What's going on in St. Louis

Those eager to try standup have no shortage of open-mic options: O'Malley's in Benton Park, Fitz's in the Loop, Nick's Pub in Cheltenham. But if you're serious about doing comedy, Tuesday night's open-mic at the Funny Bone in Westport Plaza is the...

After multiple wins on Food Network's Cupcake Wars, Jilly's cupcakes have garnered some legit street cred. Their lineup includes the "Carrot Cake," moist carrot-cake base with cream cheese frosting and slivers of candied carrot, and the "PB and 'J...

In a town where, sad to say, serving crème brûlée in a flavor other than vanilla counts as edgy, the desserts at Niche stand head, shoulders, torso and waist above all the rest. Dessert has never been an afterthought at acclaimed chef Gerard Craft...

When the front doors open and the angle and breeze are just right, the subtle but unmistakable aroma of garam marsala floods the strip mall at Delmar Boulevard and Interstate 170 like one of those plug-in atomizers set to "India." (Somebody needs ...

It's a testament to Cassy Vires' Home Wine Kitchen that it is mentioned -- repeatedly -- by some of the city's best chefs as one of their favorite places to eat. Vires, who has penned a James Beard Award-nominated column for Feast, changes her din...

Owner and Brewmaster Phil Wymore opened Perennial in 2011 after relocating from Chicago with the intent of brewing beer for the adventurous drinker. Perennial's beers are influenced largely by Belgian and American craft styles, but Wymore likes to...

The Webster University Film Series unerringly melds offbeat cinema with popular culture, hosting everything from challenging contemporary documentaries to beloved Criterion classics and campy cult flicks. So when the series organizers team up with...

The margarita, like the martini, is a cocktail of simple, ineffable beauty that a generation of overeager and/or clueless bartenders (or, God help us, "mixologists") have either needlessly complicated with unnecessary extra ingredients — remember ...

By definition, a hipster will vehemently deny that he is one. But there's no mistaking the youthful, cyclist elite populating Handlebar. That isn't to say the bar itself is exclusive or requires a strict membership. Despite the negative connotatio...

Iron Barley's hearty fare (overloaded "sammiches," schnitzel with spaetzle, oak-roasted pork) cries out for a delicious beer. The south-city institution delivers with a carefully curated selection of craft brews. The boom in local breweries is wel...

It almost seems like an insult to call the food at Dressel's the Best bar food in St. Louis. Or a backhanded compliment, at least; bar food carries the connotation of something you might enjoy eating while you're getting drunk, but not so much oth...

A fan of America's favorite pastime could get fat just stepping into a stadium; the fried, sugar-coated, cheese-doused and/or salt-soaked lurks around every corner. Think hot dogs, French fries, candy, bratwursts, nachos, frozen custard, chocolate...