Ann Lemons Pollack
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Current wisdom says Clayton is cooling as a restaurant neighborhood. We’re not so sure. Not only are optimistic local owners continuing to open new spots or expand old ones, but Ruth’s Chris Steak House has chosen to locate its return, a decade after deparing downtown, smack at the corner of Brentwood and Forsyth boulevards. There’s
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Brunch
One of my favorite meals to feed friends is brunch. No one expects a formal meal then, it’s easy to load the table and encourage family-style passing around food, and it’s such a free-form meal that almost anything is usable on the menu. Not surprisingly, then, my cookbook collection has a fair number of morning
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Mai Lee Shrimp
Often, when we get a yen for a particular kind of food, it’s one of the Asian cuisines. On a recent evening, we showed up at Mai Lee, and our waiter suggested a special that’s about to go on the menu. We were, to put it bluntly, blown away. Shrimp are batttered and fried in
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The Royale
The Royale is an old-time South Side tavern, and how refreshing it is to see it filled with people too young to have ever patronized its model. Of course, we’re sure none of the Royale’s ancestors would have a photo of Nelson Mandela on the wall, accompanying those of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, Lech Walesa,
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This Week’s Wines
We taste a lot of wine at our house, or when we’re traveling. Expanded by-the-glass lists are a boon when we dine, and larger selections of half-bottles are a pleasure, too. They make it easier to sample a greater variety, and they save on both cash and calories. We like wine a lot, and we
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Sausage and…
Every once in a while, something comes along that’s so good you can’t stop eating it. This adventure began when my best friend, Magnificent, loaned me her copy of "The Sweet Potato Queens’ Big Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner)". Clearly this dealt with two topics of vital interest to me, although I know far more
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London Restaurants
From time to time, we get queries about where to eat when visiting other cities. We’ve decided to post offerings from some, as the mood and available time strike us. Here are the notes from a recent request for London favorites. As usual, we strongly suggest reservations for all but the most casual of restaurants;
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Stone Hill, Mount Pleasant and Chateau St. Michelle
Wine dinners can be extremely enjoyable, and they provide information and knowledge, as well as excellent meals. We attended three very different ones over the last couple of weeks, and the report, looking at the wines rather than the meals, goes like this, in reverse chronological order: STONE HILL WINERY, Hermann – Every spring for
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Super Smokers
We’re glad Super Smokers is back. No, it’s not in your local Dierberg’s any more, nor at the new stadium. The other locations remain closed. But the motherhouse is back, at the same place off I-44 in Eureka. That makes it just right for a lunch stop en route to Hermann or perhaps heading back
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Niche
Benton Park, the neighborhood between Jefferson avenue and I-55, just south of Gravois, is turning into quite a restaurant zone. Niche, the newest spot, has joined Frazer’s, Yemanja Brasil, the Sidney Street Café and Venice Café (perhaps not quite a restaurant but certainly a destination) in an area that makes a visitor feel as though