Warson Woods

Serial Hugger Strikes Again! (And Again, And Again, And Again)

The serial hugger is back. Turns out the man Des Peres police arrested a couple of weeks ago for hugging women in the supermarket was also turned over to the Warson Woods police the same day. Apparently, they too have been getting reports for months of a strange man tricking lady shoppers into giv ... More >>

St. Louis Daily Deals Collapses; Coupon Company Leaves Businesses in Lurch

​St. Louis Daily Deals has gone out of business. The company, owned by husband and wife Lorilee and Bill Cummings of Warson Woods, shut down sometime this month. Now area businesses that contracted with the online coupon service say St. Louis Daily Deals has left them on the hook. According t ... More >>

Tidbits from Joanie's Pizzeria, Wasabi Sushi Bar

The original Joanie's Pizzeria in Soulard​- Gut Check reported in September that ​Joanie's Pizzeria (2101 Menard Street; 314-865-1994) planned to open a new location at 5441 Telegraph Road in the Oakville area of south St. Louis County. That location is now open, according to Joanie's Facebook p ... More >>

This Week's Tip of the Tongue Newsletter

Sign up for Tip of the Tongue here.​Gut Check not providing enough dining tidbits for you? Consider subscribing to Tip of the Tongue, the Riverfront Times' weekly e-mail dining newsletter. This week, get details on a sushi-making class held at Wasabi Sushi Bar's Warson Woods location as ... More >>

Restaurant Tidbits from Via Vino, Gelato Di Riso

Sugo's has a new neighbor.​It's been a busy couple of weeks for restaurant news in St. Louis. Here are a couple of items that our friends around town have mentioned:Joe Bonwich of the Post-Dispatch reports that Via Vino is now open at 10427 Clayton Road in Frontenac. Via Vino is the latest offerin ... More >>

New Wasabi Location Opens Tuesday, 9.7

Image viaMore Wasabi​Sushi restaurant Wasabi will open its fourth local (fifth overall) location at 9983 Manchester Road in Warson Woods on Tuesday, September 7. The address was previously home to the sushi restaurant Sansui. The Warson Woods Wasabi -- say that five times fast -- will be open for ... More >>

Gone Missing: A sheep and fifteen pacifiers. Plus: We revisit a cold case and a cannon in Forest Park

LuLu the Pacifier-Eating Bulldog Wins Hambone Award

The Hambone Award​An English bulldog from the St. Louis 'burb of Warson Woods has won Veterinary Pet Insurance Co.'s Hambone Award for the most bizarre pet injury of the year. As reported here in Daily RFT, the bulldog named LuLu went to the veterinarian last December where surgeons removed a bott ... More >>

X-Ray From Dog That Ate 15 Pacifiers, Lived to Bark About It

​Back in January we told you about Lulu, the English bulldog from suburban St. Louis, whose owners took her to the vet only to discover 15 baby pacifiers lodged in the dog's gullet. "After the surgery, the contents of her stomach filled half of a one-gallon Ziploc bag," recalls Lulu's owner Jennif ... More >>

Lulu, the Pacifier-Eating Bulldog from Warson Woods, Needs Your Support!

Lulu​Last December we told you about Lulu, a bulldog from Warson Woods whose owners took her to the vet to discover some 15 pacifiers and a bit of basketball lodged in the dog's stomach. Thankfully, the veterinary surgeons were  able to remove the obstructions, and now Lulu is back.  ... More >>

As Warson Woods Turns

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

'Cue, Part II

Following the smoke signals to more of this town's best barbecue

Frank Moskus (1920-1998)