Join: #TurkeyTweetup Thursday for The Salvation Army

Which St. Louis business can"Do the Most Good" for The Salvation Army? Stop by the Moonrise Hotel next Thursday to find out.

As Turkey Day approaches, St. Louis offices will compete against each other to see which office can bring in the most canned and boxed goods for The Salvation Army - St. Louis. The occasion? The annual Turkey Tweetup Office Challenge, to benefit Salvation Army food pantries. From 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Moonrise Hotel, offices from across the St. Louis area will gather to drop off their donations, network with other St. Louis professionals and enjoy a free turkey lunch – all while tweeting about it. Attendees will use the hashtag #TurkeyTweetup to chat turkey, thanks and volunteer opportunities during the event … and drum up some friendly competition, pre-event. One office has already gotten an artistic start to …

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Pi Pizza Food Truck to End Service July 31

The Pi truck was one of the first food trucks in the St. Louis area.

Pi Restaurants will discontinue regular operations for its food truck service in the St. Louiis area on Tuesday, July 31, according to the Pi Pizza web site.  Pi has locations in the Delmar Loop, Kirkwood, the Central West End, Chesterfield and a new location in the Merchantile Exchange in downtown St. Louis. The statement on Pi's web site reads as follows: July 31st, 2012 will be the last day of regular operations for both our St. Louis and Washington, DC trucks. We are thrilled to have led the way in STL food truck scene, scouting out the most popular spots for trucks in St. Louis City. We’ve enjoyed bringing our Pi to guests who couldn’t otherwise enjoy Pi in our full-service restaurants during their lunch hour. But now we want to re-…

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Jean Whitney

8:25 am on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Chesterfield Pi Pizzeria is located on Clayton Road at Baxter Road, same corner as Phillips 66 gas station.   more ›

News With a View

Is It Worth the Trip from Chesterfield to Delmar Loop?

Former cop considers the risks that could scare off suburbanites, or anyone.

If the Delmar Loop wants people from Chesterfield and West County to be regular customers, shouldn't these "anomalies" be addressed? I was amused when local officials described the trouble on the Delmar Loop— which included crowds of 300 or more teenagers getting into fights, followed by three people shot—as being an “anomaly.”   How many more of these “anomalies” before fewer and fewer people flock to U. City? Not from Chesterfield, or other suburbs out this way. Let’s go back over the last three years. On Halloween night 2008, Todd Shepherd, an African-American with a deep resentment of whites, went to the Delmar Loop specifically to kill a white police officer. He found University City Police Sgt. Michael King, sitting in his patrol car…

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Earl Higgins

4:16 pm on Sunday, April 8, 2012

I have lived here for 24 years and have never, not once, ever experienced any kind of crime in my neighborhood. Yes, parking can be a pain. But that is more because of the fact that The Loop is a victim of its own success. Crime happens everywhere. Don't leave cell phones out on the table where they might attract sticky fingers. The recent shootings are a major concern to be sure, but simply …   more ›