Queens County

Trying and Failing to Conquer the Beer Margarita at El Maguey

There isn't much Gut Check is willing to thank the Jersey Shore for popularizing, but hey, we do love crazy, bizarre, unholy food and drink combinations. Not-so-recently (like two years ago), Jersey Shore cast-members were photographed drinking frozen margaritas with upturned Corona bottles garnishi ... More >>

Northside Gas Station Owner Claims City Seduced and Betrayed Him

Image viaAttorney Eric Vickers​Attorney/activist Eric Vickers has made something of a cottage industry out of championing the little guy against City Hall (see his case against Paul McKee's Northside Regeneration project, or the one against St. Louis Public Schools). Now he's at it again: Last Thu ... More >>

7 Breakfast-Inspired Ice Cream Flavors We Don't Want to Try

Ice cream flavors have gotten increasingly bold in their flavor combinations. Take, for example, Baskin-Robbins' newest creation: French Toast. For those who enjoy adventurous flavors, you can get your fix locally at the Bleeding Deacon Public House (4123 Chippewa Sreet; 314-772-1813) where bacon- ... More >>

Tidbits from Ozzie's and the Rhine Haus

​More than a month has passed since Ozzie's Restaurant & Sports Bar (1511 Washington Avenue; 314-241-0100) canceled its first-anniversary party and then closed its doors due to a power outage. At the time, owner Roberto Gallardo told Evan Benn of the Post-Dispatch that the restaurant would con ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo: Drive to Bar on Your Own, Let Someone Else Drive You Home

​Today is May 5, which means, of course, that Cinco de Mayo festivities are upon us. Which means that many a Corona and Dos Equis will be swilled into the wee hours of the night. Hooray! We thought this might be a good time to inform you about a new, national designated-driver service that la ... More >>

New Restaurant for Old Spyglass, Q's Space

Ian FroebThe exterior of the restaurant space in the Westmoreland apartment building​A new restaurant is slated to open this summer in the long-dormant space on the first floor of the Westmoreland apartment building at 255 Olive Boulevard, near Lindell Boulevard and an entrance to Forest Park.An e ... More >>

New Album Releases: Toro Y Moi, Six Organs of Admittance, Adele and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Adele's 21​*Adele, 21 NPR reviewed 21: "The songs on 21 don't offer up much specific detail of the heartache Adele says she's suffering, or even outline the ... More >>

Cops Bust Truck Hauling Tomatoes and 600 Pounds of Pot on I-55/70

​On Monday morning, February 14, Illinois State Police found 600 pounds of marijuana in a tractor-trailer hauling tomatoes on Interstate 55/70 near Highway 159 in Collinsville. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Jose A. Martinez of Glendale, Arizona, and Manuel Medrano of Merced, Calif ... More >>

More Muggings Near Wash. U. Campus; Two Incidents Occur Last Night

​Four people were robbed in two separate muggings last night near the Washington University campus. The first incident occurred at Rosedale and Skinker near Washington University's north campus. St. Louis police inform Daily RFT that two male suspects punched and knocked a 20-year-old male to the ... More >>

The Contradictory Link Between Poverty and Obesity

The Philadelphia Inquirer dedicated its Sunday front page to the link between poverty and obesity. They feature a family living in the second-hungriest congressional district in the country. "'One of our biggest misconceptions is that it's poor people's fault,' said Adam Drewnowski, a University of ... More >>

2010 MLB Draft: A Mock Draft You Can Set Your Watch To

It's Christmas in June! ​Finally, Draft Day is here, and I'm as giddy as a small child the day before Christmas, shaking all the packages and trying to figure out what might be in that really big one with my name on it. Unfortunately, no amount of shaking or clever examination of the boxes is goin ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Cocaine-Buying Cop, Bud Chrum

Bud Chrum: Ass Clown​Daily RFT readers have elected Bud Chrum as last week's Ass Clown. Chrum, a cop in rural Winfield was arrested buying cocaine that he said he was going to use to replace police evidence that he ruined after he "spilled something" on the drug. Chrum earned an impressive 71 perc ... More >>

Keith Hernandez Asleep in the Broadcast Booth During Mets Game (Video)

Hernandez as a bright-eyed, bushy-'stached Cardinal.​Check this video of former Cardinals great Keith Hernandez (1979-1983), now a broadcaster for the New York Mets, caught sleeping on camera during an extra-inning affair in New York when the San Francisco Giants were in town on Saturday night ... More >>

Holiday Jam Countdown '09, All-Star Edition: Mariah Carey vs. Run-DMC vs. the Ramones vs. U2

The big guns come out on Christmas Eve. The classics. The canon. The pillars of seasonal cheer. Have a merry Christmas, if that's your thing. We're not going dark next week, so check back for fun stuff and interviews! MP3: Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" MP3: The Ramones, "Merry C ... More >>

Tonight! Brookville, The Postmarks, Pretty Little Empire and Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps at Off Broadway; Nico Vega at the Firebird

Monday, Schmonday: Tonight's a great night for music in St. Louis, if you're feeling adventurous.First, at Off Broadway is a pretty dynamic quadruple bill featuring the Postmarks, Brookville, Pretty Little Empire and Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps. The latter act hails from Minneapolis and ... More >>

Postmarks/Brookville

8 p.m. Monday, October 12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Brookville and the Postmarks at Pop's Blue Moon, October 12

Well, here's something I never expected to see: Brookville -- the Andy Chase-lead indie-pop band that opened for Trashcan Sinatras here in August -- and Camera Obscura/Beach House-esque indie-rockers the Postmarks just announced a show in St. Louis on Monday, October 12. The venue? Pop's Blue Moon, ... More >>

Photos Review Setlist: Trashcan Sinatras and Brookville at the Firebird, Saturday, August 8

Better Than: Sitting at home listening to the Postcard Records discography. The Trashcan Sinatras had no idea how prescient the title of its early '90s hit single, "Obscurity Knocks," would prove to be. Nearly twenty years later, the Scottish band has endured bankruptcy, label mergers, label disint ... More >>

The Big Bloody: East St. Louis Teen Murdered After Argument Over Nike Air Jordans

The body of 15-year-old Leonard Hollis was found early Wednesday morning in a home at 1109 N. 44th Street in East St. Louis. Hollis had been shot in the back and was pronounced dead at 12:42 a.m. yesterday just a few doors down from his family's house in the 1200 block of 44th street. Bing MapsThe h ... More >>

Wine & Whining at Lindenwood U.

flickr.com/photos/markoweIt was at the Lindenwood University cycling team's second meet of the season at DePauw University that Paddy Kilmurray, the team captain, first butted heads with his coach, Adrienne Murphy."After the meet," recalls team member Addison Bain, 19, "she took us to a pub. She ord ... More >>

Tomorrow! The Beatnuts at the Old Rock House

(By Calvin Cox)Fans of '90s hip-hop should be happy to hear that the Queens, New York, duo the Beatnuts are performing as part of the Metrolive series tomorrow night at the Old Rock House. Known just as well (if not better) for their production than their rhymes, the Beatnuts are responsib ... More >>

Look by Light

It's a candlelight Christmas

Show Review: Nas, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica at the Pageant, Wednesday, 9/3/08

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

The Ataris

6 p.m. Friday, September 7. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Queens of the Stone Age

Era Vulgaris (Interscope)

Film Openings

Week of May 17, 2007

Film Openings

Week of October 12, 2006

Hometown Legend

Coming of age and stayin' alive on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens

Corona

Broadway Oyster Bar, 736 South Broadway, St. Louis; 314-621-8811.

Sick of It All

Monday, May 29, at 7 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Looking Good

From Russia with Latkes

A Russian buffet in suburban Creve Coeur. Who knew?

Alley Cat

Somebody forgot to tell Emil Williams Jr. that bowling is for fat, beer-guzzling honkies

All Sizzle

Fleming's doesn't quite make the grade

Various Artists

Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens (Shout! Factory)

Lame Time

Q's Sports Bar & Grill commits some flagrant fouls

Film Openings

Week of September 8, 2004

Bucket of Bud

Winfield's Bar, 3234 Morganford Avenue, 314-664-3213

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age and the Mars Volta

Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center

50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Shady/Aftermath Records)

Queens of the Stone Age with ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Peaches

Friday, September 20; Pageant

Best Culinary Francophile

Eddie Neill

Best Golf Course

Annbriar Golf Course

Best Pool

Kirkwood Aquatic Center

Russian Roulette

A visit to Astoria European Cuisine yields mixed but largely enjoyable results

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of September 20-26, 2000

Letters

Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

The Talented Mr. Spellmann

Lindenwood University's president may be a genius, a savior and a visionary. He may also be higher ed's worst nightmare.

Queen Mothers

Ozzfest 2000 rolls out the red carpet for Queens of the Stone Age