Riverfront Times

Sitting inside Cafe Natasha (3200 South Grand Boulevard; 314-771-3411) on a recent sunny Tuesday morning, Hamishe Bahrami sips a mug of tea while sharing three decades of memories. We're here today to discuss the 35th anniversary of her lauded Persian restaurant, Cafe Natasha, alongside her daughter, Natasha.

The milestone will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a special dinner featuring favorite dishes from Cafe Natasha as well as best-sellers from The Little Kitchen, the first restaurant that Hamishe and her late husband, Behshid, opened in downtown St. Louis in 1983.…

Late nights in The Grove just got a lot tastier thanks to chef Rick Lewis.

On Friday, October 4, Lewis will debut the grand-opening service of Grace Chicken + Fish (4270 Manchester Avenue) from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., operating out of a walk-up window connected to the chef's Grace Meat + Three.

Focused on grab-and-go late-night eats, Grace Chicken + Fish will offer five proteins — fried chicken tenders, wings, cornmeal-encrusted fried catfish, buttermilk fried shrimp and crispy tofu — with 10 signature sauces for dipping.

"You can mix and match any of the sauces with any of the proteins," Lewis says. "We wanted to fun it up for the people who have been out late and make it more than just, 'Here's a three-piece tender hot.'…

A Missouri man in his mid-40s died this week at Mercy Hospital in what health department officials say is the first vaping-related death recorded in the state.

The man, whose named wasn't released, had suffered increasingly bad respiratory problems since he began vaping, and his weakened lungs caused his heart to fail, officials say.

"This is an unfortunate case of a young man with no prior lung illness who started vaping because of chronic pain issues," Dr. Michael Plisco of Mercy Hospital said in a news release. "He started out with shortness of breath, and it rapidly progressed and deteriorated, developing into what is called acute respiratory distress syndrome.…

Flyover Comedy Festival, St. Louis' homegrown celebration of comedians both local and national, has consistently grown with each year that's passed since it first debuted in 2017 — and this year's fest continues that upward trajectory, bringing nearly 100 performers to 30 events in the Grove over the course of just three days.

This year's fest will take place from November 7 to 9, with headliners Kyle Kinane, Joel Kim Booster, Sasheer Zamata, White Women improv, Jena Friedman and Kids These Days. Participating venues include the Improv Shop, the Ready Room, Handlebar and the Bootleg.

Kinane has performed on pretty much every late-night show there is in addition to hosting "The Boogie Monster" podcast and regularly appearing on Doug Benson's podcasts "Doug Loves Movies" and "Getting Doug with High."…

Each week we bring you our picks for the best shows of the next seven days!…