St. Louis city is allowing a "soft relaunch" of e-scooters in downtown and Downtown West after banning them last July. Monte Chambers says that Bird, an e-scooter and e-bike short-term rental company, has received a permit from the city to place no more than 50 scooters downtown this weekend. The company has to test "internal compliance" on the ground and will be monitoring the use of the e-scooters starting Friday through the weekend.
A man has been charged for abandoning a corpse after police discovered the body of a 47-year-old Black man behind a south city residence. On Wednesday, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged David Thompson, 52, for abandoning the corpse. Officers received a "call for help" in the 3700 block of Dunnica Tuesday morning and found the deceased man, Glenn Williams, rolled in plastic and carpet on a parking pad behind the residence.
The first thing you notice upon entering the doors of the recently opened Quarrelsome Coffee (33 North Sarah Street, quarrelsome.coffee) is just how bright it is. Located in The Block’s former home in the Central West End, the coffee shop and roaster spans two large, open rooms that are lined with windows.
Only a few years ago, our local vogue ball scene felt very underground. I remember following my map through frozen, desolate east-side streets to a seemingly abandoned building. I thought perhaps the affair had been canceled, and then I noticed tire marks in the snow leading down a dark, narrow alley to a rear entrance illuminated by a single bulb.
Today, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced he is running for governor, and all we can say is please, make it stop. Our majority-Republican legislature and two extremist GOP senators have already packed the circus tent that is now the state of Missouri.
If you’re like most "New Girl" fans, you are currently deeply distressed by Netflix’s plans to take the beloved show off its platform this April. But here in St. Louis, you don’t have to weather this storm alone.
A Neapolitan-style pizzeria might have 200 different varieties of leopard-spotted pies on its menu, but you only need to try one to know if the place is worth its salt: the Margherita. The quintessence of the form, the original and the pizza from which all else flows, this simple masterpiece of crust, fresh mozzarella, simple tomato sauce and fresh basil doesn't give a pizzeria any room to hide, which is why it tells you whether or not you are dealing with a true pizza artist.
Thursday 04/06 Mission Accomplished
Mission Taco Joint is throwing itself a birthday bash this Thursday, April 4, at Delmar Hall (6133 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161).
The Cardinals may be off to a bit of a lackluster start, but that doesn't mean there haven't already been some highlight reel-worthy plays in the first week of the season. There was Jordan Walker's first big league home run and that insanely good catch by Dylan Carlson — and for those in attendance at Busch Stadium it would have been a shame to have missed either one while stuck in line for nachos. With the MLB's implementation of the pitch clock speeding up the pace of play this season (opening day games this season were on average 26 minutes shorter), those minutes spent in concession lines have only become more precious.
If you loved our first United We Brunch, then buckle up, because this year we're doing a United We Brunch: Kentucky Derby Watch Party that will combine everything that's good: brunch, hats and drinks. Join the Riverfront Times and presenting sponsor Woodford Reserve for the United We Brunch: Kentucky Derby Watch Party on Saturday, May 6, at Westport Social. The event will include signature cocktails from Woodford Reserve and additional partners Old Forester, Finlandia and Korbel.
You may know G Herbo as the rapper who helped popularize drill with his 2012 classic "Kill Shit" with Lil Bibby, or you may know him as the famous ex-boyfriend of Instagram influencer Ari Fletcher. (The 24-year-old rapper generates so much gossip on The Shade Room that he made a song about it.) The controversial Chicago rapper (he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery in 2020) is coming to The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161, thepageant.com) on April 20 on tour for his album Survivor's Remorse, which doesn't just showcase his hardcore lyrics about the trauma growing up on Chicago's rough streets but also includes a star-studded lineup of guest appearances.
The St. Louis Small Press Expo, undeniably, was fun. The event, first launched in 2014, brought together independent creators of books, comics, prints, literary journals, artworks and more for what felt like the ultimate display of all the types of creativity that could be put down on paper.
If you want to understand how serious Katsuya (6301 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-296-3368) is about its katsu, you must consider a most humble ingredient: the breadcrumb. The tiny flakes of breading that coat Katsuya's various katsu dishes may seem like a means to an end — just a blanket of crumbs that allow a cutlet, seemingly the main event, to get a little color and texture after a dunk in the fryer.
Back in November, everyone who likes good books and dime pieces was excited to learn that Jon Hamm would be interviewing Neil Gaiman live and in person right here in St. Louis. Gaiman, a prolific and celebrated author, is being given the 2023 St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. [content-1]
The event quickly sold out, but Hamm recently announced that he cannot do the interview after all because of a scheduling conflict.
Last night or early this morning, the newly rehabbed Tim's Chrome Bar in Bevo Mill lost its face. A heap of bricks from the exterior of the bar facing Gravois, as well as its distinctive rust-colored sign, plummeted from the two-story building to the sidewalk below. Bar manager Chelsea Pfister says the damage occurred sometime after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, and before 6:30 a.m.
Marcus Kerr was running his own food truck in California in 2018, when he parked by a marijuana dispensary one day. “I just ended up meeting the owner of this company, and they had my food,” he said.
One Way Traffic's Leah Osborne is a '90s-minded soul. In her Tower Grove South apartment, a red-vinyl edition of Alanis Morrissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill is set to play on her turntable.
St. Louis’ Neil Salsich was the first contestant to appear on the current season of The Voice, where he received a four-chair turnaround and jumped onto Team Blake. It has been an agonizing four-week wait to see him on the show again.
There are multiple fatalities and injuries in southern Missouri after a reported tornado ripped through Bollinger County at about 4 a.m. today. Located about 30 minutes west of Cape Girardeau, the Glennallen area appears to have been hit the hardest, with multiple structures flattened and a large debris field stretching across the area. KFVS reports that the number of deaths and injuries in the area is not yet known as search and rescue operations are currently underway.
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