St. Louis truly shines in the fall! The leaves turning, the beautiful weather, the festivals, and fall activities – there’s so much to do in St. Louis in the fall. Here’s our round-up of some of the best of St. Louis in the fall!
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St. Louis continues to reign as a food town!
Local chefs and institutions graced the list of semi-finalists seven times this year
Outstanding Restaurateur: Gerard Craft, Niche Food Group
Emerging Chef: Jane Sacro Chatham, Vicia
Outstanding Bakery: Nathaniel Reid Bakery
Outstanding professional in beverage service: Natasha Bahrami of the Gin Room and Alisha Blackwell-Calvert of Madrina
Best Chef: Midwest: Nick Bognar of Sado and Loryn Nalic of Balkan Treat Box
It should probably be our official city (metro-area) anthem…. right?
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Happy March 14th! To many, today is Pi Day, but in St. Louis, it is also 314 Day after our region’s most common area code and a wonderful excuse to celebrate all things local!
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Happy International Women’s Day!
March 8th is International Women’s Day - and March, in general, is Women’s History Month - so, as a women-owned and operated organization, we’re all about it. March and International Women’s Day is a time to recognize the challenges facing women - both in our community and around the world.
It’s also time to celebrate our achievements, and the boss babes, and amazing women-owned businesses in the community. There’s a bit less happening in the community for international women’s day. But here are some of the things we’re doing.
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Happy International Women’s Day & Women’s History Month! We all know how good the St. Louis food scene is. With an absence of events due to the pandemic and the amazing patio weather in the forecast, today is a great day to support some of our women-owned restaurants!
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“We can absolutely be the center for fashion. We can make St. Louis the new fashion capital. Why not?”
A growing trend of independent fashion designers are growing their companies from here in St. Louis, along with the local industry leaders, and new manufacturing start-ups are part of what makes the current fashion and apparel industry in St. Louis a $3.3 billion business annually - a figure Sherman has a plan to double in the next 10 years.
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You may have heard about the latest winter treat rage - cocoa bombs. Well, there are several places to find a delish, St. Louis Made cocoa bomb and we’re on a mission to find out the best place to go for one.
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Jason Hall has a lot of sway in the region. Thankfully, he is clearly committed to helping St. Louis grow, and that commitment has been key to his success. Hall, who has a legal and economic development background has recently been instrumental in the merger of five economic development groups (AllianceSTL, Arch to Park, Civic Progress, Downtown St. Louis Inc., and the St. Louis Regional Chamber) that took effect on January 1st of this year (2021).
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Happy New Year! We thought we’d share some local good news in case you’re looking for a pick-me-up. Here’s some fun stories from the last few days:
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It may be more difficult and look a little different this year, but the holidays are definitely not canceled.
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Evolution St. Louis, 2Lu and the St. Louis Blues recently partnered to design and create 100% local items for the Blues holiday line. Their effort gives St. Louisans and opportunity to support both the local economy and fashion scene while showing their love of St. Louis’ favorite hockey team.
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Happy Small Business Saturday! Here at Spotlight On St. Louis, Small Biz Saturday is a holiday in and of itself! It’s the perfect day to get all of your Christmas shopping knocked out in one fell swoop, boost the local economy, and help your neighbors all in one fell swoop!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Since Thanksgiving is a bit different than we’d like this year, we thought we’d share some local good news in case you’re looking for a pick-me-up or more to be thankful for. Some fun stories from the last few days:
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Today, August 18, 2020, is the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which finally secured the vote for women in the United States. In honor of the anniversary of the 19th amendment, I want to talk about some fantastic women-owned businesses and amazing women from St. Louis’ history who have largely been forgotten.
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This single mama didn't even need a male to conceive -- she did it all by herself. At least that's one of a few theories keepers at the Saint Louis Zoo have about their surprising discovery of seven eggs when they came to check on her
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St. Louis is starting to open - but before you bust out of the house in all your stir-crazy glory, things are opening at different times and with different safety precautions, so we’ve got all your details here. You’ll notice a common theme of masks.
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Looking for some local good news? We’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in!
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I don’t know about you, but I figured if I could really use some positive local news, you might too. So let’s dive right in!
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Things are changing fast so we’re going to do our best to keep a list of those changes in the metro area with a separate post for food-related items. This is the everything else list. (We also have ideas of how to help here.)
This started as a list of all the places closed for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 outbreak but we’ve reached the point where we can just say: TLDR - It’s probably closed.
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