Street Food

Tidbits: More Crushed Red, No More Pazzo's, Buy the Feed Me Truck

- Crushed Red (8007 Maryland Avenue, Clayton; 314-725-8007), the wildly popular fast-casual restaurant that opened last February, is set to add new locations. George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine reports that the pizza-and-salad restaurant will open this spring at 140 South Kirkwood Road in downtown Ki ... More >>

November 2012 Openings & Closings

Another busy month for openings included Bar Les Freres, a cozy new French spot from Zoë Robinson Pidgeon; Elaia and Olio, the restaurant and wine bar from Ben Poremba; and a new home for Niche, Gerard Craft's flagship venture. Closings were few, though my colleague Liz Miller's farewell to Spanky ... More >>

Handmade Holiday Hoopla

The Shaved Duck on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tonight; Date for Hwy 61 Roadhouse Set

The Guy Fieri parade through St. Louis marches on. Tonight's episode of the spiky-haired one's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ("Food Done Right") features south city's The Shaved Duck (2900 Virginia Avenue; 314-776-1407). The episode airs at 9 p.m. local time on the Food Network. The Shaved Duck will ... More >>

Reminder: Anthonino's Taverna on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tonight

Guy Fieri's spotlight shines again on St. Louis: Anthonino's Taverna (2225 Macklind Avenue; 314-773-4455) will appear on tonight's episode of the spiky-haired one's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network. The episode, entitled "All Family, All the Time," airs at 9 p.m. local time. See Also ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Oct 5-7

(Friday) Oct. 5: Best of Missouri Market @ Missouri Botanical Garden Mobot's annual market features more than 120 Missouri food producers and artisans offering fresh produce, baked goods, crafts and more. The spread includes everything from pies to ghost peppers. Admission costs $5 for Garden membe ... More >>

RFT vs. Our Readers: Best Barbecue

As we celebrate the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012, Gut Check is asking you, dear readers, to settle the disagreements between our picks and our readers' poll. For the final edition of our RFT vs. Our Readers polls, how about a real brother-vs.-brother doozy? Our pick for "Best Barbecue" i ... More >>

RFT vs. Our Readers: Best Restaurant When Someone Else Pays

As we celebrate the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012, Gut Check is asking you, dear readers, to settle the disagreements between our picks and our readers' poll. Here's a category where our and our readers' picks are both pretty much unimpeachable. The only real loser is whoever gets stuck w ... More >>

RFT vs. Our Readers: Best Pizza (Thick Crust)

As we celebrate the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012, Gut Check is asking you, dear readers, to settle the disagreements between our picks and our readers' poll. When it comes to deep-dish and/or thick-crust pizza, two names tower above all the others. We picked one of them as "Best Pizza (T ... More >>

RFT vs. Our Readers: First Round Results

As we celebrate the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012, Gut Check is asking you, dear readers, to settle the disagreements between our picks and our readers' poll. Last week, we asked you, dear Gut Check readers, to choose between our and the readers' poll picks in some of the most contentious ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Sept. 14-16

Friday (Sept. 14): Food Truck Friday @ Tower Grove Park Guerilla Street Food, Holy Crepe, Hot Aztec and Completely Sauced are but a few of the options available during this monthly mobile meal event. Arrive early to skip the lines, and come hungry! Admission is free. 5 to 8 p.m. Easy, Nourishing ... More >>

Tidbits: Hendrick's BBQ, Legghorns and Shakes [Updated]

- Hendrick's BBQ opened this afternoon at 1200 South Main Street in St. Charles, according to its website and Facebook page. The barbecue joint is the latest venture from local restaurateurs Dr. Gurpreet Prada and Ami Grimes, who also operate Cafe Ventana (3919 West Pine Boulevard; 314-531-7500), Sa ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: August 17-19

Friday (Aug. 17): Third Friday @ Third Degree Glass Factory This month's theme is "vroom-vroom." Enjoy samples from Frostbite Gourmet Ice Cream, sip on watermelon martinis, and snack on small plates such as orzo pasta salad, spedini skewered chicken and hummus with pita over the usual live enterta ... More >>

July 2012 Openings & Closings

July was a relatively quiet month for openings, with several smaller restaurants debuting in St. Louis County, and only a couple of new ventures opening in the city. Perhaps the biggest story of the month was the number of temporary (in theory, at least) closings. The fire in the apartment building ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 20-22

Friday (July 20): Belgian Beer & Mussel Mania @ Schlafly Tap Room Fill up on freshly flown in coldwater mussels paired with ales. Belgian waffles and live music sweeten the delicious deal. Admission is free. Friday, July 20 from 5 p.m. to midnight and Saturday, July 21 from 11 a.m. to midnight. Th ... More >>

Put a Bird On It!

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: June 22-24

Friday (June 22): Yappy Hour @ I Scream Cakes Celebrate "Bring Your Dog To Work Day" by bringing pups to Cherokee Street for complimentary beer for you and half price scoops for your pooch. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Grub & Groove @ Francis Park Try out food from neighborhood businesses like Bartolino's, ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: June 8-10

Friday (June 8): Food Truck Friday @ Tower Grove Park Head to the southwest side of Tower Grove Park for a monthly congregation of food trucks and foodies. Free admission. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday (June 9): St. Vincent Greenway Ferguson Farmers' Market Bicycle Ride @ St. Vincent Park Bike the trails ... More >>

Confronting Constraints and Blurring Boundaries

Tidbits from La Cantina, Pi

- La Cantina opened this week at 35 North Gore Avenue in Webster Groves. La Cantina is the new Mexican restaurant from Roberto Trevino, owner and chef of Amigos Cantina (120 West Jefferson Street, Kirkwood; 314-821-0877). La Cantina is open from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-1 ... More >>

T.G.I. Friday's Inevitably Ruins Korean Tacos for the Rest of Us

If you have yet to try the bulgogi tacos from the food truck Seoul Taco (@SeoulTaco; 314-517-8916), you'd better hurry. The Man is about to co-opt the Korean-Mexican mashup trend. And by the Man, Gut Check of course means T.G.I. Friday's.

Taco Takeover

The Ten Best Dessert Spots in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

Takin' it To the Streets

StewedSTL Hits Kickstarter Goal, Holds Fundraiser Thursday

StewedSTL is having a good month. And, no, while Gut Check doesn't hide the fact that we are, at heart, selfish bastards, we aren't talking about the local food, drink and restaurant podcast's star turn when its hosts emceed this year's Iron Fork. (Though that was awesome, too.) A few weeks ago, S ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events March 16-18

Friday (Mar. 16): Pre-St. Patrick's Day Festivities @ Westport Plaza Head to Westport Plaza for a pre-St. Pat's Day celebration to go green for the weekend. The event features green beer, green food and green fireworks all alongside a scenic green lake. Free. 6 to 9 p.m. Around the World Wine Dinn ... More >>

December 2011 Openings & Closings

​We're just about ready to close the books on 2011. (Still to come: Our omnibus listing of all 2011 openings and closings.)The final month of the year wasn't quite as hectic as previous months but still saw several openings, and a few high-profile closings, including the sudden shuttering of the s ... More >>

Zia's on the Hill Announces New Food Truck

​There you have it, folks. Today Zia's (5256 Wilson Avenue; 314-776-0020) announced that it will be adding yet another food truck to St. Louis' culinary caravan. Hopefully they'll heed our advice, offering good food at reasonable prices in great, varied locations. Zia's advised followers on ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: October 14-16

​Friday (Oct. 14): World Food Day Commemoration @ The Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. Louisans are invited to help make 500,000 meals for Sub-Saharan Africa individuals in need during a global effort to increase awareness, understanding and action to alleviate hunger. Take a bite out ... More >>

PARK(ing) Day St. Louis 2011: We've Got the Photos

Savannah Dodd​As we previously warned you, last Friday, a group of urban space enthusiasts, architects and designers transformed a series of metered parking spaces in downtown St. Louis into a string of pop-up parks. The event was part of a national movement (begun in San Francisco, natch!) called ... More >>

I Went To A Showcase

7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Pi to Open New Location at Mercantile Exchange Downtown

Courtesy: StandPoint Public AffairsA rendering of the new Mercantile Exchange project downtown​The ever-expanding Pi pizza empire -- I think it's safe to call it an empire at this point, no? -- will open its fifth location at the new Mercantile Exchange development downtown, the restaurant and the ... More >>

Tyler Florence and Bunches of Grapes Visit Busch Stadium

Ian Froeb​An odd scene unfolded at Busch Stadium Tuesday evening. No, not the Cardinals dropping another game to a sub-.500 team. Sadly, Cardinal fans are growing accustomed to that. This scene began before the first pitch. Food Network star Tyler Florence, host of such shows as Ultimate Tyler and ... More >>