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12 St. Louis Food and Drink Deals and Freebies for Tax Day

Today is Tax Day, also known as mass chaos at the Springfield Post Office Day. Whether today finds you scrambling to get your info in order or basking in the smug satisfaction of submitting your taxes weeks ago, there is a reward: food and drink deals at restaurants across the St. Louis area. Once ... More >>

Your Fast-Food Lent Options Are Bountiful

The Lent season gives rise to a great St. Louis tradition, the Fish Fry. But local church parishes aren't the only folks in on the fish. At least since 1962, when McDonald's debuted the Filet-O-Fish, fast-food restaurants have offered Lent-friendly options for patrons. Gut Check figured we'd run do ... More >>

No Reservations! Gut Check's Valentine's Day fast-food experiment

10 Fast Food Valentine's Day Specials for St. Louis Lovers

For many couples, Valentine's Day means a fancy dinner out complete with flowers, chocolate and sparkling wine. But with Valentine's Day profits expected to reach $18.6 billion this year, fast-food restaurants are looking to get in on the holiday craze. Why have an expensive steak dinner when you ... More >>

No Reservations: Gut Check's Valentine's Day Fast-Food Experiment

It's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. But also burgers. Love and burgers. And fries. And does Gut Check detect a hint of waffle? We do! This Valentine's Day, both White Castle and Waffle House are capitalizing on the romantic holiday by offering a (comparatively) upscale couple's dining exp ... More >>

Open Letter to Fast-Food Workers Victimized by Crooks: Daily RFT Stands With You

To all you fast-food workers who've been victimized by robbers recently: It's probably scary just to show up for work these days. Last night, the Jack-in-the-Box at 4201 South Kingshighway was robbed. Two young males jumped over the counter, ordered employees to the back, plundered the registers and ... More >>

7 Presidential Election Watch Parties, Freebies and Food Specials [Updated]

Gut Check is ready for the 2012 presidential election. Months of punditry, the presidential and vice-presidential debates and our Facebook newsfeed have prepared us ad nauseam, all leading up to tomorrow's presidential election. Naturally, watching the returns is a lot more exciting for Gut Check w ... More >>

Six Spooky Halloween-Themed Restaurant Meals, Food Deals and Contests

We're not exactly ready for our close-up on Extreme Couponing, but Gut Check does love us a good deal on food. And though Halloween isn't the most food-based holiday, it isn't the least, either. After much research and investigative reporting, we've compiled a list of the best restaurant and food de ... More >>

Report: Amtrak Has Lost $834 Million on Food Over Ten Years

Yes, that headline is accurate: Amtrak has lost $834 million on food service over the past ten years, an audit by the Government Accountability Office has revealed. Seems like the national rail line's food-service workers get a little peckish and a little sloppy on those long hauls across the countr ... More >>

No Big Deal, Just a Tank at White Castle

Here's a guy who goes by the name FPS Russia driving a tank through a White Castle drive-thru. That's the first couple minutes of the video posted after the jump. Then, he takes the tank -- a World War II-era number -- into the middle of nowhere and blows the shit out of some stuff. It's kind of the ... More >>

Stuff It: Gut Check Makes Stuffed Crust Pizza Monsters, Nasty Food Gang Bang Ensues

Gut Check is suffering from Pizza-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the last month we've seen Pizza Hut UK introduce a hot dog stuffed crust pizza and Pizza Hut Middle East roll out a cheeseburger-stuffed-crust pizza and a chicken-filet-stuffed-crust pizza. We reported that Pizza Hut US re-released its ... More >>

When I.R.S. Means I'm Really Starving: Where to Find Food Specials on Tax Day

Today is tax day. Normally it's April 15, but because it fell on a Sunday this year, Americans have an additional two days to get their shit together. If you're responsible and not scrambling a la the people of Springfield, then you have one more reason to be happy today: As usual, in honor of tax d ... More >>

Love Castle: The Most Romantic Place in Saint Louis (And Elsewhere)

White Castle just might be the perfect dining option for a romantic Valentine's Day out. A crave case of 30 sliders for $20? What could go wrong? When White Castle introduced a fancy Valentine's Day dinner complete with table service and fancy decorations in 1991, they introduced the idea slowly, in ... More >>

A Hot & Steamy Valentine's Day

Top Five Fast Food Joints Besides Del Taco to Enjoy While Drunk

Laura MillerSo long, after-bar hangout.​A community of St. Louis drinkers was surely surprised when news broke that plans might be in the works to demolish an after-bar staple, the midtown Del Taco (212 South Grand Boulevard; 314-534-1424). Gut Check reported yesterday that developer Rick Yack ... More >>

What's Worth More: Food or Cash?

Wikimedia CommonsTime to steal the doughnuts.​Three not-too-bright robbers in Hyannis, Massachusetts, attempted to rob a Dunkin' Donuts last week. They demanded a paper bag an employee was carrying in her purse and ran. Because so many paper bags at Dunkin' Donuts are filled with cash instea ... More >>

John Lee Kennedy: St. Louis Homicide No. 57; Dies at North City White Castle

John Lee Kennedy, of the 3800 block of North 25th Street, died last night after being shot just blocks away from his home in the Hyde Park Neighborhood. ​According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Kennedy was at the intersection of North 21st Street and North Florissant around 11:5 ... More >>

Post of the Month: "New Age of Crave": White Castle Introduces New Breakfast -- and New Direction!

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. Katie M ... More >>

Win a White Castle Swag Bag!

​This one goes out to the hippies. It's okay, you can admit it. You're excited about 4/20. That's okay! Everyone deserves to treat themselves. If your idea of a good time involves listening to jam bands and inhaling sliders, we salute you. In fact, we reward you. You can win one of two bags ... More >>

Readers reminisce about the Hoodlum Priest -- and ruminate about the Fighting Greens

Top 3 Pet Peeves of a Movie House Concessionaire

Photo by Nick PhillipsDon't make it rain on me. This is soda, not Sauget. ​In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously -- but honestly.Gut Check Code Name: The Milk DudPosition: Concessionaire, St. Louis movie theaterPet Peeve #1Milk Dud: "I ha ... More >>

Costco Condemns Veal

Costco condemns veal producer at urging of animal rights group. The Associated Press reports that the Washington-based wholesale club was presented a video of Buckeye Veal Farm in Ohio, made by animal rights group Mercy for Animals. The video shows calves chained in pens too small for them to lie do ... More >>

A literary sampler of books that will help you forget the heat

Fight Club Sandwich: Choose the "Battle of the Burgers" Combatants!

The response to this first Fight Club Sandwich contest has been fantastic. All of you provided great ideas for both burgers to try and specific battles to stage. I decided it would be easier to choose from among five different battles -- a few suggested by readers, a few put together from your ideas ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Monday, 6.15

The woman in the mobility scooter vs. the White Castle drive-thru. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)How could the Aussies make Vegemite even more disgusting? How about introducing a version with cream cheese blended into the protein spread? (BBC News)Gut Check lifts its ban on eating contests to note the w ... More >>

Valentine's Day

The Worst Dish of 2007

Infield Hit

Ian catches a Slider at the Gateway Grizzlies' GCS Stadium -- and lives to tell about it.

The world can be cruel to the very, very sweaty.

Plus: The great pop-vs.-soda debate and a chat with Missouri's Most Handsome.

Romancing the Slyder

We (He)Art This City

Tonight, Make Mine Maplewood

Water from the Ted Drewes spigot

Ted Drewes, 4224 South Grand Boulevard, 314-352-7376.

Llama Llatte

Unreal shares our coffee with a posse of camels, finds out if a fitness guru is truly "lovin' it" and gets competitive with Howie Mandel

Beat Happenings

Week of October 26, 2005

South of the Border

Just west of the Mississippi

Auchentoshan Three-Wood Single-Malt Scotch

Eleven Eleven Mississippi, 1111 Mississippi Avenue, 314-241-9999

Methmaker, Methmaker, Make Me Some Meth

Unreal finds good meth-lab locations and talks to a young lady making her way in the world (with the help of semi-nude photos); Bill Haas gets honest; and we (and Denny's) find several ways to play with our food

Hide and Peek

There's a new Mr. Missouri Leather! Plus: counterfeit-proof White Castle gift certificates; talking crab rangoon with novelist Lynn Messina; and a disturbing SAT flashback.

Late Night Food

White Castle

Hoosiers

The stereotype is all about cheap beer, fast cars and fat girls. But there's a little bit of hoosier in all of us.

Amour the Merrier

A gaggle of Valentine's Day shows appeal to music fans of all stripes

White-Trash Christmas

Once he had sliders on the mind, there was no turning back

What Would You Order in a Vegetarian Restaurant?

Week of December 18, 2002

Best Working-Class Power Breakfast

White Castle

What Extinct Landmark or Establishment Do You Most Miss?

Week of January 23, 2002

Best Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Best Amenities At a Car Wash

Gas House Express

Best White Castle Decor

Collinsville, Ill.

TOP HAYAT AND TALES

A new Somali restaurant shines against its industrial-wasteland backdrop