

Here is the Painting Sinead O'Connor Gave to the Prophet Chuck Berry on Monday

A favorite topic here at RFT Music, Miss Sinéad O'Connor wrote a blog post on her website about a recent visit to St. Louis to meet Chuck Berry. Her blog lovingly describes both our city and our rock & roll daddy. We contacted her and asked her if we could quote from her blog (she requests that yo ... More >>

Will the Loop Trolley Really Spur Development? Transit Blogger Says No; Joe Edwards Bristles

Writing just days after the Loop Trolley route was finalized, prolific urban-issues blogger Yonah Freemark over at The Transport Politic is trying to debunk a big claim made by project backers: That the new trolley will spur development along its path:even if developers are intrigued by the idea of ... More >>

Q&A with "Here is St. Louis" Filmmakers

They say a picture's worth a thousand words. And high-res footage of our under-appreciated hometown set to music? Well sometimes there are no words, only love and wonder. Last week St. Louis transplants John Pa and Matt Seilback of Anastasis Films released a neat little video about the city they l ... More >>

The Nine Best Hotels in St. Louis

The 2012 Best of St. Louis issue is fast approaching. Have you voted yet? Go do it now before it's too late! Have you finished debating the finer points of the 2011 issue? We haven't, hence this list. While researching contenders for a certain Best Of category last year, we realized our town has a h ... More >>

Blueberry Hill Celebrates the Big Four-Oh This Weekend

Grab your party hat and get ready to walk the blue carpet because Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-4444) is celebrating its 40th birthday this weekend. While most restaurants are lucky to make it five years, Blueberry Hill has remained a favorite for generations of St ... More >>

Overlook Farm's Luv Luv Farm Festival and Barbecue Cookoff Returns

Now that the drought has relented and the temperature hovers on the better side of 100 degrees, it's prime time to enjoy all the fine summer festivities you can squeeze in before autumn takes over. And while the oppressive, dry heat certainly defeated many a backyard garden, the pros at Overlook Far ... More >>

Trash Bash

Full Moon Marshmallow Pie at Eclipse and Moonrise Kingdom

On May 25, Wes Anderson's seventh film, Moonrise Kingdom, was released in the U.S., and on June 8, it hits the Landmark Tivoli Theatre (6350 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-995-6270). Ever the fan of Anderson's winsome works, Gut Check caught the flick a few days before its local debut. Weavi ... More >>

Celebrate Moonrise at the Moonrise

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: April 27-29

Friday (Apr. 27): Third Annual Green Ball @ Moonrise Hotel This annual event to reinforce sustainability initiatives features an open bar with local beer and wine, locally sourced cuisine, a green fashion contest and live entertainment. $60 per person. Tickets available at the door. 7 to 11 p.m. ... More >>

The Pageant Embraces Green Movement, Installs Solar Panels on Roof

The management of the Pageant is embracing the "green" movement, most notably with the installation of solar panels on the music establishment's roof. Patrick Hagin, the managing partner of the venue in the Loop, says he'd been considering putting in solar panels for a while, especially since a com ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: January 13-January 15

The post-New Year's lull has finally subsided. Get out and enjoy some winter-worthy events to either embrace the snow or warm up that cold nose. Take for instance, the Loop Ice Carnival featuring everything from ice carving and thousands of chocolate coins in ice cubes as an example of the former. F ... More >>

Joe Edwards on the Value of Collecting, Conversation and Chuck Berry

Photo by Jon Scorfina​Many St. Louisans know Joe Edwards as the man behind the revitalization of the Delmar Loop. His imagination has spawned Blueberry Hill, the rehabilitated Tivoli theatre, the Pageant, the Moonrise Hotel, and most recently the Chuck Berry statue. His joyous projects have at ... More >>

St. Louis Named Midwest's Best Weekend Getaway

We are soooo much more fun than Chicago. Our art's better, too.​Take that, Chicago: St. Louis is officially the best large city for a weekend getaway in the Midwest.Or so says AAA Midwest Traveler, which polled its readers and determined that the Lou beats the snot out of Chicago and Kansas City. ... More >>

Eclipse's Lucas Ramsey Takes the Mystery Out of Cocktails

Stew SmithEclipse bar manager Lucas Ramsey plies his trade at a 2009 cocktailin' event.​Lucas Ramsey, bar manager at Eclipse Restaurant in the Delmar Loop's Moonrise Hotel, not only works magic with elixirs, but on the drinker's psyche as well. One Saturday night, when faced with a gin-phobic ... More >>

Review Setlist Photos: Barenaked Ladies at the Pageant

Because we know you are wondering, we're going to get this out of the way first: Yes, it is strange to think of the Barenaked Ladies without Steven Page. Dude wasn't just one of the co-founders of the band. He wrote, or cowrote, just about all its hits up until "One Week" (which ... More >>

The Art of Pumpkin

Play With Your Food This Sunday

"It seems funny to think of a cleaning company that is so into local food, doesn't it?" says P. Richelle White, owner of Herb'n Maid, a St. Louis-based eco-friendly cleaning company and host of Sunday's Play With Your Food event at the Moonrise Hotel. ​Really, it's a natural fit for a compan ... More >>

A Movable Cocktail Feast: Manifesto Drops in from KC for Two Nights Only

What do you do when your bar's no longer permitted to serve alcohol? For two partners behind Manifesto in Kansas City, the answer was easy: You go mobile. Manifesto opened in April of last year to praise and positive press. But in March the restaurant that leased the bar its speakeasy-style space ... More >>

Greetings, Earthlings!

The 5th Dimension receives a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame

Chicago Sun-Times Gushes All Over the Delmar Loop

www.ucityloop.com​A Chicago Sun-Times travel writer recently received the royal treatment in St. Louis: scoring a rare interview with rock icon Chuck Berry and getting upgraded to a plush suite at the new Moonrise Hotel. And no doubt Delmar Loop impresario Joe Edwards (owner of the Moonrise and on ... More >>

Wash U. Aims for the Moon by 2019

Wikimedia CommonsThat dark area on the lower left is the South Pole-Aitken Basin, where Wash. U. researchers hope to send a probe sometime this decade.​MoonRise, a project developed by Washington University researchers, has been named a finalist for NASA's next space science venture, scheduled for ... More >>

2009 in Review: April

​​In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama fell in love with Pi's pizza during a campaign visit to St. Louis. In April of this year, President Obama invited Pi's Chris Sommers and team to the White House to cook that pizza. Surely, that couldn't annoy anyone, right? Except for the owners of Chicago pi ... More >>

December 15 Last Day To Buy Intergalactic Property Before Christmas!

Stew Smith​Attention Earthlings: Is there really any better way to let your loved ones know how much you care than by buying them a piece of intergalactic property? The Lunar Embassy is currently selling one-acre parcels of land on the moon with prime Earth views, for the super-low price of $19.99 ... More >>

Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, November 20-22, 2009

You have a weekend, then a short week, and before you know it, you'll be in line outside the electronics store at 4 a.m. waiting to get flat-screen TV at deep, deeeep discount. So please, enjoy this final weekend before holiday madness descends on all of us. Here are ten options for weekend fun for ... More >>

Parting Shots: The St. Louis International Film Festival wraps Sunday, but there's still plenty worth checking out

Photos: St. Louis Mixologists Get Behind the Bar for "Blood & Sand" at 33 Wine Shop

Last night, bartenders and mixologists from various St. Louis restaurants and bars met at 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar (1913 Park Avenue; website) for "Blood & Sand," an event to signal St. Louis establishing its own local chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild.Photo: Stew SmithMixologi ... More >>

Planet Walk Goes Up with a Big Bang in the Delmar Loop

Courtesy of Stephen WalkerWanna know where Saturn stands in relation to the sun, kiddies? Do your astronomy homework in the Delmar Loop!​On a scale of one to 5 billion, where does Uranus stand in relation to the sun? Well, if the sun is the Moonrise Hotel, and "5 billion" is Cicero's Restaurant, U ... More >>

Review: Eclipse

Stew SmithMy review of Eclipse is now available online. Eclipse is located on the ground floor of the new Moonrise Hotel at 6177 Delmar Boulevard. You can view the menu, cocktail list and more at the restaurant's Web site. For those who can't wait to check out the unique looks of Eclipse, a slidesho ... More >>

Sky's the Limit: When Joe Edwards opens a moon-themed hotel and restaurant in the Loop, hopes are high

Photos: Inside Eclipse at the Moonrise Hotel

You've read Ian Froeb's review of Eclipse restaurant, now take a look at the restaurant's bar, dining room, kitchen, the rooftop bar and all the lunar kitsch on display at Joe Edwards' latest venture. Photo: Stew SmithLobster Pot Pie, foreground, and Trout a la Plancha, background. Photo: Stew Smit ... More >>

Review Preview: Eclipse

Without meaning to do so, I timed this week's review of Eclipse, the restaurant in the new Moonrise Hotel, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. Synergy! Or something. I should be living on the moon by now. I should have my own sleek condo atop a glass tower overlooking the Sea ... More >>

The Best of Gut Check: The Sneak

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday. While Gut Check is on vacation this week, check out some of Dara's best work:The International ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 6.13-6.19

Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Feast: George Mahe explores the rise in restaurant scams.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Pollacks visit the restaurant in the new Moonrise Hotel, Eclipse.Becky and the Beanstock: Lots of gorgeous food photos.Sugar, Spice & More Things Nice: ... More >>

The Old Man and the Sneak

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons Dara Strickland is a leading expert on sneaking food and drink into the movies. She reports on her exploits for Gut Check (from an undisclosed location) every Monday.Show: An astonishing schedule of St. Louis' cultural high points.Food: Not a damn thing.Difficult ... More >>

Basketball Legend Bob Pettit Next Inductee to St. Louis Walk of Fame

hollywoodcollectibles.comBob Pettit, the St. Louis Hawks great who brought this city its only NBA championship, will officially be inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame this August. Pettit, who resides in his home state of Louisiana, was named to the walk last year but could not make the inductio ... More >>

FoodWire: Eclipse at the Moonrise Hotel Opens Today

Click image for larger version.Eclipse, the restaurant on the first floor of the new Moonrise Hotel (6177 Delmar Boulevard), opens for business today.The 130-seat restaurant promises fine dining at affordable prices, says Moonrise owner and local impresario Joe Edwards. Sidewalk dining will fit arou ... More >>

After a Sprint to the Finish, the Moonrise Hotel on Delmar is Open and Full of Moonie Stuff

A view from the top of the Moonrise. The Loop now has a hotel, and according to managers, a 50 percent occupancy rate for its opening day.The Moonrise Hotel (6177 Delmar Boulevard) -- the latest project to sprout from beneath the blond mane of businessman Joe Edwards -- officially opens today. Fans ... More >>

Out-of-control shoplifting at the St. Louis Galleria. Violent attacks in the Delmar Loop. Is MetroLink a vehicle for crime?

Loop's Moonrise Hotel to Open April 2009