Sunset Hills

Fresh, Bright Vegetarian Fare Shines at Sunset 44 Bistro in Kirkwood

The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

Honus Wagner T206 Card Sells for $1.2 Million in Local Dealer's Auction

Sunset Hills collectibles dealer Bill Goodwin reaped a higher-than-anticipated $1.2 million for the well-graded Honus Wagner T206 baseball card in an online auction last night. Your baseball cards are still comparatively worthless, however, so don't get your hopes up.The Wagner card, which measures ... More >>

Ten Best Irish Dishes in St. Louis: Corned Beef and Cabbage at Helen Fitzgerald's

Corned beef and cabbage is far from native fare in Ireland, and largely appears on menus to satisfy the tastes of tourists. On this side of the pond, though, the legend persists that corned beef and cabbage is authentic Irish cuisine, and, as a result, no other dish is as heralded as quintessentiall ... More >>

Openings & Closings 2011: The Final Reckoning

At last, Gut Check closes the books on 2011 with our annual roundup of all the year's openings and closings and relocations. Of course, we say "at last" knowing that, in spite of our best efforts, we likely missed more than a few restaurant debuts and departures. Please let us know in the comments!

St. Louis Borders Closing (Finally)

image viaIs there anything sadder than an empty bookstore?​The end is here, after months of being near. To anyone who has been spending time at area Borders stores over the past week or so and seen people carrying out the shelves and the tables and other fixtures, this news should come as no s ... More >>

Family Members Tried to Keep Dead Woman's Gifts From Charity, Says Missouri AG

This story isn't quite as sexy as the artork here, but, well, you try finding art for this subject.​When Mary Geldmacher of Sunset Hills died in 2009, she left much of her estate to charity. According to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the gifts to benefit lung disease research and the Ope ... More >>

Helen Fitzgerald's Steve Buncher: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Helen Fitzgerald's bar manager Steve Buncher. Below is a Q&A with Buncher, followed by the recipe for his "Triple S" shot. Katie Moulton​When Girl Walks int ... More >>

Tea Party Groups to Protest Roy Blunt Tomorrow in St. Louis

​A coalition of Tea Party groups plan to picket tomorrow in Sunset Hills near the Republican Party's St. Louis headquarters. The groups say they're protesting Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's decision to come to Missouri to stump for Senate candidate Roy Blunt. Bachmann is seen as somet ... More >>

Afftonite John Goodman Talks About Weight Loss on Letterman

Goodman on Letterman. Click for larger version.​John Goodman's weight loss has become a pop culture topic of conversation as of late. Wednesday night the actor appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman where guess what? He talked about his weight loss.

Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's, Part 1

This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's. Part two will be published tomorrow. Part three, a recipe from Chef Rook, will appear on Friday. This week, shallow flood water saturated a field on the north side of Highway 40 in Chesterfield, a reminde ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, May 7 - 9, 2010

Do you love kitchsy Japanese cartoon cats? Do you also love the spare realism of Edward Hopper? Well, you're in luck this weekend as Leslie Holt's Hello Modern Art debuts at phd gallery. Her miniature replicas of classic art pieces, updated with the adorable bow-adorned Hello Kitty in ... More >>

The St. Louis Record Collectors Show continues to thrive after 30-plus years

Fight to Save a St. Louis Tradition: Golden Gloves Boxing This Weekend at the South Broadway Athletic Club

The South Broadway Athletic Club has hosted Golden Gloves boxing since the tournament was started by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1935. The club itself has stood on the corner of 7th Street and Shenandoah Ave in Soulard since 1904. Tonight, the legacy continues with 23 bouts, featuring amateur fi ... More >>

Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys: Inside the Midwest's first celebration of all things yaoi — where the screaming never stops

Sunset Hills Cop Charged with Five Felonies

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced today that his office has charged Sunset Hills police officer Christine Miller with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of second-degree assault for the March 21, 2009, crash she caused which killed four people.Shortl ... More >>

In Memoriam

They served, you honor

State of Street Art: Vandalism or legit, it's not going away

AB InBev To Lay Off 1,000 in St. Louis

Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

Waters, Waters Everywhere: Filmmaker John Waters is all over St. Louis — but not where you might expect to find him

Overkill

Some readers say Cloy Richards is the exception, not the rule.

Park West Grille puts Benton Park West on the culinary map.

Here comes the neighborhood!

So Hot!

Unreal tries a few smooth lines on Pat O'Brien's comely colleague, takes a ride down everyone's favorite redundant roadway and checks out 500 kid's-meal toys (grease-free).

Not on Our Street

Cherokee Street's business establishment wants that Mexican bus to vamoose

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2003 New Year's Eve Guide

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Compliance Techniques & Frosted Tips

Brian McKenna bares it all, Dick Gephardt runs a new campaign ad, the Sanford-Brown Indians keep up the fight, and Blake Ashby ruminates on Euro-dance; plus, the battle over the Famous Gerber wakes up Grandma

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Gerbergate

Jennifer Joyce contest results, a psychic porn star and perhaps the only Provel-related legal battle in history: Who could ask for anything more? (We've got dirt on Gephardt and the Cards, too, just in case you're greedy.)

Oh, Barnacles!

SpongeBob SquarePants is just getting started

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Springtime for St. Louis

Crazy, wacky, hilarious -- the American musical is back

Jeffersonian Ideals

An art exhibition gets made without any art administrators

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Week of March 27, 2002

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.

Barn Razing

Sparing an angelic intervention or an infusion of cash, the Arena is not long for this world