Edgy eateryCrispy Edge, a new pot sticker restaurant owned and operated by local Jewish entrepreneur and Washington University graduate, David Dresner, will open in early April in the Tower Grove neighborhood.Dresner, 30, who attends Central Reform Congregation...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published February 1, 2017
St. Louis Jews want to eat at a kosher Mediterranean or Israeli-style restaurant in University City, according to a new survey published by Chabad of Greater St. Louis. That location and style of restaurant is the sort that garnered the most interest...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published December 21, 2016
Veggie Tales, Vilna styleIf you think the “farm-to-table” movement is a fairly recent trend, think again.The Alice Waters of Vilna, Lithuania, a woman by the name of Fania Lewando, was serving farm-to-table vegetarian food in the 1930s to Yiddish...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 2, 2016
New deli on horizonBy now many of you have probably heard that local restaurateur and Israeli native Ben Poremba (of Elaia, Olio, Parigi and co-owner of La Patisserie Chouquette) plans to open a Jewish-style deli in St. Louis, hopefully by July 2017....
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT
• Published September 7, 2016
If arts organizations celebrated significant anniversaries with fireworks displays, the skies over St. Louis would be ablaze. This fall marks 50 years for the St. Louis Repertory Company and Dance St. Louis, 40 years for the Black Rep, 30 years for STAGES...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 7, 2016
St. Louis is a great restaurant town, serving arts patrons and arts leaders alike. We asked movers and shakers in the arts community where and what they like to eat. Here are their responses. Warning: Reading this article will make you hungry. Gene...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 20, 2010
Where some might have seen only a gap in the St. Louis culinary landscape Igal Alon and Elie Harir saw an opportunity. "St. Louis has a lot of different flavors and the restaurant business has really developed in the last couple of years," Alon said,...
