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Vito Racanelli

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    May 3, 2012

    The Five Best (Not Cheap) Italian Restaurants 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Vito Racanelli Jr. Announces Split from Onesto

    Four years after opening Onesto Pizza and Trattoria (5401 Finkman Avenue; 314-802-8883) in the city's Princeton Heights neighborhood, chef Vito Racanelli Jr. announced this morning that he has split from business partner Craig Stenson and is no longer involved with the restaurant, effective immediat ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 29, 2011

    Oops!...He Did It Again: RFT's insatiable food scribe chowed his way through another year — what a pig!

    Four years after opening Onesto Pizza and Trattoria (5401 Finkman Avenue; 314-802-8883) in the city's Princeton Heights neighborhood, chef Vito Racanelli Jr. announced this morning that he has split from business partner Craig Stenson and is no longer involved with the restaurant, effective immediat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Top Ten Dishes 2011 #3: The "Hunter's Egg" at Mad Tomato

    I'm counting down my ten favorite dishes from the restaurants that I reviewed in 2011. The top dish will be revealed on Tuesday, December 27, and look for a slideshow featuring most of the winners on Wednesday, December 28.​The "Hunter's Egg," one of the antipasti on the menu at Vito Racanelli Jr' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Post of the Month: The Five Best New Restaurants in St. Louis

    Gut Check is constantly working to bring the latest food news to our readers. As a result, we do a lot of blogging. In an effort to draw attention to great posts that may have otherwise been lost in the blogosphere (and to recognize our hard-working writers), we present Post of the Month.Selecting t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Get a Taste of St. Louis at Soldier's Memorial this Weekend

    Sarah Rusnak​Taste of St. Louis returns this weekend, and Gut Check can't help but think that the word "taste" doesn't even begin to encompass the event. Not only can you try food from 45 area restaurants, but you can also peruse the work of local and regional artists and rub elbows with some of o ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 1, 2011

    Hear! Hear! Vito Racanelli Jr.'s Mad Tomato is a screaming success.

    Sarah Rusnak​Taste of St. Louis returns this weekend, and Gut Check can't help but think that the word "taste" doesn't even begin to encompass the event. Not only can you try food from 45 area restaurants, but you can also peruse the work of local and regional artists and rub elbows with some of o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    May 2011 Openings & Closings [Updated]

    Robin WheelerA pizza at Mad Tomato, the new restaurant from Vito Racanelli Jr. of Onesto​I've lost track of whether the economy is recovering, recovering but slowly, stalling or whatever. What I do know is that in St. Louis, May was a very busy month for restaurant openings, with everything from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    Video still viaVegan Black Metal Chef ​This week, things got a little dark at Gut Check headquarters, as we were introduced to the Vegan Black Metal Chef and clumsy wannabe-cannibals. What else did we do this week? We talked to chef Nate Hereford of Niche, and he shared his recipe for Engli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Mad Tomato Opens in Clayton Tomorrow, May 10

    Ian FroebMad Tomato, a new restaurant in Clayton​Mad Tomato, the new Italian restaurant from chef Vito Racanelli Jr. (Onesto Pizza and Trattoria, the late Big V's Burger Joint), will open its doors at 8000 Carondelet Avenue in Clayton at 11 a.m. tomorrow, May 10.The lunch menu offers pizzas, panin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    Robin Wheeler Vito Racanelli Jr. of Onesto Pizza & Trattoria​Gut Check harvested a bumper crop of local food news this week. We reported on the West End Wok, a new eatery coming to the Central West End, compiled a list of links to all the restaurant openings being reported around town, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Restaurant Tidbit Smörgåsbord: The Tavern, Vito Racanelli and More

    Robin WheelerVito Racanelli Jr. of Onesto Pizza & Trattoria​It's only the second full week of October, but it's already been a busy month for local restaurant news -- so busy that our friends in the local have scored several scoops of their own.- Evan Benn reports at Off the Menu that The Tave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    FoodWire: "A Slow Taste of Tuscany" Dinner at Onesto Wednesday 11.18

    Robin WheelerOnesto owner and chef Vito Racanelli​Slow Food St. Louis and Welcome Books have joined together with Onesto Pizza and Trattoria (5401 Finkman Street; website) to host "A Slow Taste of Tuscany," a dinner to celebrate the new book Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town by Douglas Gayeton. The book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    ​A colleague suggests an addition to today's list of ballplayer-branded foods: Matt "Butterfingers" Holliday.Ouch.Yes. It has been a gloomy couple of days around here -- St. Louis, I mean, not Gut Check International Headquarters, though we're still a bit misty-eyed over the closing of Gourmet -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Chef's Choice: Vito Racanelli, Onesto Pizza and Trattoria

    Robin WheelerVito Racanelli of Onesto Pizza & Trattoria​Vito Racanelli, owner and chef of Onesto Pizza and Trattoria (website), comes by his food roots honestly. Born in New York City to parents from Bari and Calabria, he moved with his family to St. Louis when he was thirteen years old.The R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Chef's Choice Recipes: Vito Racanelli's Calabrese Chicken and Rice

    Robin WheelerVito Racanelli of Onesto Pizza and Trattoria​As I wrote in my profile of Vito Racanelli, the chef's food passion lies in the home cooking of his 71-year-old mother, who still cans her own tomatoes every summer. Don't skimp on the fresh flat-leaf parsley. The herb's the predominant sea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    FoodWire: Summer Soiree Benefit at Onesto August 25

    Onesto Pizza & Trattoria (5401 Finkman Avenue; website) is holding its Summer Soiree event from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25. The event will highlight local agriculture, pairing food from chef Vito Racanelli -- made with fresh produce from local farms -- with local beer and wine vendors. Th ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 10, 2009

    Patties Take the Cake: Five Guys brings burger glory to Town & Country

    Onesto Pizza & Trattoria (5401 Finkman Avenue; website) is holding its Summer Soiree event from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25. The event will highlight local agriculture, pairing food from chef Vito Racanelli -- made with fresh produce from local farms -- with local beer and wine vendors. Th ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 9, 2008

    Booyah!: Unassuming Onesto offers savory pizzas and entrées galore

    Onesto Pizza & Trattoria (5401 Finkman Avenue; website) is holding its Summer Soiree event from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25. The event will highlight local agriculture, pairing food from chef Vito Racanelli -- made with fresh produce from local farms -- with local beer and wine vendors. Th ... More >>

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    April 27, 2005

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    July 7, 2004

    Cut to the Chase

    Eau Bistro is better -- and edgier -- than ever

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