Two Cents’ Worth
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Tennessee Williams: These Foodish Things Remind Me…
On Sunday, May 15, the last day of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, Slide Piece Food Truck is making a guest appearance. From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. they'll be near Strauss Park in Grand Center, offering sustenance to theater-goers. That's a busy afternoon, with four different matinee performances, a couple of lectures, a
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Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis kicks off May 11. It's going to be a long weekend that's a whirlwind of interesting things to see and hear. There's the familiar, The Glass Menagerie from Upstream Theatre, and a public screening of the film, A Streetcar Named Desire, which will run on a continuous loop. But
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Cookies from DOUGH
Another food movie is opening April 29 at the Plaza Frontenac. DOUGH is about a failing kosher bakery in London and the search for an apprentice. I haven't seen it – yet – but in the meantime, here's something to whet our appetites. There's a local promotion being done in several markets where the movie
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Flashback: The Fedora Cafe
Ah, the Fedora Cafe at Union Station and what we learned from it. Modern American first reared his head about then. Union Station was the place to be, for strolling, stopping, eating and drinking, and Fedora, an early outpost of the Gilbert-Robinson group, led the way. I had my first interview with a nationally-known cookbook
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A Few Words About Joe
Today marks four years since Joe Pollack left us. His influence remains, far beyond here at Chez Pollack. Lynn Venhaus, on behalf of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, sent me the following: The St. Louis Film Critics Association has received the engraved plaque that they wanted to honor their esteemed colleagues Joe Pollack
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Flashback: Rossino’s
Watch and don't hit your head on those pipes — it's dark in here! And the pizza – why is it in a rectangle? It's Rossino's. Or it was.And once home of the stars.
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Flashback: Busch’s Grove – the old one
Certainly not a place I remember from my childhood – small town teachers' kids didn't frequent such establishments – but a keystone to some folks, Busch's Grove was a landmark. We're talking about the original, not the one with the Lalique door handles, of course. Here's a little bit about it from St. Louis Magazine's blog
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Shameless Self-Promotion. Or At Least Partially.
I'm on the board of the St. Louis Media History Foundation. That's because they have a scholarship in Joe's name and I'm honored to have a finger in that pie. Now the folks at 1111 Mississippi have put together a dinner that celebrates Chef Bob Colosimo's win as chef of the year from the local
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RIP Herb Weitman
Another of the Great Eaters has left us. Herb Weitman passed away earlier this week. Herb was known to long-time readers of Pollack food writing (from long before I joined the team) as the Old China Hand. He and Joe met when they both worked for the St. Louis football Cardinals, Joe as their PR
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Brunch This Sunday?
Whaddya doing Sunday (December 13) for brunch? Tenacious Eats, the outfit that matches up dinner and a vintage movie, is doing a benefit brunch this Sunday at and for Food Outreach. Waffles! Mimosas! Chocolate milk! (Omelets and a carving station, too.) Music, movies, and a dress code so deeply relaxed that pajamas and costumes are,