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Rick Ross Raps About Panera Bread's Broccoli-Cheddar Soup

In recent weeks rapper Rick Ross has made headlines for his controversial verse in rapper Rocko's song "U.E.O.N.O.," with lyrics that describe date rape. Last week Reebok dropped Ross' contract, and he made a public apology for the lyrics. And now Ross is in the news again for eyebrow-raising song ... More >>

Saint Louis Bread Co. Introduces New "Meal of Shared Responsibility" With No Set Price in St. Louis Bakery Cafes Today

Today Panera Bread -- known locally as Saint Louis Bread Co. -- introduces a new menu item, the "Meal of Shared Responsibility," with no set price in all 48 of its bakery cafes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The meal offers turkey chili in a sourdough bread bowl with choice of sides. Panera is ... More >>

10 Most Offensive, Ridiculous "Sad Desk Lunch" Photos

The mission of Sad Desk Lunch is stated simply on its website: Sad Desk Lunch isn't about how great your lunch is. And it's not about how crappy your lunch is either. It's about the fact you eat your lunch at your desk during your lunch break where you could roam free ....Eating our sad tupperware ... More >>

Unfit for Print: An angel investor pitches in to salvage the reputation of a St. Louis publisher

Panera Bread Debuts Slow-Carb Hidden Menu in St. Louis Today

In November Gut Check learned that Panera Bread, the nationwide brand of locally owned and operated St. Louis Bread Company, had introduced a new "hidden menu" in collaboration with Tim Ferriss of The 4-Hour Chef, to its bakery cafes in New York City. Our curiosity -- and OK, maybe jealousy -- pique ... More >>

Mob Testimony Gives Panera Bread Awesome Ad Opportunity

Panera Bread, a.k.a. St. Louis Bread Co., doesn't run very high-profile ad campaigns. Come to think of it, Gut Check can't recall ever seeing a television ad for Panera, or if we did, it made exactly zero impression. That could -- and should -- change, thanks to an unlikely event: the recent testim ... More >>

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate. Where's the military when the chips are down?

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

Tidbits from St. Louis Bread Co., IHOP, Buffalo Wild Wings

Courtesy St. Louis Bread Co.Lauren Day shows off her winning sandwich.​It's a very special episode of tidbits featuring chain restaurants...- We told you back in August about the 2011 Great Sandwich Showdown from St. Louis Bread Co. Well, we have a winner: Lauren Day of Marthasville, Missouri, for ... 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 >>

Saint Louis Bread Co. Offers Free Samples Today -- and the Opportunity to Give

​Stop by one of the 46 Saint Louis Bread Co. locations in the region today and there's a good chance you'll be approached by a sales associate and treated to a few samples of some of the chain's newest menu items, including steak panini and steak salad, as well as some of the more standard far ... More >>

Panera Bread Settles Class Action Suit Alleging Stock Fraud

​Panera Bread, the Richmond Heights-based company behind the Saint Louis Bread Company restaurants here and countless Panera eateries across the nation, has settled a class action lawsuit alleging it defrauded its investors.The suit provides $5.75 million to be shared by anyone who purchased Paner ... More >>

You think the Americans with Disabilities Act has leveled the playing field? Try walking in my shoes.

Build a better sammie, and the college kids'll beat a path to your door

Will New Rich People's Bread Co. Be Pay-What-You-Wish?

Gut Check heard recently that St. Louis Bread Co. intends to open a new location on the north side of Plaza Frontenac, near Brio Tuscan Grille. image via​Hat tip to the lovely and charming Deb Peterson for the scoop. The real question, beyond the blah-blah details of square footage and whether th ... More >>

Stifel Financial, Panera Bread Among Fortune's "Fastest Growing Companies"

St. Louis-based Stifel Financial and Panera Bread, of suburban Richmond Heights, are among the nation's fastest growing companies, according to Fortune magazine.​The list, compiled annually for the magazine's September issue, claims to catalog "who -- and what -- is succeeding even in a stagnant e ... More >>

Simple Treasure: The Piccadilly at Manhattan is a jewel of a neighborhood restaurant

Sammy Scott's — a surefire sandwich-shop chain in the making?

Chef's Choice: Josh Allen, Companion

Robin WheelerJosh Allen, founder of Companion​It doesn't take much to change the face of baking in a city. For Companion founder Josh Allen, it started with a few watts. "I have a fond memory of stealing my sister's Easy-Bake oven, so I was pretty good at baking brownies by the heat of a light bu ... More >>

Chad Garrison wages a lonely protest, while a newlywed takes a bummer of an acid trip in a Fenton park

Bring a Tweep to Lunch ... What?

Photo by: Todd R. JordanFeraro's Pizza Frites are the perfect Tweep food.I wanted to post a list of upcoming social media events this week but when I went searching around for events I only really found one; the weekly Bring a Tweep to lunch event hosted and organized by one Todd R. Jordan or Tojosa ... More >>

Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians

Lick Your Lips

It's time to dig in

Gut Check: Monarch migration

Unfinished Symphony

The arrival of a brilliant conductor was drowned out by labor discord. Now the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra begins a new season -- with some strings attached.

"I Punched Saddam in the Mouth"

Meet Samir, the St. Louis auto mechanic who pulled Saddam Hussein from his spider hole

King Ink

Meet Brad Fink, a man of color whose body is the perfect canvas for his work

Gekeikkan Sake (warm)

Little Tokyo, 16 South Central Avenue, Clayton, 314-721-0100

The Lunar Cycle

The Moonlight Ramble is back, and this time it's bringing bagels

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of May 26, 2004

All the Jail's a Stage

Missouri inmates are performing tales of murder, greed and insanity -- and learning how to leave their old lives behind

Just Getting Started

Sweet Dough Hot Beans and First Watch know the importance of a good breakfast

Food Fights

A menu makeover causes heartburn for customers and restaurant owners

The Kings of Kingshighway

The Roberts brothers fight to bring back life to north St. Louis

Going Postal

Maybe it’s time to revisit Steve Stogel’s redevelopment plan for the Old Post Office downtown

Crossroads

Crossings Taverne & Grille seems to come out of a different decade -- and that's a good thing

Shackle Up

Stir Crazy Café and SanSai Japanese Grill make it OK to embrace a corporate trend

Tunes in June

The Dave Holland Big Band is just one of the highlights of the 2003 U.S. Bank St. Louis Jazz Festival

Upscale Fast Food

Steak 'n Shake

Crack Up

How to gain success and notoriety in the crack trade

Loop Hole

Performing-arts groups are trying to come together on plans for the new Loop Theatre. They need to keep the drama on the stage.

Scratch My Itch

Week of November 7, 2001

Home-Grown

Webster Groves R&B sensation Toya prepares for the big-time

Grand Funk

Where's the live-rock venue or big dance club on South Grand, catering to the area's mass of young hipsters and music lovers?

Letters

Week of January 17, 2001

Anatomy of Desire

A St. Louis dominatrix instructs the uninitiated in bondage, domination, sadomasochism, masters, slaves, dungeons and other pleasures and pains

Pay No Attention, Kmart Shoppers

City residents' bold stand against retailer strikes a hopeful chord

Back to the Future

For many in South St. Louis, replacing the Southtown Famous with a Kmart is just something they can't swallow. And they're letting City Hall know it.

Something in the Way He Moves

Beatle Bob has been on a one-man dance marathon, bop-bop-bopping all over town. But why?

BUSCH-WHACKED

Somebody sends two threatening letters to beer baron August A. Busch III, so a California animal-rights activist spends three weeks in St. Louis-area jails