Take a break from your virtual happy hour for this COVID-19 update all about how those in the business of booze.

How local liquor stores have kept up with the demand, why one restaurant is banned from selling one of its most successful bar menu items, what it means to stop production for a craft brewery — plus, how you can help them eventually reopen. And hear why one beer maker is bringing their drinks to nursing homes and hospitals — encouraging folks to crack one open on the clock.

For a roundup of restaurants slinging creative cocktails to-go, click here.

For a list of restaurants offering curbside and altered service, click here.

For information on the Gateway Resilience Fund, click here.

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Covering food news means covering the impact of the coronavirus and social distancing measures on our local restaurant industry.

On this COVID-19 update, we’ll bring you the latest from the St. Louis restaurant scene. You’ll hear why some restaurateurs have opted to shut their doors. Plus, how you can still support them, and how those still serving are keeping employees and diners safe.

We’ll talk about how the federal stimulus bill will help the restaurant industry and its workers, and how even an industry down on its luck is helping front line healthcare workers right now.

Plus, hear part of Abby’s chat with the founder of one of our favorite publications talk about why she’s worried about the future of Sauce Magazine, and what she wants us to do about it.

For a list of restaurants offering curbside and altered service, click here.

For information on the Gateway Resilience Fund, click here.

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This isn't your typical episode, but life right now just isn't typical. The coronavirus pandemic is changing so much of how we live our lives.

The restaurant industry is taking a huge hit with the changes being put in place. Abby and Dori go through how you can still support the St. Louis-area food scene: from bars to restaurants, to farmers markets and everyone in-between. We also have a few resources you can check out below.

There are a lot of uncertains right now, but we know we'll be able to get through with the help and love of each other and our neighbors.

Take care, friends.

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For a list of restaurants offering curbside and altered service, click here.

For information on where kids can get free meals while they're out of school, click here.

For information on the dine-in service ban that's going into effect in the St. Louis area, click here.

On this episode, we’re going to introduce you to Fran Caradonna: the woman tapped to run Schlafly.

Find out how coming up in a beer bro’s world made her such a boss babe, and her advice for ladies looking for a seat at the table.

Plus, we’ve got your food news and weekend planner.

Until next time, seize the plate!

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Pub crawls have become big business. This week, we’re unzipping the themed onesies to find out a little more about how this industry works.

Plus, the other event to have on your planner this weekend and a hefty helping of food news.

Until next time, seize the plate!

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This week's episode is about how food is bringing whole communities together. Hear from two 17-year-old boys from St. Louis whose worlds are so much bigger than the walls of their high schools... and we're all better off for it.

Then, we'll get to some breaking food news—find out which local chefs and restaurants are James Beard Award semifinalists. Plus, we've got the dirt on the new food truck garden coming to town. And, we dive into the weekend planner.

Until next time, seize the plate!

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In celebration of Mardi Gras in the Cajun capital of the Lou, we’re finding out what it means to be… the Cajun capital of the Lou. Why does historic little Soulard have so much Louisiana flair? What the fleur do we know about creole? And what is it about this party that makes it feel so never-ending?

Plus, we dive into the best Mardi Gras weekend events and serve up a big ol’ bowl of the tastiest food news that happened this week.

Until next time, seize the plate!

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Cabernet or chardonnay? Old world or new? Why am I spinning my wine glass and what the heck is tannin structure?

We sit down with a sommelier to learn some of the basics of wine drinking, the rules for pairing you should know (and which ones to break) and what you'll be sippin' once "Rose all day" finally ends.

We'll also talk food trucks, Girl Scout Cookies and the XFL in editor Shelley's debut appearance on the food news round up, and in honor of... or, in spite of... Valentine's Day, our weekend planner features events especially for the single folks!

Seize the plate, not the date.

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If you go to some restaurants around the St. Louis area, there’s just something in the air besides the aromas of fresh spices and the sounds of a happy kitchen staff… love!

The couples behind some of the area’s best-known places talk about what they cook at home and how they divide and conquer. 

We also fill your heart with food news and the weekend planner.

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Until next time, seize the plate!

There’s one place that truly celebrates the different cultures, nationalities and countries that thrive below the St. Louis flag: Global Food Market in Kirkwood.

A Thai family runs the place. In their 30 years of entrepreneurship, the family’s always had a taste for the world. Hear how they keep a sense of food trends and palates from so far away. And, why someone who’s sampled so many of the world’s flavors still sees St. Louis as a great place to bring them all together.

Plus, we’ve got the latest happenings in the St. Louis food scene and your weekend planner.

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Until next time, seize the plate!