Off the Menu - St. Louis restaurant news & information
Drink up: Winter cocktails and a bartender competition
It's easier than ever to get a well-crafted cocktail in St. Louis.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:15 am | Loading…
Baileys' Chocolate Bar makes Food Network's chocolate map
Chocolate cocktails catch the Food Network's eye.
Feb 07, 2012 | 4:50 pm | Loading…
Arnold Farmers Market prepares for first season
Market will open May 5 at Fox Middle School.
Feb 07, 2012 | 10:49 am | Loading…
O'Fallon farmers market moving to Lake Saint Louis
The O'Fallon (Mo.) Farmers and Artists Market, until now held in parking lots near T.R. Hughes Boulevard, will move to the Meadows Shopping Center in Lake Saint Louis for its 2012 season.
Feb 07, 2012 | 10:15 am | Loading…
'Hello, Cupcake' creators to visit St. Louis Tuesday
With their new book, "Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh, My!," Karen Tack and Alan Richardson have lifted their creativity to new levels.
Feb 06, 2012 | 1:15 pm | Loading…
Provel cheese invades ... Brooklyn?!
Yes, hell — or maybe at least Hell's Kitchen — has frozen over. St. Louis-style pizza has hit the Big Apple.
Feb 02, 2012 | 9:26 am | Loading…
Food radio show to debut Saturday
Sports station KFNS is devoting an hour a week to a show about restaurants, chefs, farmers markets and other food-related topics.
Jan 30, 2012 | 10:45 am | Loading…
St. Louis Food and Wine Show is Jan. 27-29
Hundreds of samples await visitors to the show, which benefits the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.
Jan 26, 2012 | 4:20 pm | Loading…
Minnesota food critic praises St. Louis
Rick Nelson, food writer and restaurant critic for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, dashed through town recently, stopping at as many of our great restaurants as he could.
Jan 25, 2012 | 4:03 pm | Loading…
'Fast Food Nation' author here in April
Author Eric Schlosser, whose bestseller "Fast Food Nation" drove scores of readers from their favorite burger joints, is scheduled to be the special guest at a fundraising dinner in St. Louis in late April. Details are pending and specifics have yet to be announced, including the beneficiary of t…
Jan 23, 2012 | 3:52 pm | Loading…
Mexican food experts Diana Kennedy, Richard Sandoval here soon
Off The Menu has learned that one of the foremost experts on Mexican cuisine, Diana Kennedy, will make a return visit to St. Louis in April.
Jan 20, 2012 | 12:08 pm | Loading…
Winter farmers markets expand
Clayton announces additional dates.
Jan 20, 2012 | 10:56 am | Loading…
Trattoria Marcella spinning off into Ballwin
The restaurant will be at the Ballwin Grove development at Clayton Road and Henry Avenue.
Jan 19, 2012 | 4:39 pm | Loading…
Medianoche set to open; see sneak peek of menu
The Mexican restaurant will open Wednesday at 8135 Maryland Avenue in Clayton.
Jan 19, 2012 | 11:15 am | Loading…
Hamburger Mary's is open in Midtown Alley
The main attraction, the company says, is its half-pound burgers — "served with a hefty side of sass."
Jan 18, 2012 | 7:15 pm | Loading…
New bar seeks to open in El Borracho space
If approved, Lotus will open at 2001 Locust Street in downtown St. Louis.
Jan 18, 2012 | 1:30 pm | Loading…
Beef stew (and more) in the slow cooker
Slow-cooker recipes to warm your kitchen -- and your family
Jan 17, 2012 | 1:50 pm | Loading…
BlackFinn Grille offers St. Louis bloggers food, perks for tweets
Restaurant coming to the Galleria is asking bloggers to tweet about its opening in exchange for free food. What do you think?
Jan 13, 2012 | 4:15 pm | Loading…
Faust Park Valentine's dinner has 19th century theme
You should always make your Valentine's Day reservations early, but you probably only have a week or so left to get in on the Sweetheart's Dinner at Thornhill, the restored home of second Missouri governor Frederic Bates in Faust Park in Chesterfield.
Jan 09, 2012 | 9:16 am | Loading…
Neruda in Edwardsville to close after Feb. 14
Neruda, the Edwardsville fine-dining restaurant helmed for the past 14 years by former Balaban's co-owner Madt Mallinckrodt, will close after Valentine's Day service.
Jan 09, 2012 | 5:04 am | Loading…
Craft to open new restaurant, move Niche
Niche will move to Clayton from its current Benton Park location in the spring.
Jan 06, 2012 | 11:44 am | Loading…
Farmhaus to focus on St. Louis craft beers
With more local breweries bottling their beers, Farmhaus plans to focus its beer menu exclusively on St. Louis.
Jan 04, 2012 | 1:30 pm | Loading…
Ferguson restaurants start Eat Well initiative
Healthy food options will be designated on menus.
Dec 29, 2011 | 1:41 pm | Loading…
A nice 'postcard' to StL restaurants from the Wash. Post
Washington Post restaurant critic Tom Sietsema recounts his meals at Farmhaus, Bogart's Smokehouse and Half & Half in this weekend's Post travel section.
Dec 16, 2011 | 1:28 pm | Loading…
Shula's 347 Grill closed today
A worker says it will reopen under new ownership
Dec 15, 2011 | 3:50 pm | Loading…
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