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Farmtruk Grounded After Generator Theft
Farmtruk, the beloved farm-to-table food truck owned by Samantha Mitchell, who parlayed her cooking there to a gig as executive chef at the Libertine (7927 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-2999),...
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ACLU: In St. Louis, 'Pepper Spray Is the New Fire Hose'
A federal judge will now decide whether to leash mace-wielding St. Louis cops who have repeatedly teargassed and pepper sprayed protesters in recent weeks. Lawyers for the city and the American Civil...
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Greitens Boasts About Being Tough on Protests at Iowa Fundraiser
Governor Eric Greitens spent Saturday in Des Moines, where he served as the headliner at Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' Harvest Festival fundraiser — and, in the process, shared his thoughts on standing...
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Some Scumbag Stole Habitat for Humanity's Tool Trailer
A trailer full of tools was stolen overnight from a Habitat for Humanity St. Louis work site in south city. The trailer was last seen at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Carondelet neighborhood.…
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BLK MKT Eats Is Serving Up Sushi-Style Burritos and Bowls in Midtown
Glancing at the signature offering at BLK MKT Eats(9 S. Vandeventer, 314-391-5100), you might think you're looking at a sushi roll. After all, the julienned vegetables, rice and cuts of protein are...
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LaneSpotter Needs Your Help to Make St. Louis More Bike-Friendly
LaneSpotter, the new app that just chose St. Louis as one of its eight pilot cities, wants to be "like Waze for cycling"— a real-time source of best routes and road conditions that's designed for...
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How Two Brothers Founded St. Louis Hop Shop, Cherokee's Go-To Spot for Beer
St. Louis Hop Shop(2600 Cherokee Street; 314-261-4011) co-owners Justin Harris and Ryan Griffin opened their shop out of necessity. "We were at our house playing a game and were out of beer," Harris...
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Totally Not Racist Radio Host Bob Romanik Floats Run for Office
Bob Romanik, the self-professed "Grim Reaper of Radio," is contemplating another run for office in Illinois. The St. Clair County Freedom Coalition, a Belleville, Illinois, organization that tracks...
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Gerty and Carl Cori, Chemists Who Cracked Glucose's Secret, Honored by St. Louis
The day of the breakthrough that would eventually make her the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, Gerty Cori reportedlyran down the halls of her Washington University laboratory,...
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Update: Missouri Judge Refuses to Halt New Abortion Law
Update, October 24On Monday, a Jackson County judge shot down the latest attempt by Missouri Planned Parenthood affiliates to stop a new abortion law from going into effect. The law, passed during a...
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A St. Louis Couple Got the Best Wedding Pics Ever, Thanks to Katy Perry
It's not every day that a person gets married. It's even rarer that a pop star joins the party.…
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Eat-Rite Diner Is Closed — For Now
The future is uncertain for one of St. Louis' favorite diners. Eat-Rite Diner(622 Chouteau Ave.) is closed right now due to mechanical problems with the exhaust fan, owner L.B. Powers told the St....
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Prop P Opponents Call for City Audit Before (Again) Increasing Sales Tax
City voters are being asked to weigh another sales tax increase on the November 7 ballot — the second one this year. Proposition P, a half-cent sales tax increase, would go predominantly to raises for...
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Robert Guillaume, St. Louis Native Who Earned Fame as Benson, Has Died
Robert Guillaume, the actor, singer and St. Louis native, died today at the age of 89, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Best known for his role in the sitcom Benson, as the voice of Rifiki in the...
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Indie-rock Innovator Luna Is Back, With Two New Records
It's been said that hardly anyone bought the first Velvet Underground album, but that everyone who did started a band. In the case of Dean Wareham, he started three.…
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Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories Is an Honest Look at Family Life
As the title suggests, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), is built around a literary device, its tale of the tensions and conflicts within a family split into individual sections, each...
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At Handcrafted by Bissinger's, Chef Nick Miller's Food Is As Good as Ever
When the Bissinger's team says that Handcrafted by Bissinger's is a chef-inspired restaurant, they mean it literally: They built the concept around him. That chef, Nick Miller, came to Bissinger's in...
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Vicki Henry Is Fighting to Reform the Way Missouri Treats Sex Offenders
Four hours into the armed standoff, the narrow residential street in Arnold is crowded with police cruisers, ambulances and SWAT trucks. Two TV news crews set up in someone's front lawn, training...
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Extra Brut Brings Champagne, Oysters and an Upscale Vibe to Clayton
Break out the bubbly! The much buzzed-about champagne bar from the same minds behind Louie’s Wine Dive, Extra Brut (16 South Bemiston, Clayton; 314-669-9170), opened its doors last month in Clayton.…
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Delinquent Behavior Has Dropped Sharply Among U.S. Teens, Wash U Study Finds
In the last decade, far fewer American teenagers drank, used drugs or smoked than in previous years, with a 49 percent decline in substance abuse disorders over a twelve-year span. But while some...
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