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St. Louis Restaurant Openings and Closings: August 2023

2 years 1 month ago
August was one of those months in the St. Louis restaurant scene where you look back and just feel pretty good about things. Just look at the ratio of openings and closings below, and you'll see what we mean. It was an all-around good and flavorful month.
Jessica Rogen

Capitol Perspective: There must be a better way to do ballot descriptions

2 years 1 month ago

Recent disputes and lawsuits about how abortion-rights initiative petitions would be summarized on the ballot demonstrates a serious problem with the process required in Missouri before signatures can be collected. Under the current process, the top of the proposal contains an estimated cost written by the state auditor and a short description written by the […]

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Phill Brooks

My Marie Serves Up a Soul-Stirring Taste of Port-au-Prince

2 years 1 month ago
The oxtails at My Marie (3147 Cherokee Street, 314-499-7059) are not merely a delicious dish; they are the sort of soul-stirring meal that comes from generational knowledge from grandmas and grandpas, mothers, fathers and aunties passed down in home kitchens, where the family gossip was at hot as the stew on the stove. You can taste this in owner Marie Louis-Jeune's slow-cooked oxtails, which are so tender they come off the bone with just the slightest fork prod and bob in a stew-like cooking liquid that is so rich, it's as if you distilled the entire idea of how beef should taste into it.
Cheryl Baehr