Commonwealth dazzles with flawless upscale dining

Plus a new LGBTQ bar opens in the Grove

Advertisement Best Of Winners Restaurant Reviews Food Slideshows Review: Commonwealth Dazzles with Flawless Upscale Dining By Cheryl Baehr It takes four days to make Commonwealth's Starry Night dessert — 96 hours of painstaking, technical work and patient waiting, where if even the smallest detail goes amiss, the entire thing falls apart. Find out more Latest from RFT Food & Drink St. Louis Standards: Fergie's Credits Its Customers, and Its Chicken, for Its Success By Cheryl Baehr In January of 2020, Christine Marshall and Crystal Goedecke, two longtime employees of the beloved Lemay restaurant and bar Fergie's (1699 Lemay Ferry Road, 314-638-6387), purchased it from its original owner, Dennis Ferguson. Ferguson and his wife Dorine wanted to retire from the restaurant they'd run for the past 30 years, and Marshall and Goedecke seemed like the right people for the job. Read more The Joys of the Non-Alcoholic Life By St. Lunacy Josh "Loyal" Grigaitis lives and breathes nightlife. Read more Indo's Kira Webster Places Second in National Cocktail Competition By Cheryl Baehr Kira Webster, beverage director at Indo (1641 D Tower Grove Avenue, 314-899-9333) and Nippon Tei (14025 Manchester Road, Manchester; 636-386-8999), and a major player in the St. Louis cocktail scene is celebrating a major career milestone, as well as a win for the city. The 28 year-old beverage professional recently placed second in the first-ever National Sochu Competition. Read more Top 10 Dive Bars That Actually Have Good Food By Cheryl Baehr When you think of St. Louis dive bars, certain images come to mind: Cylindrical Clydesdale chandeliers hanging from smoke-stained tin ceilings; luminous, 3D Stag signs above front doors; Keno numbers on dedicated television screens above vintage mahogany bars. When it comes to the food, we're trained to expect Slim Jims out of a plastic container or, if it's a classy spot, TJ's frozen pizza. Read more Advertisement Editor's Pick St. Louis' Newest LGBTQ Bar Prism Is Anything But a Drag By Jenna Jones Sean Abernathy likes to get to know his patrons before he tells them which type of drag show he thinks they should catch at his newly minted Grove institution, Prism (4510 Manchester Avenue). Hosted six nights a week, and working toward seven, the shows all greatly vary: Sunday nights are dedicated to rising stars, Tuesdays are for the audience to make requests of the queens, while Mondays feature drag kings. Read more Advertisement             Copyright © 2022 Riverfront Times, All rights reserved. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. unsubscribe from this list   update subscription preferences