[the western front]
TASTE OF ST. LOUIS is relocating from Soldiers’ Memorial downtown to Chesterfield’s Central Park. The annual September festival, sponsored by Budweiser, is moving out West to take advantage of the Chesterfield Amphitheater, where celebrity chefs will give demonstrations and bands will perform.
Another crowd favorite, the ST. LOUIS BLUESWEEK FESTIVAL (May 24 and 25), will be moving to Chesterfield Amphitheater and adding a free barbecue competition, the BBQ Blast.
[comings & goings]
A new restaurant and lounge is headlining in Midtown: THE MARQUEE, at 1911 Locust St. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE at the Galleria has closed.
[representing the midwest]
True Refrigeration has selected chef BRYAN CARR of POMME RESTAURANT to cook at the James Beard House in New York City as part of the Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2014. Carr plans to prepare a feast themed around the ‘American Heartland,’ featuring produce, meat and fish from Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and the Great Lakes.
[green dreams]
Washington University students proposed ways to increase use of locally grown food on campus during this year’s OLIN SUSTAINABILITY CASE COMPETITION. Juniors MARC BERNSTEIN and MIRIAM ALEXANDROFF won the $5,000 first prize for their ideas to use local greenhouses for winter food production and create a virtual farmers’ auction.
[moving into mexican]
On the heels of The Good Pie reopening in the Loop (6665 Delmar Blvd.), chef MIKE RANDOLPH announced plans for a new Mexican restaurant nearby. PUBLICO promises tacos featuring woodroasted meats. An early menu mock-up includes everything from guacamole to posole and chorizo verde.
by rebecca koenig
