Where could you drink a "Maplewoody," eat a burger made with 30 percent bacon, gorge on scorching nachos and guzzle a pint a hefeweizen? The Taste of Maplewood.
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Nicole Flentge, Manager of El Scorcho, choose nachos, simply enough, because "they are cheesy and delicious."
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Monarch owner Bobby Jones chowing down on his own Bacon Slider made of 70 percent ground beef and 30 percent ground-up bacon.
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When asked why he likes it he said simply: "It's yummy. And who doesn't love bacon?"
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Ben Girard, Deluxe Sous Chef cooking up gyros, falafel and pulled pork sandwiches.
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Maravelle Café owners Jennifer and Tom Vogel take a break to eat their own tomato and watermelon salad with feta cheese. "It's refreshing for a hot summer day."
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Boogaloo chef Harry Erhard about to eat his jambalaya. He likes the rice entree because "you need a little love to make it good." Who are we to argue?
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CooperElla café & coffee house, with owner Steve Sanders and manager Mia Snell, boasting the Turkey Pesto Wrap with the unexpected ingredient of cranberries.
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El Scorcho owner Mark Lucas pours the three cheese blend onto an order of nachos.
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Norman Keller chose the Schlafly Kolsch because "it cleanses the palette and refreshes the body." He described it as fresh and summery.
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Maya Café's bartender, Tripp Venneman, models the Sangria made completely of fresh squeezed ingredients. You might also try the Maplewoody, originated and only served at the Maya Cafe.
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Out behind the Maya Café, guests can eat on the deck of a 1944 model fishing boat that was used as recently as 2000.
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At the Schlafly truck, Chad Lowry prefers the Hefeweizen because he enjoys the unfiltered wheat
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St. Louis Cellars Food & Wine opened for business Saturday. Here, director of marketing Diane Blaskiewicz and Matt Pruyn.
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Foundation Grounds owner Pedro Abbate touted Goshen coffee because it's "100 percent organic and fair trade."
