Delmar Loop

Soundbites: Northern Thai Cuisine Comes To St. Louis, A Look At The Latest Food Trends

Alex Heuer and Mary Edwards — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:36:56 +0000

St. Louis is home to many Thai restaurants but the cuisine of the Southeast Asian country of Thailand is diverse.

Roughly, there are four food regions in the country - northern, northeast, central (Bangkok) and southern, according to Phatcharin Wanna, the owner/chef of a new Thai restaurant in the Delmar Loop.

St. Louis police to increase weekend patrols in Delmar Loop

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:35:14 +0000

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will add extra manpower in the Delmar Loop this weekend in an effort to avoid a repeat of last weekend's violence.

No one was injured in a series of fights that broke out around 8:30 p.m. on March 31, or when shots were fired into the crowd, though two people were injured in a later shooting at a Church's Chicken.

Morning headlines: Thursday, April 5, 2012

Julie Bierach, The Associated Press and Marshall Griffin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:28:52 +0000

Good morning! Here are a couple of the stories we've followed this morning to get you started:

Relatives of teen killed by police want answers

Relatives of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed by St. Louis County police are disputing police claims that the teen had a gun when he was shot. The shooting happened Tuesday night in the Glasgow Village area of north St. Louis County.

Loop Trolley on schedule, but delays are possible

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:42:16 +0000

Supporters of a plan to build a trolley line from the University City lions to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park say the project is right on its revised schedule.

The Loop Trolley will cost about $44 million to build. Construction could begin in 2013, and Bob Archibald, the president of both the Missouri Historical Society and the non-profit Loop Trolley Company says work should be finished by 2014, the 250th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis.

The Pageant a top-5 concert venue worldwide

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:59:20 +0000

For the second year in a row, the Pageant in the Delmar Loop is among the top-5 concert venues in the world when it comes to ticket sales.

Pollstar, an industry website, bases its rankings on reports from venues about the number of tickets sold. The Pageant was number 5 in 2011, with reported sales of 181,451 tickets.