How about some Euclidean geometry? San Francisco-style pizzeria Pi debuts at 400 North Euclid Avenue at 5 p.m. today, December 15. This is the popular, Obama-approved eatery's third location, foll...
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2005 rendering of River City casino
The earlier-than-anticipated opening of the River City casino in Lemay in March could bring more than $2 million in additional revenue to St. Louis County this year.
Pinnacle Entertainment, the casino owner, said this morning that…
[...]Man, if ugly sweaters were as hip in the mid-1990s as they are now, I might have gotten a date in high school.At any rate, Newstead Tower Public House (4353 Manchester Avenue; website) will host i...
Continue reading "FoodWire: Ugly Sweater Party, Trivia at Newstead Tower" [...]St. Louis police report that James Brown, 36, was discovered dead in a vehicle Tuesday night in the 5600 block of Maffitt Avenue in north city. View Larger MapThe 5600 block of Maffitt as viewed f...
Continue reading "The Big Bloody: Federal Parolee Found Executed in" [...]My review of Anthonino's Taverna is now available online. Anthonino's is located at 2225 Macklind Avenue on the Hill. You can find out much more about the restaurant at its website.In this week'...
Continue reading "Review + Slideshow: Anthonino's Taverna" > ' [...]Another day, another brewpub for St. Louis: Six Row Brewing Company is now open at 3690 Forest Park Avenue. The address was once part of the Falstaff brewery, giving this new venture a direct conn...
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Wahby at the White House
Two Missouri Democrats visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue this week — but don’t call them crashers.
State Auditor Susan Montee and St. Louis Democratic Party Chairman Brian Wahby attended — with invitations — the annual White House Christmas Party on…
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Rockers Foghat
Foghat will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 at Casino Queen’s Sevens.
Tickets are $22, on sale at Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000, and at the venue.
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Old Rock House
Old Rock House, one of my favorite concert venues to come around the past few years, has been a little too quiet for a while now. But that’s going to change.
Tim Weber, well known as the former longtime…
[...]My review of Mango Peruvian Cuisine is now available online. The new location of Mango is 1101 Lucas Avenue, the former Mosaic space. You can check out the restaurant's menu and more at its webs...
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St. Louis band Soul Kiss
Soul Kiss: The Reunion Show is at 8 p.m. Jan. 22, 2010, at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room.
Tickets are $10, on sale at 5 p.m. Friday at Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000, and at the venue.
Also coming to…
[...]Enough with your beer and wine dinners! Newstead Tower Public House (4353 Manchester Avenue; website) is hosting a scotch dinner on Tuesday, December 8, at 7 p.m. The dinner will match four course...
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Singer Erin Bode
Erin Bode will perform at 9 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Joe Buck Showroom.
Tickets are $25, on sale now at Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000, and at the venue.
A dinner and show package is also available for $65.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Horseracing tracks across Illinois, including Fairmount Park at Collinsville, are offering to bolster state revenue for Illinois’ struggling infrastructure improvement plan by allowing gaming machines at the horse tracks.
Not everyone is lauding their generosity.
State leaders, intent on…
[...]The Webster Groves community will celebrate the high school’s fourth state football championship with a parade and ceremony Tuesday night.
At 5:30 p.m., the Statesmen will parade west on Lockwood Avenue through the heart of Webster Groves to Rock Hill Road,…
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Depressed Buttons will perform at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gargoyle.
Tickets are $10, on sale now at MetroTix outlets, www.metrotix.com, 314-534-1111, and at the venue.
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It’s beyond chilly inside the hip “vodbox” at Erney’s 32 Degrees on Manchester Avenue’s the Grove neighborhood, but the nightclub continues heating up.
A year after its 2008 Thanksgiving weekend opening, the swanky Erney’s 32 Degrees is holding tight onto its position…
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Country legend George Strait
As previously tipped on the Blender, George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Lee Ann Womack will perform Feb. 18, 2010, at Scottrade Center. The venue confirmed the show this morning.
Tickets are $79.50-$89.50, on sale Dec. 4 at Ticketmaster…
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Christian rock band Third Day
Winter Jam 2010 is Jan. 22, 2010, at Family Arena. On the bill are Third Day, Newsboys, Tenth Avenue North, and Fireflight.
NewSong hosts, and Tony Nolan is the guest speaker. A pre-part jam party features the Sidewalk…
[...]My review of the Vietnamese restaurant Phuc Loi is now available online. Phuc Loi is located at 3723 Gravois Avenue (the intersection of Gravois and Spring). In this week's Back of the House sli...
Continue reading "Review + Slideshow: Phuc Loi" > [...]This just in from the St. Louis police:Just after midnight today undercover officers saw a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck near the area of St. Louis Avenue and Clara. The truck had been reported stol...
Continue reading "The Big Bloody: Undercover Officers Shoot, Kill Two Suspects;" [...]Brasserie by Niche, the latest restaurant from Gerard Craft of Niche and its still shiny-and-new sibling Taste by Niche, opens for service this evening at 5 p.m. at 4580 Laclede Avenue in the Cent...
Continue reading "FoodWire: Brasserie by Niche Opens Tonight, Tuesday, 11.17" > [...]Sanctuaria is now open at 4198 Manchester Avenue in Forest Park Southeast's Grove neighborhood (the former Agave location). Heading the kitchen is chef Christopher Lee, who might be the new busies...
Continue reading "FoodWire: Sanctuaria "Wild Tapas" Now Open in Forest Park Southeast Grove" > [...]This week I visit Phuc Loi, a small Vietnamese restaurant at 3723 Gravois Avenue in Tower Grove South. (It's the tiny storefront with the blue awning and what looks like two men right outside the ...
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