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Some quick-hit opening news from around town.

- Driving South Grand Boulevard the other day, I spotted activity at the former Mikey Moes location at 5535 South Grand, near the intersection with Bates Street. A sign in the front window advertised a new restaurant called Premierz, featuring "American Cuisine & Soul Food." Premierz has established a Facebook page, which doesn't reveal too much more info besides a phone number, 314-932-7408, and a few photos of food, including steak with onion rings and a chicken-and-waffles dish.

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Gut Check learned back in February that an Indian restaurant would open at 8613 Olive Boulevard, the Jeffrey Plaza strip-mall address that previously housed the very-short lived Ethiopian spot Red Sea Cafe & Bar and, before that, Hooked Seafood Bar.

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- Red Sea Cafe & Bar Already Closed

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Dierdorf & Hart's Steak House (323 Westport Plaza, Maryland Heights; 314-878-1801) will close following service tomorrow, May 18. The closure ends a 30-year run at Westport Plaza for the restaurant originally opened by St. Louis football Cardinal greats Dan Dierdorf and Jim Hart. The downtown location of Dierdorf & Hart's shuttered several years ago.

View the restaurant's farewell message from Facebook after the jump.

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After a soft opening this past weekend -- accounts of which Gut Check espied with much envy -- today is go time for the Libertine (7927 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-2999). The new restaurant from the married team of Audra and Nick Luedde, with acclaimed chef Josh Galliano leading the kitchen, opens for dinner at 5 p.m. today.

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- Sneak Preview: The Libertine Aims to Reclaim Cool in Clayton
- Owner Nick Luedde Discusses the Libertine

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The exterior of Mi Linh. | Ian Froeb

Gut Check first learned in March that a Vietnamese restaurant called Mi Linh would open at 9737 Manchester Road in Rock Hill. After a soft opening over this past weekend, Mi Linh is now officially open for business. The restaurant's regular hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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- St. Louis Pho to Become Kim Ngan, from Former Owner of Phuc Loi

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- A reader tipped Gut Check off that the Soulard restaurant Sage Urban American Grill (1031 Lynch Street; 314-256-1203) was no longer open for dinner -- or perhaps no longer open, period. At any rate, our tipster said he and other diners who arrived at Sage around the time he did, intending to eat dinner, were confused.

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- Gringo (398 North Euclid Avenue; 314-449-1212), the new Mexican joint from the Pi Pizzeria team, opened softly in the final days of last month -- so softly, in fact, that we just plain forgot to mention it until now. Never fear: We will have an extensive First Look at the restaurant, where your taco options include grasshopper, very, very soon.

In the meantime, Gringo is open 11 a.m.-midnight Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday.

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St. Louis Deli & Grill (8544 Watson Road) opened last December in an old Taco Bell in an unincorporated area of St. Louis County between Crestwood and Marlborough.

In the comments to yesterday's "Tidbits" post, reader jzavist informs Gut Check that the restaurant, which served sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs, has already closed.

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- St. Louis Deli & Grill Now Open

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- Last month Gut Check heard from readers -- and saw for ourselves -- that the relatively new Middle Eastern restaurant Sultan Palace Bakery and Cafe (4144 South Grand Boulevard; 314-875-9653) had closed. Calls to the restaurant led to a full voice mailbox.

Now we've heard from at least one reader that the restaurant has reopened (or, if you prefer, that its as-yet-unexplained hiatus has ended). Calls to the restaurant still lead to a full voice mailbox, however. Anyone dined there recently?

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- First Look: Sultan Palace Bakery and Cafe Serves Shawarma and More on South Grand

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Cannoli at Piccione Pastry in the Delmar Loop

April has seen several openings, including the return to St. Louis of chef Eric Brenner, an "eco-chic" outfit from Chicago, two new food trucks, a new bakery for the Loop and a new home in Soulard for another bakery.

Closings were few but did include one of our favorite new Vietnamese restaurants, St. Louis Pho. In a classic case of bad news/good news, however, a new Vietnamese restaurant has already opened in St. Louis Pho's stead.

The complete list of April openings and closings is after the jump. As always, let us know in the comments if we missed a restaurant.

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- St. Louis Restaurant Openings & Closings: March 2013
- First Look: Piccione Pastry Serves Cannoli, Cookies and Italian Coffee in the Delmar Loop
- First Look: Prasino Brings Self-Proclaimed "Eco-Chic" Contemporary American Cuisine to St. Charles

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