Ann Lemons Pollack
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Roberto’s Trattoria
Smoking: Yes Wheelchair access: Good Entrees: $13-$30 Roberto Zanti has been feeding happy folks for many years, and his new restaurant, again named Roberto’s, enlarges the possibilities. Tucked into a corner of a strip shopping center across from various movie venues, all named Ronnie’s, that have landmarked that section of Lindbergh Boulevard, he has more
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This Week’s Wine
Marching hand in hand, the food and wines of South America are growing in their impact on St. Louis diners and drinkers. More restaurants with Caribbean and Latin American menus have come to town in the last few years, and they are busily pairing the meals of their ancestors with their local wines. The wine
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Boogaloo
Boogaloo is another creation from Mike Johnson, the guy who’s had a hand, to varying degrees, in BARcelona, Mira, Momo’s, Cyrano’s and Roxanne. Boogaloo heads south for its inspiration, hitting notes from Creole, Caribbean (including Cuban) and South American kitchens. The restaurant itself is dark and amusing. The bar seats are swings hung from the
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This Week’s Wine October 10, 2006
It’s a short step from flowers to fruit, and especially easy for a man as tall as Paul Carpenter, who looks as if he should be shooting baskets rather than pruning vines. Having nicely mixed some metaphors, the facts are simple: Carpenter is the senior winemaker for Australia’s Tintara Winery. He grew up in the
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Thai Bu-Ree
Thai Bu-ree is, to our way of thinking, a restaurant for people who really like to eat and to find different flavors and textures along the way. It has some shortcomings, but the food is often amazing. Tucked back in a suburban strip mall, an increasingly common site for such finds in America today—L.A.is a
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Parker’s Table
Jonathan Parker painted his shop’s facade a deep Tuscan yellow the other day, causing many stares from the ladies in Lexus SUVs. Parker, proprietor of Parker’s Table in Clayton, is a guy always in search of something different. He does pretty well at finding it, too. For one thing, he’s selling Italian artisanal pastas in
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This Week’s Wine September 25, 2006
David Graves and Dick Ward were classmates at the University of California-Davis back in the 1970s, when the school was home to the Holy Grail of Winemaking. By 1981 they were business partners and owners of a Napa Valley winery they named for George Saintsbury, an English writer whose classic 1920 book, "Notes on a
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Shrimp Uggie
I almost never cook with ketchup. So when I commend a recipe that contains it, be assured that it’s something particularly worthwhile. Ketchup is waaaay not one of my favorite things in this world, with the exception of the house-made ketchup at the Tap Room. Of course the recipe comes with a story. It wasn’t
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Vin de Set
Quickly, while the weather remains clement, those in search of a new experience should hurry to Vin de Set. They can enjoy a large outdoor dining area that offers space, good food and, despite the popularity of its bar, an opportunity for a conversation without shouting. On the roof of an old brewery—and who among
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This Week’s Wines September 12, 2006
Ruffino is a long-lived name in the Italian wine industry. Two cousins, Ilario and Leopoldo, began the business in 1877, working as negociants (buying wine from other producers and blending it for sale) and making some wine from their own grapes. Although the property and the business were bought by the Folinari family in 1913,