Ann Lemons Pollack
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Thanks, Jordan
From Jordan Palmer at S. Louis Mag: https://www.stlmag.com/dining/ann-lemons-pollack-s-newest-book-iconic-restaurants-of-st-louis/
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From Auntie Beeb
I'm happy to report that the BBC has discovered Bulrush, Rob Connoley's restaurant in Grand Center! https://www.stlmag.com/dining/rob-connoley-s-bulrush-featured-in-bbc-travel/?utm_source=second-street&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_04_12+The+Current
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Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis
It’s time. More accurately, it’s almost time. Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis will be released November 2, two weeks from today. To my immense delight, none of the restaurants in there have, the last time I checked, succumbed to the COVID virus. Many of them are small, nearly all are family-owned, and those are the
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Update on Media History Move
What many of us knew (and loved) as the St. Louis Journalism Review, and not just because the board (Joe was a member) met downstairs at the old Balaban's for Sunday brunch and long, interesting discussions, is now the Gateway Journalism Review. Herewith a link to their story about SLMHF's move to Grand Center. And
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Throwback Thursday, Indeed!
A lovely piece by Paul Schankman for HEC about the St. Louis Media History Foundation. Lots of nostalgic bits of radio voices and television personalities, nearly all local. Plus some discussion of what we do. Here's the link to it: https://hecmedia.org/posts/schankmans-st-louis-a-trip-down-media-lane And if you want to know more about the MHF, we can be found
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Gastronomic Diplomacy
An interesting piece found, of all places in the University of Nebraska alumni publication. So sorry all we can do now is virtual travel, but this is heartening to read. https://www.huskeralum.org/s/1620/magazine/interior.aspx?sid=1620&gid=1&pgid=2302
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Hello From Bertha
Theatre is a very different thing these days, of course, and there’s another chapter in what the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis is doing this year. They’re giving us radio plays that we can pick up online either when they’re run on Classic 107.3 FM on alternating Saturdays at 5 p.m. or later via the
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Cusanelli’s Closes
Tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day of service for Cusanelli's on Lemay Ferry Road. There's quite a history to it, as I discovered in researching Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis (which I am now finishing up the editing of). Covid and unnamed other factors will be listed on the death certificate. Many years ago as a
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This Property is Condemned
Another sign that society operates in circles has appeared in St. Louis. Eighty years ago, people listened to drama on the radio. That would be 1940 or so, the year Tennessee Williams’ play Battle of Angels was professionally produced in Boston. (It didn’t go over well.) Nevertheless, Williams persevered. And so has the Tennessee Williams
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Another Giant is Gone
I am sorry to report that we have lost Jack Parker, the publican of O'Connell's. Though less seen in recent times, Jack was a master of the trade, almost Zen-like. Here's what I wrote for St. Louis Magazine. https://www.stlmag.com/dining/remembering-jack-parker-owner-of-o-connell-s-pub-died-june-19-2020/