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Pizza Hut's Super Bowl-Hyped Innovation Is...Sliders?

The wait is over. Sunday night during the Super Bowl, Pizza Hut revealed its latest, earth-shattering innovation: Pizza sliders. Last week Gut Check stalked spoke with Pizza Hut spokesman Doug Terfehr, hoping to get the scoop on the chain's new pizza permutation. Having managed only to tease a few ... More >>

Dudes Magazine 10th Anniversary / 20th Issue Release Party this Weekend

Are you a fan of quality punk rock? Is your upcoming weekend looking rather boring? Do you like watching and/or being an unstoppable slam-dancing trainwreck of a party animal? Then there's something afoot - the Dudes Magazine 20th issue release-party-stravaganza-bration-palooza at Lemmon's this Frid ... More >>

Lady Who Robbed White Castle With Water Gun (Then Jumped Off Roof) Gets 15 Years

Michelle Faye White is going away for 15 years. It's probably better for everybody this way. White, a 34-year-old from the 1900 block of Warren Street, was sentenced on Friday after admitting to an unusual robbery that occurred back on August 22, 2011. At around 3 am on that date, White pulled up to ... More >>

5 More St. Louis Drive-Thru Restaurant Crimes (Drunk Lady at Hardee's Not Included)

Yesterday Gut Check's sister blog Daily RFT reported that a drunk lady passed out in the drive-thru line at a Hardee's just across the Mississippi River in Godfrey, Illinois. The incident began on Saturday, November 24, at 9:57 p.m. when the Madison County Sheriff's Office was called to respond to a ... More >>

P'sghetti's Iscariot: Four Places Billy Corgan Should Have Eaten in SoCo

As briefly reported over at STLtoday by Joe Holleman, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan somehow ended up at P'sghetti's (5540 South Lindbergh Boulevard; 314-849-5332) in south county last Thursday, prior to his show at the Chaifetz Arena. This caused Gut Check to wonder: Who decided it'd be a ... More >>

Gut Check's Ten Snacks to Pair With Democratic Convention Coverage

Last week, Gut Check offered up a list of ten snacks to pair with Republican National Convention coverage. Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. On Tuesday, September 4, the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina, prompting Gut Check to brainstorm another set of them ... More >>

Seven People Shot in Five Separate Incidents on Sunday

Police had a busy Sunday throughout St. Louis City, as seven people were shot in five separate incidents. In the most serious incident, a 25-year-old black man was shot multiple times while in the parking lot of White Castle at 3524 North Kingshighway in the Kingsway East neighborhood at 11:30 p.m. ... More >>

Così fan tutte asks the musical question: Up for a night of fiancée swapping?

It's National Hamburger Month: Celebrate At the Five Best Burger Joints in St. Louis

May is National Hamburger Month, which means if you need Gut Check, we'll be celebrating this fake 30-day holiday at our favorite burger joints in St. Louis. Though White Castle doesn't make the cut for this list, they do get an honorable mention for not only tipping us off to this four-week burger ... More >>

Seven St. Louis Foods That Should Be Stuffed Inside of Easter Eggs (Instead of Jelly Beans)

Easter-egg hunts are all fine and good: there's the thrill of the chase, surreptitiously throwing elbows to be the first one to grab the brightly colored plastic ovum, the victorious score, and finally, the sweet second of anticipation before breaking open the loot to find...stupid jelly beans. Now ... More >>

Too Lazy To Cook? Where to Dine Out on Thanksgiving

​In preparation for Thanksgiving, that most food-centric of holidays, families have been storming area grocery stores and haggling over Butterball turkeys. But as the big day approaches, some may decide to run far, far away from the kitchen when faced with the imminent arrival of a dozen relatives ... More >>

Is Blueberry Hill's World Series "Gateway Grille" Special the Most St. Louis-tastic Sandwich Possible? (No)

By this point, I've become numb to the inundation of press releases, advertisements and tweets for World Series-, Cardinals- and -- above all else -- Rally Squirrel-themed specials, so my eyes glazed over even before I opened the e-mail from Delmar Loop institution Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulev ... More >>

Belleville Runners Club Continues Chili Cook-Off Ring of Terror

​Last year we warned Gut Check readers about the Belleville Runners Club's insidious plan to fatten, nay, kill their racing competition with their potentially deadly Belleville Chili Cookoff concoctions. Just when we thought they couldn't top the health-endangering creations of chili-topped nach ... More >>

Eight Fast Food and Alcohol Matches Made in Heaven

aldenteblog.comYou want fries with that Burger King beer?​ Taking lead from a handful of Whopper Bars -- Burger King restaurants that serve beer -- and a few Seattle Starbucks outlets that have started serving beer and wine in the evenings, Sonic's jumping on the fast food booze bandwagon. Two ... More >>

Knockout King: Kids call it a game. Academics call it a bogus trend. Cops call it murder.

Fire Away!

Take a Flying Leap

A Kirkwood woman recalls her long-time relationship with Ray Charles in her memoir, Ray & Me

Tour Diary, Day Two: The Incurables Open for Alejandro Escovedo in Cincinnati

In October, the Incurables had the opportunity to open several Midwest dates for Alejandro Escovedo. Guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Griffin agreed to keep a tour diary for A to Z. Here's the second installment; part one is here. All photos are from the Bloomington, Illinois, show. Stay tuned to A to Z for ... More >>

The Belleville Chili Cook-Off: Charities, Marital Strife and Death by Runners

Robin WheelerPick your poison: You got your Chili Cheetos on the left and a Chili Slider Bowl on the right.​This past weekend Belleville, Illinois, held its 27th chili cook-off. Forty-five vendors from local businesses and nonprofit organizations lined six blocks of downtown and circled the Ve ... More >>

Miso on Meramec's Mark Sandt: 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 Alissa Nelson profiles Miso on Meramec bartender Mark Sandt. Below is a Q&A with Sandt, followed by a video of him mixing a Torched Cherry Limeade. Alissa Nelson​The thought of vi ... More >>

Interview: Corle 2 Da on Being "So St. Louis" -- And Giving Props to Other Anthems with STL Pride

corle2da.com​You may have seen this excellent vid floating around the Interwebz in the past two weeks. "So St. Louis" is the work of one Corle 2 Da, a Belleville rapper looking to make his mark on this side of the river. "A lot of people call it the new St. Louis anthem," says Corle's manage ... More >>

Serious Weight: Dealer Sentenced for Moving 8.5 Tons of Pot Over 5 Years

So, exactly how much is 8.5 tons of pot? Obligatory photograph of pot.Answer: 17,000 pounds or 7,711 kilograms or 103 Michael Phelpses or 38,555 copies of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon or 453,592 Twinkies or 131,949 White Castle Sliders. That's how much mary jane an East St. Louis drug de ... More >>

Map Locations At A Glance: Stadiums

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Fourteen: Columbus, Ohio

Bar of the Week: Flamingo Bowl

Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms

India à la Mode

Rasoi plays with Indian cuisine — and that's a good thing. Anyone for a Bollywood Popper?

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Dinner Is Served

Ian takes one for the team and counts down the ten best restaurant dishes of 2007.

Taco Bell Home Originals Taco Dinner

Sauce 12 Shells & Seasoning

Crème de la Club

Kyo aims for the heights -- but altitude sometimes gives way to attitude

Last Year's Model

It might be the last dance for St. Louis' independent record stores.

It's Homework Time!

Unreal unleashes the power of the homework shirt, contemplates continuing education and meets two ladies who are looking to share a man. Plus, a local blogger gets his potato-pancake-and-Tilt-O-Puke fix at Strassenfest.

Murder Most Fun

We compare killers and Killers, look into The Source and learn about the final recordings of a rock legend

Hotel Bars

Drink of the Week: A downtown highlight reel

Bad Medicine

Has the St. Louis College of Health Careers failed to deliver on promises of a good education and rewarding jobs?

Thinning the Canopy

We learn how to woo the "creative class" (and get rid of the undesirables) and offer you a fun name-change quiz; plus, Unreal shares a hotel room with Jerry Lewis!

Letters

Week of July 28, 2004

You Go, Girl

Game Face captures the emotion of sport

Stamp Collecting

It's not for the solitary

The Rec-ing Crew

Week of April 16, 2003

Hoosiers, Hoosiers Everywhere

Week of April 9, 2003

Dander Up

Week of November 20, 2002

A Run on the Bank

The South Side National Bank Building, an Art Deco icon at Grand and Gravois, could be rehabbed into apartments or replaced by just another Walgreens. The struggle is about to start.

Teppan Dancing

Going east -- 15 miles or so -- for great Japanese food

SEVERAL DEADLY SINS

A return visit to Lynch Street Bistro finds faster service but only occasionally rewarding culinary experimentation

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

Essential news on the Shroud of Turin, KSDK's weather crew and the actual worth of a Rams' win

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