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​It must have been the five-alarm sauce.

(Ba-dum-cha! Thank you, thank you very much. We'll be here all afternoon, don't forget to tip your waitress.)

Seriously, though, a false alarm closed the St. Peters branch of the wing chain yesterday morning.

Reports KMOX: "It turns out the object consisted of two pipes with wires in a paper bag, which police say was some kind of electrical grounding device."

Gut Check suspects a homemade defibrillator was crafted as safety precaution for consuming the restaurants potato cheese wedges.

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​River City Casino is slated to open Thursday, March 4, which means the p.r. blitz is in full swing. Yesterday, the casino revealed its lineup of restaurants.

This is another property from Pinnacle Entertainment, whose Lumière Place is home to Hubert Keller's Sleek and Burger Bar (among other eateries), so I perused the list with interest.

Dig out your tacky souvenirs from the 2004 centennial celebration of the St. Louis World's Fair and follow me back in time after the jump...

Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune)
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USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)

Brooklyn high school students flock to food justice class. (New York Times)

Need sandwich assistance? There's an app for that. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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​The website Opinionated About Dining has released its annual list of the nation's "Most Important Restaurants." While no St. Louis restaurant was among the 30 finalists on the nationwide list, we did score #10 out of fifteen in the Midwest category list: Sidney Street Café (2000 Sidney Street; 314-771-5777). Congrats to chef Kevin Nashan and staff for the honor.

Chicago dominated the Midwest category, taking twelve of the fifteen spots. Grant Achatz's Alinea was #1. In the nationwide category, Thomas Keller dominated, scoring #1 for The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and #2 for Per Se in New York City.

This week I visit Sammy Scott's, a new, homegrown fast-casual restaurant in Creve Coeur (12766 Olive Boulevard; 314-439-5100).

Jennifer Silverberg

​Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.

Two weeks ago, after nearly a year of writing Throwback of the House, I finally got the nerve to feed my friends one of my creations.

Three days later, I got a call from my editor, informing me that it's time to end this madness.

I'm pretty sure this isn't a coincidence.

Robin Wheeler

​In bidding farewell to Throwback, I've brought forth one of the first recipes I found. A dish so bizarre that it must be reserved for a special occasion such as this. A dish so potentially vile that it would make me never, ever want to experiment with old cookbooks again.

I present to you, from 1953's 500 Tasty Snacks: Ideas of Entertaining, Aspic Entrées: Jellied Bouillon with Frankfurters.

It's been a good weekend for people who love New Orleans. In Soulard, participating restaurants brought out special menu items with varying levels of Creole and Cajun influences for the pre-Mardi Gras food festival, Taste of Soulard.

Photographer Jason Stoff hit up several restaurants on Sunday afternoon. In between the dozens and dozens of dogs walking the street for the Dog Parade, he shot these dishes.

Here's a full slideshow from the Taste of Soulard.

Photo: Jason Stoff

Chef Eric Brenner is an expert at styling food. Here, a tantalizing glimpse of the BBQ Shrimp and Jalapeño Cheddar Grits at Molly's in Soulard. See the full slideshow here.

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Congratulations, St. Louis! We've once again made the list of the
 ten drunkest American cities. (USA Today)
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Toronto restaurant encourages restroom relations. (Toronto Star)

Superbowl regional sandwich showdown. (Minneapolis City Pages)

So this is what it's come to: faux mold to prevent workplace lunch theft. (Baltimore Sun)

The battle of the killer-named cafes. (Wall Street Journal)

Robin Wheeler

​No point denying it: This week, Gut Check belonged to Pappy's Smokehouse. Robin Wheeler wrote a profile of co-owner Mike Emerson, and Emerson was kind enough to share some primo tips for barbecuing at home. (Though not, of course, what's in the "secret rub.") And if you've never had Pappy's barbecue? Well, we have a photo to tempt you.

What else did we do this week?

Tell us what the loudest restaurant in St. Louis is.

Dunkin' Donuts is coming! Dunkin' Donuts is coming!

The Novice Foodie crashed the St. Louis Food & Wine Experience.

Drink of the Week is laid back, sippin' on Gin and 'Treuse.

Domino's reports that Domino's pizza rocks!

That's it for this week. Have a great weekend. Eat something good.