St Louis Eats recommendation

(maxine in li'l rhody) said:

DH is headed for SL next week for a few days, and he likes to eat.
Any locals have some good cheap eats recommendations for things he
won't find up here in the NE? Cheap by him is under $10 for an
entree.

TIA
maxine in ri

Anything on "the Hill" is worth your time, if you like Italian. I'm
trying to remember the name of my old favorite spot - it burned down
once and they had these giant fishbowls of beer - help me out, DOG3.
Really good food - and cheap. Was it Rigazzi's ? It's still around,
and just as good as before. That may be two g's and one z - look it
up and I swear you won't be disappointed.

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"L, not -L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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St. Louis is a sprawling metropolitan area, rather than make

recommendations

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that could be an hour more drive away, it would be helpful to know where

he

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will be in the metropolitan area. If downtown, unless he has a car, the

$10

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entree limits the choices and I'd say Charley Gitto's which is

outstanding.
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I don't know if you can find an OT Hodge slider in NE. And I think that was
under $10. But I haven't been there for many years.

(maxine in li'l rhody) said:

DH is headed for SL next week for a few days, and he likes to eat.
Any locals have some good cheap eats recommendations for things he
won't find up here in the NE? Cheap by him is under $10 for an
entree.

TIA
maxine in ri

Rigazzi's is on Market St. just off Tucker Blvd, not that far from
downtown. This Mapquest link wil get you a map:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&formtype=address&searchtype=address&cat=&address=&city=St%2e%20Louis&state=mo&zipcode=&searchtab=home
I'm still waiting to hear back from Dog, because Im not sure it's as
good nowdays as it was back then - red and white checkered
tablecloths, screen door and the whole schmear. Food outa this
world. It's the only resturant I've ever been to, BTW, where the
owner actually met us at the door, and told us we were welcome there
anytime as long as we didn't bring "the jerk" (whose B-day we were
celebrating) back again. Once we got the poor sap back to work (he
drank 6 32-oz fishbowls of beer and ate nothing) the Vice President
tried to give him a briefcase for a present, he ended up using the
foulest language you could possibly imagine, and got fired on the
spot. Happy Birthday. I don't even remember his name, but I can
still see his sad little face.

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Matt said:

I don't know if you can find an OT Hodge slider in NE. And I think that was
under $10. But I haven't been there for many years.

OMG - the Hodge Slinger - only a better man than me can put that down.
What, doesn't it weigh about 9 pounds, with the taters and all?

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they had these giant fishbowls of beer

Lucky fish!!!

Andy

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(maxine in li'l rhody) said:

DH is headed for SL next week for a few days, and he likes to eat.
Any locals have some good cheap eats recommendations for things he
won't find up here in the NE? Cheap by him is under $10 for an
entree.

TIA
maxine in ri

Maxine, I'll search my mind and see if I can come up with a more
esoteric, hole-in-the-wall great food experience. Sometimes, the
worse the place looks, the better the food. A little OT, but, believe
it or not, Little Rock, Arkansas has quite a few good eating spots. I
used to have to go spend a week or two at a time there about 5 or 6
times a year. One night, we comandeered a couple of Corporate vans,
and a local told us we were going to "Grampa's Catfish Hole" in North
LR. I was just along for the ride, kept my mouth shut - but thought
"woo-hoo, we're in for a real treat tonight!". I figured anything was
better than a plate of congealed noodles and rubber shrimp at the
hotel - for about 40 bucks, no less.
Well, we got there - the floor was composed of an old basketball
court, that nobody even tried to put back in the right order, there
was only one bathroom, which had an old shower curtain for a door, and
when the 12 or 13 of us walked in, the owner went over to a table full
of people and said "You all mind grabbin your plates and movin over,
so these kids can sit together?" Best dang food I have ever had in my
entire life. Great big, huge bowls of mashed potatoes, peas, carrots,
fried okra, cornbread, fried fish, fried shrimp - on and on. Cost me
a total of about 7 bucks, no tips allowed. And when we were leaving,
the owner's wife said, "you know, you kids ever get down this way
again and don't have a ride, Bubba'll come get you in the truck". My
kind of place.

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AlleyGator said:

Anything on "the Hill" is worth your time, if you like Italian. I'm
trying to remember the name of my old favorite spot - it burned down
once and they had these giant fishbowls of beer - help me out, DOG3.
Really good food - and cheap. Was it Rigazzi's ?

Yes, it is. The spelling is correct. It's located on Daggett just off
Kingshighway south of Farty-Far (I-44).

Across Kingshighway from there is O'Connell's, a pretty good pub style
place. Hamburgers and roast beef sandwiches are good.

Brian

On 11 May 2005 08:44:40 -0700, [email hidden] (maxine in li'l
rhody) connected the dots and wrote:

~DH is headed for SL next week for a few days, and he likes to eat.
~Any locals have some good cheap eats recommendations for things he
~won't find up here in the NE? Cheap by him is under $10 for an
~entree.
~
~TIA
~maxine in ri

Thanks to lallin, AlleyGator, Andy, Brian, Michael, and Matt.

I've copied down your recommendations to a file, (including the freep
you mentioned; sounds like the Phoenix in Boston and Prov) and will
try to get him to tell me where he's staying.

At the moment, he's visiting my Mom in the hospital in Boston. Whatta
guy!

maxine in ri

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items and usually a special of the day. Their soups and stews are
fantastic! It's a Welch pub

They put grape jelly in the ale? Eeeeww!
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In article <[email hidden]>, Dog3

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items and usually a special of the day. Their soups and stews are
fantastic! It's a Welch pub

They put grape jelly in the ale? Eeeeww!

Yes they do, special grapes only known to grow in Wales/Whales.

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Dog3 said:

I don't know how I eat mine. I've always been too intoxicated when ordering
one <EG>

Ain't that the truth - what'll ya have a slinger or a sack of bombers?
"I don't know, which one's closer - I don't feel so good".

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L said:

Not that much; not even a Super Slinger. How much could a cheeseburger
patty, 2 eggs and American fries, smothered in chili, weigh. I like mine
topped with grated cheddar and chopped onion. The Super has an additional
chesseburger patty. Seems to me there might be another variation that has a
tamale on top; that's a lot of HEAVY food.

I don't know - I tried one once and I was sober - it just seemed like
it would never end.

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L said:

I am unsure what restaurant you went to, but it was not Rigazzi's if it was
on Market near Tucker. Rigazzi's is, and always has been, located at 4945
Daggett Ave, a good 3-4 miles from Market and Tucker. I worked downtown
STL for 30 years, retiring this past November - never saw a Rigazzi's
downtown. Take a look at the picture at http://www.saucecafe.com/rigazzis/
to see if it looks familiar.
The best Italian downtown is at Charlie Gitto's (a couple of block north of
Market and about 6 blocks east of Tucker).
The only other very good Italian restaurant near Market is Joseph's Italian
Cafe, which is one block north of Market and 5 blocks east of Tucker.

I know, I just typed in Rigazzi's to Mapquest and it came back at
Market and Tucker - I even typed that, and it didn't click that that
was no where near it's acutal location - I hope he doesn't use that
map!

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maxine in ri said:

Thanks to lallin, AlleyGator, Andy, Brian, Michael, and Matt.

I've copied down your recommendations to a file, (including the freep
you mentioned; sounds like the Phoenix in Boston and Prov) and will
try to get him to tell me where he's staying.

At the moment, he's visiting my Mom in the hospital in Boston. Whatta
guy!

Well, while we're all talking to ourselves, just be sure to not use
that map link I posted - I quote "L"
Rigazzi's is, and always has been, located at 4945
Daggett Ave, a good 3-4 miles from Market and Tucker. I worked
downtown
STL for 30 years, retiring this past November - never saw a Rigazzi's
downtown. Take a look at the picture at
http://www.saucecafe.com/rigazzis/
to see if it looks familiar.

Please don't him use my map - it's way wrong.

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Dog3 said:

Okay, make fun of my typo. For all I know they really do put jelly in the
stews.

Heavens, Michael - that's just sick <G>.

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Dog3 <[email hidden]> wrote:

I hear Homeland Security is considering adding White Castles to their
WMD list. They go down easy, but Oh, my Gosh, the next day is murder
on the plumbing.

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"L, not -L" <[email hidden]> wrote:

I'm curious, have you ever tried the White Castle turkey stuffing
recipe? I almost did once, then re-gained my sanity.

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L said:

There is a wonderful meatball recipe that calls for grape jelly in the mix;
why not in an ale. Heck, there are ales with ingredients just as odd;
Honey Raspberry Ale, Peaches & Cream Ale, then there is Hemp Ale.

But no one actually drinks that stuff, do they? I remember going to a
micro-brewrey in St. Charles, MO many years ago - they had a raspberry
beer that was just awful beyond belief. OTOH, they had a nice black
ale with a huge brown head on it that made me stumble all the way back
to the parking lot - Thank goodness, I was only a passenger.

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L said:

There is an annual cookoff using WCs
http://www.whitecastle.com/_pages/recipe_list.asp?section=cookoff&type=2004&recipe=1

That's quite amazing - thanks for the info.

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Then there is the "Slyders in Suspense", ten Castle burgers suspended in
blue Jell-o; don't recall where I saw that one.

And that's just incredibly disgusting <G>.

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