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				<title>Freddy&apos;s Frozen Custard &amp; Steakburgers Coming to St. Peters</title>
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			 Time to cross another chain off the don't-have-yet list.

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, a Wichita, Kansas-based chain, will open its first area location at 1365 Jungerman Road in in St...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>New Locations for Fozzie&apos;s Sandwich Emporium, Jet&apos;s Pizza</title>
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			 -Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium (1170 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-932-5414) will open a second location in Des Peres.

Hat tip to George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine, who broke the...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Nine Prohibition-Era Cocktails in Honor of The Great Gatsby (And Because We Like to Drink)</title>
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			"There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars...In the main...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Zpizza Brings Tasty, Organic Vegetarian and Gluten-Free Pizza to Clayton</title>
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			The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there a...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>St. Louis Food Blog Digest, 05.13-05.20</title>
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			Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.

Rhubarb and Honey: Kimberly lists the eats, treats and television she's currently "crushing on."

Eat. See. Home.: Amanda visited Gringo (3...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:31:03 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Salute American Vodka &quot;Battle of the Bartenders&quot; Finals Tonight at Three Sixty</title>
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			  In April Gut Check talked to Emily Gifford, representative for Salute American Vodka's parent company, Better Brands BevCo., about the company's first big contest in St. Louis. Dubbed "Battle o...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:39:57 -0600</pubDate>
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				<featured_headline>&quot;Battle of the Bartenders&quot; Finals Tonight</featured_headline>
			
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				<title>Robust&apos;s Pan-Seared Scallops with Ham in Tomato-Truffle Sauce: A Recipe from Joseph Hemp V</title>
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			This is part three of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Joseph Hemp V of Robust. Read part one, a profile of Hemp, here. Read part two, a Q & A with Hemp, here.

 Joseph Hemp V, the chef of th...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Anis Hyderabad Cafe Opens in University City</title>
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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  R...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Vino Nadoz&apos;s Alex Ettinger: Featured Bartender of the Week</title>
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			 We challenge you to introduce us to a nicer, more modest and gentlemanly bartender than this guy. 

When we told Alex Ettinger of Vino Nadoz (16 The Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-726-0400) th...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>First Look: Sushi Bistro Rolls Sushi and Hibachi Into a Single Concept in Downtown Kirkwood [Photos]</title>
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			  In late February, Kirkwood welcomed a new seafood-centric restaurant to town: Sushi Bistro (343 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-966-5545). The sushi bar and hibachi grill is run by owners Ji...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Dierdorf &amp; Hart&apos;s at Westport Plaza Closes This Weekend</title>
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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 restaur...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Ten Best Food Events in St. Louis This Weekend: May 17 to 19</title>
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			  It finally feels like springtime, when all the foodies come out to play! There's so much edible excitement this weekend that we can barely contain ourselves. Expect a busy list of picks to choo...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Mabel Suen</author>
			
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				<title>What&apos;s Ripe Now at Tower Grove Farmers&apos; Market</title>
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			 The Tower Grove Farmers' Market (in Tower Grove Park at the intersection of Main Drive and Center Cross Drive, west of the wading pool; 314-771-4410) having been open for a few weeks now, we fig...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Being Happy While You Cook and Learning to Love Bourbon: A Q&amp;A with Joseph Hemp V of Robust</title>
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			This is part two. of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Joseph Hemp V of Robust. Read part one, a profile of Hemp, here. Part three, a recipe from Hemp, will be available Monday.

 As a kid, Jo...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Ian Froeb</author>
			
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				<title>Dirt Cheap Party Sweep Complete With Booze and Giant Chicken Coming Soon</title>
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			There's something to be said for a Saturday afternoon spent glued to the television as over-exhuberant moms and their thrifty pals ran willy-nilly through the aisles of a grocery store, grabbing ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Kaitlin Steinberg</author>
			
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				<title>Soccer Bars and Farmers&apos; Markets: An Updated Guide to Tower Grove</title>
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			St. Louis' neighborhoods are gems in their own right: full of history, great people and, as far as Gut Check is concerned, fantastic food. Each week we'll take you into a specific neighborhood an...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Salume Beddu Offers Two-Day Course in Hog Butchery</title>
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			If you've always had dreams of being a butcher and curing your own meats like a badass hipster, but you didn't quite know where to start, Salume Beddu has got you covered. 

Artisan meat curer an...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Happy Hour at Sanctuaria in the Grove: Día de los Borrachos</title>
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			  Sanctuaria  (4198 Manchester Avenue; 314-535-9700)

The Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. and late-night happy hour Friday and Saturday from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The Deal: $2 seaso...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:42 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>New York Times: Kale Salad Is Hot Right Now; St. Louis: Like, Duh, We Know</title>
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			 We're five months into 2013, and now that all the beginning-of-the-year trend pieces are but a distant memory, we can identify what foods and dishes are hot at area restaurants.

Some off-the-cu...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Drink for a Good Cause at Circle of Concern Amazing Taste</title>
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			If ever you needed a good excuse to drink, this is probably it. 

This Sunday, May 19, Circle of Concern, an organization that feeds the hungry and provides assistance to low-income families in w...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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