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Central Café offers a menu of Lebanese staples — but, oh, the chicken!


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Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

What the menu of the new Lebanese restaurant Central Café and Bakery calls "rotisserie chicken" isn't the ubiquitous pirouetting poultry of grocery stores and chain restaurants. Its skin isn't the lovely mahogany brown of a properly roasted chicken but red with spice and singed blac ...

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Fans React To Pujols Contract Deadline


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 10:05 p.m.
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Fans are heatedly debating the Pujols/Cardinal no-contract issue ... At Pujols 5 restaurant in Westport the free champagne remains on ice ... There's no reason to celebrate ... Cardinal Nation is worried, Patrick Hanon a co-owner of Puljos 5 said, "I thought we'd have this deal done by now it's a little nerve racking it's kind of like walking on pins and needles a little bit." ...

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Fans disappointed by Pujols contract dispute


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 7:04 p.m.

Celebration put on hold at Maryland Heights restaurant named for the baseball great after a deal could not be reached ...

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It's the little things, and Filomena's Italian Kitchen gets them right


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Published Feb. 10, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

I was halfway home from Filomena's Italian Kitchen when my cell phone rang. Traffic was snarled as all of St. Louis rushed home ahead of the impending snowpocalypse, so I answered it. It was the woman who had taken my carryout order at the restaurant, apologizing because she'd forgotten to ...

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The Acoustic Cafe Tour


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Published Feb. 10, 2011 at 6:00 a.m.

The Acoustic Café Tour is smartly arranged as a study in post-Lilith Fair, singer-songwriter contrasts. Veteran songwriter Mary Gauthier sings with a cutting drawl and writes brutal fables that merit comparisons to both Flannery O'Connor and Townes Van Zandt. Carrie Rodriguez also k ...

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Memories of Costa Rica: Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Eat At Carolina's


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Published Jan. 24, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.
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Or Cah-row-LEE-naz, if you are speaking Spanish. Back in cold, snowy St. Louis, we remember this place in Tamarindo as the best restaurant we've eaten at in a long time. Carolina, second from left above, is flanked by her two cooks and the young lady who served our meal ... Attention was paid to every detail. Guests are personally greeted and bid farewell at the door. There is no drinks list; they will make you anything you want (like the Tamarindo margarita below). The silverware is changed at

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St. Louis Happy Hours: Soulard/Benton Park


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Published Nov. 25, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

St. Louis City Neighborhoods: Soulard/Benton Park ... Frazer's Restaurant & Lounge ... 1811 Pestalozzi Street; 314-773-8646 or click here for more info and a map ... < ...

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St. Louis Happy Hours University City/Loop


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Published Nov. 25, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

St. Louis County Neighborhoods: University City/The Loop ... Brandt's Cafe ... 6525 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-3663 or click here for more info and a map ... Happy Hour:< ...

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Black Market: Ian's review of Market Pub House leaves a bad taste in some readers' mouths


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Published Nov. 25, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

CAFE, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 ... TO MARKET, TO MARKET ... Market Pub House is marketing at its best: When it comes to good food reviews and good writing, I used to look to the RFT ["Near Beer," Ian Froeb]. I can tell you after this article, I won't anymore ... Something I ...

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Exit Bat Gagnozzi, Enter Allen Jay


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Published Nov. 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
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More photos » ... Nick Wass - AP ... St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, right, motions for backup catcher Bryan Anderson to go find Matt Pagnozzi, who was supposed to bring him his coffee like a half-an-hour ago ... Browse more photos » ... Along the marginal moves continuum, we can say that Aaron Miles is absolutely a Tony La Russa move; that Randy Winn is probably a Tony La Russa move; and that Allen Craig's position on the Major League roster to start last season was probably a John

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