Ann Lemons Pollack
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Hendel’s Market Cafe
It's a little surprising that it took this long to make the trip for a visit to Hendel's Market Cafe in Florissant. Somehow, there always seemed to be somewhere else that needed to be investigated. But my pal, soon to move to a home in the Alps, had heard of it and yearned therefor. Excuse
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Famous Szechuan Pavilion
Famous Szechuan Pavilion began in a former coffee drive-thru at Brentwood and Manchester. It's now moved to the strip mall at the northwest corner of Olive, Woodson and McKnight, and holds more than the four-or-so people that could get fed simultaneously at the old spot. Sparse decor. Short menu. And food that, I'm told, is
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Bar les Freres
Spring is finally here. And as the weather warms, it's a romantic time. Soon, evenings will be warm enough for dining, or at least sipping, outside. And romantic is just the word for Bar les Freres, romantic and small. Here's the good word on Bar les Freres from the review in St. Louis Magazine.
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Gypsy
Stray Dog opened "Gypsy" this past weekend, and for a stray, it's clearly a purebred. Once upon a time, probably 90% of the American population had heard one or another of the songs from its wonderful score, whether or not they knew just where the song came from, so popular were they. And the score,
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Hilltop Inn
Once upon a time, a publication called The Bugle regaled south St. Louis, particularly the Carondelet neighborhood and adjoining areas, with news generously laced with silliness. The advertisers seemed pretty happy with its readership and dotted the pages with messages about their dry-cleaning abilities, banana and Dreft sales and real estate possibilities. Readers might note
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
The so-called underground dinner groups, which began as almost a form of commando dining – who knew where they would pop up next – have begun taking that pop-up literally, and we have yet another currently working. Entre presents A Good Man Is Hard To Find, a tribute not to Mae West, who reversed the
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Sugarfire Smokehouse
The quality of barbecue in this town has been gathering momentum over the past decade. Now there's another entrant, Sugarfire Smokehouse, with good (f unexpected for barbecue) bloodlines. Here's the good word: http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/January-2013/The-Well-Seasoned-Life-Sweet-Success/
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The Whipping Man
The Whipping Man is ugly and hard and absolutely stunning. Currently playing at the St. Louis Black Repertory, it's about slavery. Slavery, that is, over many millenia. It's April of 1865, the Civil War has just ended, of course, and it's Richmond, Virginia. There's the slavery Americans tend to think about, over, at least legally,
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Cod Squad 4
After two years of trying, I made it to Soul Food Friday, the annual "extra helping" at St. Alphonsus Liquori "Rock"'s Lenten fish fry. St. Alphonsus – you can see it from the Fox or Powell Hall, just at the northern edge of Grand Center – has about the only lunchtime fish fry I know
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Brunch: The Restaurant at the Cheshire
Once upon a time, the Cheshire was The Place for big-deal brunches in St. Louis. And when I walked into The Restaurant at the Cheshire last week, I suddenly realized it was the first place I ever had a serious brunch. Oh, sure, the Station restaurant at the Clayton/Hanley Schnucks had been an occasional spot