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NYC Food Lover Lost in SEMO

MilliGFunk — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:57:05 +0000

I’ve lived in New York City, so it should go without saying that I’m hurting for good food in St. Louis.

Or should it?

At Friday night’s #stl #tweet-up, @Tojosan and @MattHomann, determined to convince me that St. Louis isn’t just BBQ and steak, drafted a list for me of the best restaurants and bars in St. Louis. Here’s what they came up with: (note: their original list has been extended to include more recommendations from friends reading this blog and following me on twitter).

33 (wine bar)

Absolulty Goosed

Bailey’s Chocolate Bar

The Bleeding Deacon (for good bar food)

Boogaloo’s (Maplewood)

Farotto’s (great lasagna!)

Franco

Frazier’s Brown Bag

Grazzi’s (The Hill)

Hodak’s (for fried chicken)

Iron Barley

La Vellasana

Niche

Olympia (Greek – try the flaming cheese!)

Porch (store)

Ravanelli’s (Collinsville, IL)

Red Sea (Ethiopian)

Venice Cafe

Do you think my twitter friends have omitted great St. Louis restaurants? Leave me a comment, and I’ll add your suggestion to my list!

Small Town Missouri & BBQ

MilliGFunk — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:34:12 +0000

smalltowngirl w/mountain lion decor, photo by smalltowngirl's friend

Baylee Jo’s BBQ & Grill is quite possibly some of the best food I’ve had since moving home. I had a bbq pork sandwich and curly fries. I expected the sandwich to be pulled pork, but it wasn’t. It was sliced pork, and it was really, really good.

Baylee Jo's BBQ, photo by smalltowngirl

My friends got BBQ beef, baked pototos, stuffed jalapenos, and hamburgers. Everyone raved about the food. After a long day of swimming and playing at Johnson Shut-Ins, ice cream was a non-negotiable, so we all enjoyed soft serve twist cones, as well.

My favorite part of Baylee Jo’s though was the mountain lion pelt, though the giant bottle of Heinz ketchup was almost as amusing. Some days I’m reminded very blatently that I’m not in New York City anymore. And you know what? Some days I’m totally okay with that.

Beauty in the BBQ Sign, photo by smalltowngirl

Baylee Jo’s BBQ & Grill is located in Arcadia Valley, MO on State Hwy 21. For more on Baylee Jo’s, check out their website: http://www.bayleejosbbq.com/

A Beef with Metromix St. Louis…Literally

MilliGFunk — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:06:45 +0000

I have a beef, in the form of a prime rib buffet, with Metromix St. Louis.

On Saturday I’ll be in Forest Park to run the Go! St. Louis 5K. In hopes of catching a cool arts event or some live music that evening, I just went to metromix.com to look up April 18th events in St. Louis.

Metromix earns some credit for pulling together a central calendar of events of St. Louis nightlife, but really, Metromix? A Prime Rib Buffet as a Saturday night event in St. Louis?

Having grown up spending my weekends on my grandparents’ cattle farm (check out Grandpa’s 1952 Ford tractor), I’ve eaten my share of beef, but at the risk of sounding snobbish or untrue to my small town, cattle farm roots, I’m disappointed and embarrassed that a prime rib buffet made Metromix’s Saturday night “events” list.

Shame on you, Metromix.

MO = 0; NY = 1