Rock Hill

Vietnamese Restaurant Mi Linh Opens in Rock Hill

Gut Check first learned in March that a Vietnamese restaurant called Mi Linh would open at 9737 Manchester Road in Rock Hill. After a soft opening over this past weekend, Mi Linh is now officially open for business. The restaurant's regular hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 ... More >>

The Book House: Shop in Historic House Gets Eviction Notice, Storage Site in the Works

That was quick. On Monday we reported that the Book House, a beloved local shop, could soon be homeless as developers and the city of Rock Hill explore the possibility of demolishing the historic property to make way for a large storage facility. The out-of-state developer Great Northern Developme ... More >>

The Book House: Will Developers Demolish Historic Rock Hill Site For a Storage Facility?

If city officials approve, developers may demolish a beloved book store in a historic Rock Hill house -- and construct storage facilities on the site. Michelle Barron, owner of the Book House, is trying to spread the word and stop developers and the city from moving forward with a demolition and r ... More >>

Liberty Tax Statues of St. Louis: You Think They're Waving, But They're Just Doing the Wop

There was a time when the crocus served as the official harbinger of spring. Not anymore. A brazen invasive species has usurped the violet flower's role in forecasting the coming vernal equinox. This blueish-green creature emerges in mid-January and plants itself outside strip malls and along busy ... More >>

Guess Where I'm Eating Jalapeno Wings and Win $10 to La Tropicana Market & Cafe [Updated]!

Guess where I'm eating boneless jalapeno wings and win $10 to La Tropicana Market & Cafe (5001 Lindenwood Avenue; 314-353-7328)! Hint: We dined at a restaurant in Rock Hill. Rules: To be eligible, you must leave a valid e-mail address (or Twitter handle or Facebook profile URL) in the comment-entry ... More >>

Tidbits: New Vietnamese Restaurant for Rock Hill; Barrister's Moving

- A regular reader tipped me off to a new Vietnamese restaurant. Permanent signage is up at the former China Inn at 9737 Manchester Road in Rock Hill announcing Mi Linh. You can't see it very well in the photo above, but the sign includes noodles being lifted from a bowl -- of pho, perhaps? -- with ... More >>

Tidbits: Eric Brenner Names Restaurant; Lampert's BBQ Opens; Prasino Sets Opening

- We told you just last week that Eric Brenner, the chef and owner of the late, lamented Moxy Bistro, had returned to St. Louis from Manhattan to open a new restaurant. St. Louis Magazine scores the news that the restaurant will be called Alumni and will be located at the Park Pacific building at 12 ... More >>

Tidbits: Tortillaria, Lampert's BBQ Return; Cristo's Departs

- Tortillaria (8 1/2 South Euclid Avenue; 314-361-4443) reopened this week after a brief remodeling. The Central West End Mexican restaurant closed in December for a series of renovations, including the installation of a new kitchen floor and updated ventilation and fire protection systems. If you'v ... More >>

Flip-Flop and Fly: Some things improve with age. Like St. Louis Wing Co.

November 2011 Openings & Closings

​To begin our monthly roundup of restaurant openings and closings (and closings, with a question mark implied), some final news items from November:- As Gut Check learned when we spoke with co-owner Jennifer Heath a few weeks ago, the new Edwardsville, Illinois, restaurant Cleveland-Heath opened b ... More >>

Missouri Preservation Announces Most Endangered Historic Places

image courtesy of Missouri PreservationSave the Oak Grove Mausoleum!​Yesterday Missouri Preservation released its annual list of the Most Endangered Historic Places in Missouri. The list now contains fifteen structures, nine held over from last year and six that are new additions. Among them a ... More >>

St. Louis Wing Co. Now Open

​One of the cool restaurant trends of the past few years has been local eateries focusing on a few dishes rather than the usual app-salad-soup-main-dessert menu. The latest example is St. Louis Wing Co., which opened recently at 9816 Manchester Road in Rock Hill.Though the name might suggest a ... More >>

The Gumbo Shop Expands

Ian Froeb​When Riverfront Times dubbed The Gumbo Shop "Best Approximation of New Orleans" last week, we noted that the Rock Hill restaurant is "barely big enough to contain those eating and those waiting in line to order."It turns out the Gumbo Shop was already working to fix the (good) problem of ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts Opening in Rock Hill on Thursday, October 7

Tom FinkelWork is wrapping up on the new Rock Hill location of Dunkin' Donuts.​The word from several of Gut Check's trusted Dunkin' Donuts-obsessed correspondents is that the chain will open its new location at 9860 Manchester Road in Rock Hill on Thursday, October 7. This is the second Dunkin' Do ... 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 >>

Photo Dump: Inside Rock Hill's Plush Pig Barbeque

There's a picture of John Wayne on that wall. There are license plates tacked to the ceiling above your head. Also on the walls? A Cardinals banner, a few Beanie Babies, a mounted deer head, ribbons and a novelty oversize beer bottle cap. It's not quite like Applebee's, though, where the kitsch cove ... More >>

Review Preview: Plush Pig Barbeque

Jennifer SilverbergLarry and Angie Lampert, the father-daughter pair behind Plush Pig Barbeque​Smoke 'em if you got 'em! This week I visit the new location of Plush Pig Barbeque, which relocated to Rock Hill from Clayton a few months ago. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.

Two Rock Hill Properties Listed Among Missouri's Ten Most Endangered Places

Rock Hill United African Presbyterian Church​Missouri Preservation is out with its annual list of the state's most endangered historical properties. Two structures on the same lot in Rock Hill are the only St. Louis buildings to make this year's list. They are the Fairfax House (a 2009 designee, a ... More >>

Rock Hill Cop Shot Responding to Domestic Disturbance

A Rock Hill police officer was shot multiple times last night around 11:30 p.m. while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The officer -- who's identity has not yet been made public -- underwent surgery at St. John's Mercy Medical Center throughout the early morning hours. Google Street View†... More >>

George Jones: Charged in Shooting Rock Hill Officer Matt Crosby

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office this afternoon issued charges against George Jones, 36, of the 1100 block of Raritan for two-charges of of armed criminal action, resisting arrest, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action He is currently each being held on a $ ... More >>

Plush Pig Barbeque Now Open in Rock Hill

Ian FroebNew digs for the Plush Pig​Plush Pig Barbeque, owned by longtime St. Louis businessman Larry Lampert, has opened its new location at 2811 South McKnight Road in Rock Hill. The restaurant shuttered its Clayton address last year. The new space, formerly occupied by Café Brasil, looks to ha ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call: January Openings and Closings [Updated]

Crystal RolfeA crêpe at Lola​The first month of the year saw more closings than openings, by my count. Let's hope this doesn't set the trend for 2010. As always, if I missed the news of an opening or closing, email me or leave a comment on this post.Update: (Tuesday, 2.2, 9.41 a.m.) Sauce Magazin ... More >>

FoodWire: Lampert's Plush Pig Barbeque Moving to Rock Hill?

I reported last month that Lampert's Plush Pig Barbeque had closed its Clayton location at least temporarily so that asbestos could be removed from its building. Following up today as I put together the list of January openings and closings -- to be posted in a few hours -- I learned from the Plush ... More >>

The Popular Click: Daily RFT's Biggest Posts of 2009

This is a medium-sized post, so it wouldn't make the cut.​We began 2009 with a new name for this blog (it used to go by "Stlog" if you remember) and yada-yada-yada now we are in December, looking back on, oh about 2,391 posts. Here -- in no specific order -- are the ten most popular posts of '09. ... More >>

Our story on Rock Hill's ticket-writing traffic cop brings out the beast in RFT readers, while smoking-ban opponents organize

Cardinals' playoff run cut short, Rock Hill's infamous traffic cop will retire his radar gun; and Up in the Air is good to fly

Rock Hill's Legendary (Infamous) Ticket-Writing Traffic Cop Set to Retire Radar Gun

Courtesy Rock Hill Police Department Officer Ron Zeigler loves signing his autograph -- on your speeding ticket, that is.​Gentlemen, start your engines. Twenty-six years and 150,000 traffic tickets later, Rock Hill's rainmaker is hanging up his radar gun. You heard right folks, Officer Rona ... More >>

FoodWire: The Wedge, Bella Vita Closing

A busy week for local restaurant news continues:In case you missed the news from late yesterday, my colleague Annie Zaleski reports that Carondelet pizza joint, bar and concert venue the Wedge will be closing in two weeks. Food is no longer available. They are just drinking up the bar stock at this ... More >>

Fairfax House in Rock Hill is Still in Danger

Courtesy of Missouri PreservationMissouri Preservation is out again with it annual list of Missouri's most endangered historical properties. Cracking the lineup again is the James Collier Marshall Home -- often referred to as the Fairfax House -- at 9401 Manchester Boulevard in Rock Hill. ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

Comings, goings — and did local heroine Christina Machamer kick ultimate ass on Hell's Kitchen?

Now Open: Bella Vita

Yet Another Reason to Love Nachomama's

Cops 'n' Robbers

Readers reopen the Rockwell Files.

Bohemia Beer

Nachomama's, 9643 Manchester Road, Rock Hill; 314-961-9110.

Bully for You

Unreal explores the sociology of the well-timed wedgie. Plus: Praying for pets, bargaining for Pez dispensers — and sticking up for independent business in Rock Hill.

Read All About It

Another independent bookseller gives up the ghost

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of August 3, 2005

Bone Appétit

Villa Farotto makes it OK to love meat

As Warson Woods Turns

Is the police chief an embezzler? Or do the mayor and his wife dabble in two-bit corruption?

Letters

Week of June 9, 2004

Wok and Woe

Jimmi Yin's idea is sweet, but the execution is sour

Letters

Week of January 7, 2004

Best Book Store

Subterranean Books

Best Place to Drive Slowly

Off I-44, near the Shrewsbury exit

Best Sommelier

I Fratellini Caffe and Rosticceria

Eggs That Clank

Week of May 22, 2002

Fond Affections

Love her or hate her, the RFT's most talked-about food reviewer is back

Alternative Route