Two more Democrats announced over the weekend that they’re hoping to be on the ballot when voters head to the polls next November. On Saturday night, State Senator Karla May (D-St. Louis) announced she is running for the U.S. Senate.
Burger Week is almost here! Jameson Whiskey, CBD Kratom, Good Taste Edibles, and Heya Wellness are helping the RFT sponsor a week of $8 burger specials at more than 40 area restaurants from July 17 to July 23. So far, favorites like The Blue Duck, Carnivore, Navin's Barbecue, Olympia Kebob House and Taverna, and Stellar Hog have signed on to give you some tasty deals. If you want more information head over to the App Store on an iPhone or Google Play on your Android to download the Burger Week app.
David and Diane Nedvidek have had it with St. Louis. They moved here from Birmingham, Alabama, with high hopes last November — signing a two-year lease on a gorgeous old house in Lafayette Square and thinking they could find a permanent place after they were more settled.
We know who Taylor Swift is, having not been under a rock the last two decades. We, of course, know all too well who Governor Mike Parson is. Yet somehow we have no idea what anything in this five-sentence tweet by Parson about Swift means.
Mayor Tishaura Jones has issued a statement a day after a 135 page PDF of text messages between her, her father Virvus Jones and political advisor Richard Callow were released to the public as part of a public records request. The messages, which ran from January to late May, showed the mayor and her confidants' candid thoughts on many of the issues of those months, including then-Alderman Brandon Bosley pulling a gun on a woman on Facebook live and Sheriff Vernon Betts getting caught on tape berating a deputy with racial slurs. The text messages also showed the mayor talking tough about her political opponents, including Ward 8 Alderwoman and former mayoral candidate Cara Spencer, who Jones said "doesn’t know what the fuck she’s doing as chair of budget," and Ward 12 Alderwoman Sharon Tyus, who Jones hoped would "blow a gasket and pass out."
A young canine trying to outsmart a City Hall security guard yesterday ended up bringing together more than a dozen downtown residents, workers and tourists, who got the overheated dog to shelter. I first encountered the lost dog as I left City Hall.
Last Thursday, a man from Riverview, Missouri, was convicted of the armed robbery of the Steak ‘N Shake where he had worked until approximately two months prior. Jonathan Davis, 24, was found guilty by a federal jury of two felonies including robbery and possession and brandishing of a firearm.
The City of St. Louis has once again appealed a $300,000 judgment levied against it after losing a discrimination lawsuit brought against it by former SLMPD detective Heather Taylor. After an unsuccessful attempt for a new trial in Circuit Court, the City Counselor's Office has now filed notice that it will take the case to the Missouri Court of Appeals. As all this plays out, the city's bill for the case continues to climb.
Concerned moviegoers have been mourning the death of the R-rated studio comedy for far too long now. This lingering concern for the current state of raunchy Hollywood productions was no doubt borne from the phasing out of the Frat Pack: Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Owen and Luke Wilson, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and all the other guys who used to crack you up but now front Marvel projects or dramas for streaming services.
St. Louis is a melting pot. Culinary curiosities from all across the world can be found in the many delicious eateries spread across the metro area, with a diversity of tastes and flavors that gives just about any city in the nation a serious run for its money.
When you walk up the steps of St. Roch Catholic Church, you are met with a large wooden door framed in stone, with carvings culminating into the designs of the clock tower above. For Bill Hannegan, one of St. Roch’s parishioners, this is the most emotional part of the church, where he has socialized with friends and family after mass for nearly six decades. Hannegan’s relationship to the church, like many other St. Roch parishioners, spans through generations of family — his grandmother was an original member, and the church was the site of his parents’ wedding.
Behind murals of busy Parisian streets, Natacha Douglas is doing what she does best — making, or rather crafting, crêpes. On any given weekend, she pours, flattens and flips over 600 crêpes at her newest restaurant The French Crêperie (17409 Chesterfield Airport Road, 636-778-0188, frenchcreperie.com), which opened earlier this year.
If you want to see some baby goats lose their entire minds when a little bit of rain starts falling, check out these videos we took of them over the holiday weekend at Grant’s Farm (7385 Grant Road, grantsfarm.com). Easily the biggest draw at the free Grantwood Village attraction, Grant’s Farm has worked out an ingenious way to get all of their goats fed: Visitors pay for the privilege! That’s right, for just a few bucks visitors can buy bottles and hop into the baby goat pen to feed the hungry little buddies.
June saw some heartbreaks, with longtime Central West End favorite Juniper shutting its doors and Soulard's Sweet Divine saying goodbye. But, by the numbers, the restaurant industry looks to be booming, with more than double the number of openings than closings. That's what we like to see.
The Missouri Department of Conservation has a very important announcement: It’s sunflower season, baby, and you and your peasant dress are invited to come selfie the day away at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (801 Strodtman Road) again. The spot became famous on St. Louis Instagram a few years back when all of the women with the floppy straw hats realized that there was a perfect spot in town at which to show off their hotness.
Thursday 07/06 Wayback Machine
The first Thursday of the month is upon us, and you know what that means: It's time to throw it back once again with another '80s and '90s Night at South City's Golden Hoosier (3707 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 314-354-8044).
The Missour-ah contingent of our state is coming out strong this weekend in Rogersville, Missouri, a small town near Springfield. A group there is hosting J6 Truth and Light Freedom Festival, a fundraiser and rally for folks who stormed the Capitol on January 6. While most of us know that the storming of the Capitol on January 6 — which led to seven related deaths and Senator Josh Hawley's infamous chicken run — was one of the worst days for the country, some missed the memo.
A St. Louis city-based nonprofit is trying to make the outdoors a little more accessible to anyone who wants to do some exploring. River City Outdoors announced today that it has opened a Gear Lending Library in the Central West End. The gear library allows for approved organizations to come by and borrow equipment for hiking, camping, paddling, bikepacking and other outdoor excursion.
A set of videos posted to Twitter yesterday show a sample of just some of the many illegal fireworks and other minor explosives being lit in the streets of downtown on the night of July 4. The videos show young people dancing and having fun, but they also capture fairly big explosives being lit right in the middle of city streets and scaring the bejeezus out of some witnesses. There have been some high-profile shootings downtown in recent times, and many residents are on edge, so Kiener Plaza sounding like the fall of Fallujah is not a welcome scene.
There's a new source for smoothie bowls in town. BerryBox Super Bar, a fast-casual smoothie-bowl focused concept, opened a pop-up location in the City Foundry STL food hall on Friday. BerryBox, which will become a permanent stall toward the end of July, is now open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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