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A Tasteful Affair 23
Foodies and espionage fans take notice! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to attend Food Outreach‘s annual A Tasteful Affair fundraiser on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the Chase Park Plaza. This year’s Dine Another Day theme is sure to bring out your inner detective, while satisfying your love of fabulous local food.
Don your best James Bond look and head to this unique event, which features food and spirits from a bevy of local restaurants, chefs and caterers, a fun live auction and tons of prizes and conversation-worthy ways to donate to a good cause. Food… more …
Don your best James Bond look and head to this unique event, which features food and spirits from a bevy of local restaurants, chefs and caterers, a fun live auction and tons of prizes and conversation-worthy ways to donate to a good cause. Food… more …
Help 3 Local Chefs Get Featured in Food and Wine!
Three local chefs are in the running for Food & Wine‘s first People’s Choice for Best New Chef and could be profiled in the annual “Best New Chefs” issue. Chef Anthony Devoti of Five, Josh Galliano of Monarch and Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus are among the 10 finalists in the Midwest region. Voting starts today and continues until March 1; the chef with the most votes will be named The People’s Best New Chef for 2011 on March 2. Let’s show the love for our St. Louis chefs, vote now by clicking here!
Park Avenue Coffee To Open Second Location
Along with my coffee this morning, I received some good news from Park Avenue Coffee owner Dale Schotte. He signed the lease yesterday afternoon for the Bubba Tea space at 417 N. 10th street Downtown and will open a second location of Park Ave in late February. “I wanted to better serve our customers who stop by for coffee on their way to work Downtown. The location is great for both them and visitors to St. Louis and we hope to only further our reputation for coffee and gooey butter cake” says Schotte.
Park Ave fans can expect the same… more …
Park Ave fans can expect the same… more …
Mike Shannon’s Steaks & Seafood Celebrates 25 Years
Happy Birthday Mike Shannon’s Steaks & Seafood
I’m a baseball fan to the core—more importantly, a Cards fan. So, a place like Mike Shannon’s has always been an automatic favorite of mine, for pre- or post-game celebrating or ranting, or to simply be surrounded by other Cardinal Nation citizens. And I often stop by for a steak year round, because it’s a great place to eat whether the Birds are on the field or not. But, you don’t have to be a sports lover to appreciate and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mike Shannon’s Steaks and Seafood. Twenty-five years for… more …
I’m a baseball fan to the core—more importantly, a Cards fan. So, a place like Mike Shannon’s has always been an automatic favorite of mine, for pre- or post-game celebrating or ranting, or to simply be surrounded by other Cardinal Nation citizens. And I often stop by for a steak year round, because it’s a great place to eat whether the Birds are on the field or not. But, you don’t have to be a sports lover to appreciate and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mike Shannon’s Steaks and Seafood. Twenty-five years for… more …
New Café Opens Downtown Tomorrow
“Eat. Browse. Learn.” is the motto for a unique café opening Downtown, located at 1629 Locust Street. Whiz Tech Café will feature food, technology services and eventually space for meetings and teleconference for small businesses. Open daily from 6:30am to midnight, the 6,000 square-foot café will serve a menu of bagged snacks, coffee, deli sandwiches, pizza, hot dogs, milkshakes, smoothies and more while offering services like IT consultation, troubleshooting, web design, laptop repair and spyware and virus removal. Date recovery and deli sandwiches? We’ll take it.
Vega Deli Coming to Central West End
Vegan. Raw. Gluten-free. Diners ask and restaurants respond. Less of a “special request” nowadays, the niche food-needs and choices of consumers are mainstream. Locally, you can order raw vegetarian lasagna at Scape American Bistro, enjoy a chocolate vegan cupcake at Sweet Art, bite into a slice of gluten-free pizza at Pi or enjoy raw, organic French fries or tacos at Vega Deli.
With a healthy and eco-conscious philosophy, vegan owners opened the all-natural café earlier this year in Chesterfield—and are now set to open a second location at the corner of Belt and Pershing in the Central West End. Not… more …
With a healthy and eco-conscious philosophy, vegan owners opened the all-natural café earlier this year in Chesterfield—and are now set to open a second location at the corner of Belt and Pershing in the Central West End. Not… more …
Sweet Charity
I’m a sucker for all-things chocolate—anything dipped-in, coated-with or straight-up. From bacon to bananas, if it’s made with high-quality, milk or dark chocolate, chances are I’ll like it. So when I received a recent press release from local chocolatier, Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company announcing their new line of chocolates, Dreams, I was instantly intrigued.
Appropriately titled, the new Dreams chocolates are made with a variety of fresh fruit puree (strawberry, key lime, orange, blackberry), enrobed in pure milk and dark chocolate. But these little nuggets of goodness aren’t your grandfather’s chocolate “creams”—they aren’t made with fruit “flavored” goop that oozes… more …
Appropriately titled, the new Dreams chocolates are made with a variety of fresh fruit puree (strawberry, key lime, orange, blackberry), enrobed in pure milk and dark chocolate. But these little nuggets of goodness aren’t your grandfather’s chocolate “creams”—they aren’t made with fruit “flavored” goop that oozes… more …
Scene & Heard: Gerard Craft To Open New Restaurant
Looks like chef and restaurateur Gerard Craft will play a little musical chairs with his restaurants this year as he adds another spot to his repertoire. Come January, Craft will debut Porano, an intimate Italian restaurant in the space that currently holds his original award-winning restaurant Niche. Niche will move next door to the smaller space occupied by the small plates and cocktail bar, Taste by Niche, which—pay attention—will move to the Central West End in the former Moxy location at 4584 Laclede St., next to Craft’s other venture, Brasserie by Niche. Taste by Niche is set to reopen… more …
Scene & Heard: New Steakhouse To Open Downtown
The space that previously housed Kitchen K will soon be home to a new restaurant. Mosaic’s Claus Schmitz is said to be planning an upscale steakhouse, along with former SLeeK GM Rusty Oakes, to be called Prime 1000 and set to open by November. The new spot, which already has a prime location along Wash Ave, is said will feature a chic hotspot atmosphere and serve high-quality beef.
Openings & Closings: HOME Nightclub shuts its doors
In a press release sent out on Sunday, August 22, St. Charles hotspot HOME Nightclub in the Ameristar Casino announced its abrupt closing, shutting its doors for good later that night. According to the press release, Ameristar Sr. Vice President and General Manager Jim Franke said that while HOME had met Ameristar’s standards of quality and excellence in becoming one of St. Louis’ premiere nightclubs, the venue was unable to sustain profitability. The venue will continue to host private events and no word yet on a new project to fill the space.-Cristy Miller
