Brasserie by Niche to Begin Serving Lunch
Jan 6, 2010 St. Louis, missouri, restaurants
Well here’s some exciting news from the Central West End…
Starting next week, new St. Louis favorite BRASSERIE by niche will begin serving lunch and brunch.
Hours are as follows:
Lunch: Tues-Friday 11-2
Brunch: Sun 10-2
Niche Taps Mike Sweeney for Beer Consulting
Oct 8, 2009 St. Louis, beer, chefs, missouri, restaurants
As the craft beer market has expanded, so to have the requests that top-tier restaurants take as much care in assembling their beer lists as they do for their wines. In an effort to address this and expand the beer selections in his restaurants, Gerard Craft of Niche has today tapped Mike Sweeney to consult on the beer lists for Niche, Niche Taste Bar, and the soon to open BRASSERIE by Niche. Most know Sweeney as the owner of the popular St. Louis beer blog and forum, STL Hops. In speaking with Sweeney this morning, he was excited about the news and stated that the goal is for each space to have its own list of beers to complement the food coming from each restaurant’s kitchen. As one might imagine, at BRASSERIE this will mean a strong focus on French and Belgian styles. For those looking for more esoteric selections, however, Sweeney also stated that Craft’s vision is that Niche Taste Bar will be the one place where the rules are “anything goes”.
Full Disclosure: As most know, Mike Sweeney is one of my closest, personal, friends.
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#stl Foodies Look Forward to Another Niche
Sep 28, 2009 St. Louis, chefs, missouri, restaurants
No longer a rumor, Chef Gerard Craft announced via Twitter last night that he has officially secured the Chez Leon space in the Central West End. Having spoken to him two weeks ago, he’d confirmed his interest in the space, but an agreement had not then been reached. The hopeful plan was a quick turn around to get the restaurant open quickly, and some additional weekend tweaking to get things just the way he’d like them.
Now official, he confirmed last night that they’d be “shooting to open Nov 1” and that the restaurant “will be called BRASSERIE by niche just as BOUCHON defines the style of the restaurant.”
He also commented that because of the use of Brasserie, the French word for brewery, “a much stronger beer list” would also be in the works.
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