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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The folks over at ToastedRav.com threw up a new Raiding the Kitchen for Niche and what did Gerard Craft offer them as Recipe of the Day?
Slow Roasted Pork Cheek.
Here's to a run on local pork cheeks.
Posted in St. Louis, chefs, restaurants | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Not to be confused with the famous version, at Erato on Main last night, while Kevin Willmann was away at the STL Mag A-List awards claiming his Reason to Take a Drive victory, sous chef Jon Olson was serving up Gulf Pompano en Papillote with shaved fennel, local baby onions, ...
Posted in Illinois, chefs, restaurants | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Illinois Times review of Niche from June 12, 2008.
...a riff on a Reuben: rye gnocchi with pickled mustard seeds, horseradish, and house-corned meat. In less skilled hands this could have been a disaster - heavy gnocchi, overpowering condiments - but this was fabulous: light pillows with a distinctive rye taste ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | No Comments »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
I was just told KoKo Restaurant has closed by way of someone from the kitchen staff. Currently the answering machine is simply the standard no one available style message. More tomorrow as I (or someone with more time than I) find out more.
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | 8 Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
This weekend at Erato on Main Kevin Willmann is trying to win some sort of Kona Kampachi contest and will be serving what he once called "assuming fish with unassuming fish." At least he called it that to me.
Not a fan of the duo overall "because one always upstages ...
Posted in Illinois, chefs, restaurants | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
While you, like me, might feel that the only life scarier than an ovo-lacto vegetarian is the life of the dairy-less vegan, I am also not a diehard red-meat-loving Midwesterner and have always been interested in tasting what the best vegetarian-oriented spots in St. Louis have to offer. The problem, ...
Posted in St. Louis, restaurants | 15 Comments »
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Unfortunately over the weekend Julia Usher did not win the Food-Related Columns James Beard Award she was nominated for--meaning St. Louis will have to once again live vicariously through a Danny Meyer win. We can, however, rest a little easier with the knowledge that some of our own, in ...
Posted in St. Louis, general food, missouri, restaurants | No Comments »
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Where can you get good food on a Monday?
It's a great question with few answers. But later this month the list will get another notch when Niche starts serving seven days a week.
June 16th is the day I've heard tossed around but I'm not sure if it was stone-set ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Growing up in Ballwin, each year the days between Memorial Day and Labor Day were not just a little brighter because of the lack of school, the pool, and Spy Hunter, they were brighter because of the enticing scent of smoking meats wafting out from the shack (I think it's ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | 2 Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
This new Pumpernickle's sign jumped out at me as I was driving down Olive because it's not as cool as the old one.
As it turns out there was also a new ownership sign in the window as well.They're saying it's a "New York Style" deli which I don't think they'd ...
Posted in St. Louis, missouri, restaurants | 4 Comments »
