St. Louis Restaurants
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Cod Squad 2017, Week 2: Our Lady of Providence and a Coda
Let me offer a few words in defense of the jack salmon. In many ways, it’s surprising it’s still around for the casual eater. This is a town in which more than once I’ve heard people praising fish that “tastes like chicken”. It’s too much trouble to remove bones from fish – and probably that
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Cleveland Heath
I admit it, I came late to the Cleveland Heath party. Life always gets in the way, but finally it all worked out. Three of us fired up the No Wait app and headed east to Edwardsville. The bar was hopping – and the cocktail menu looks seductive – but it’s not a bar scene,
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Eating Shakespeare
Our boy Will, that multi-tasking, multipurpose guy, is in on another project. SHAKE 38 will have restaurants involved this year. Just who will be involved will be released in three weeks. But for now, here's some details.
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Cod Squad 2017, Week 1
This year’s Cod Squaddery begins with a small – no one riding shotgun for me – visit to Our Lady of the Pillar on North Lindbergh. OLP, as it sometimes refers to itself, is on or at least immediately adjacent to the campus of Chaminade Prep, which means there’s plenty of parking, especially if you’re
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Flashback: Trader Vic’s
My first encounter with a Trader Vic's was in the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago when I was 15 or so. Very exotic, especially to a kid from Desloge. Not that we went inside; that was not the sort of foolishness my parents, teachers who'd survived the Depression, cared to be associated with. Eventually it
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Flashback: Sadie Thompson’s Bistro
I miss Erv Janko's pie, but there was more to Sadie Thompson's than that. Read about it here.
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Brunch: Reed’s American Table
Interested in fare beyond bacon and eggs? I have just the place for you. I wrote about it for the St. Louis Magazine blog Dining. A good spot for a little hair of the dog then, too.
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Oysters by the Bushel, Stout by the Barrel
The food world seems to be catching on to how good we have it here. Schlafly's Stout and Oyster Fest has made a world best-of list. Read about it here in St. Louis Magazine's blog Dining. And the music sounds like it'll be great. This year's there's a sort of VIP pass. To me, having all
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Just One Bite: West End Grill and Pub
A special dish for Valentine's Day? Pink? Luxurious? Tasty? We got this. The West End Grill and Pub has a crab bisque that's a showstopper. Normally a dish that is better in theory than practice, so subtle is crab's flavor, this sweetheart of a soup doesn't whisper but speaks in a low, sultry growl.It's part