An Ignoble Experiment: Year in Review: The best and worst of STL's food scene

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2022 in Review: St. Louis Lost Some Wonderful Restaurants in 2022

By Cheryl Baehr

By the spring of 2021, it seemed like restaurants had reason to celebrate. Vaccines were readily available, dining rooms were back to unrestricted capacity, and hungry diners with money to spend were eager to return to their favorite spots.

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RFT's Best of Food & Drink in St. Louis 2022 [PHOTOS]

By Riverfront Times

Mask mandates may be a thing of the past, dining rooms are at full capacity and diners have come back out in full force. If you're on the receiving end of the service industry, you'd be tempted to think that the pandemic is over with restaurants basking in a Roaring '20s-style resurgence fueled by the public's unquenchable thirst for merriment.

2022 in Review: St. Louis Made Excellent Weed Snacks

By Jaime Lees

Cannabis companies are finding increasingly creative ways to get us high, and it's been one of our favorite things about 2022. Even if you don't partake, you have to admire the entrepreneurial spirit that brought the world treats such as marijuana-infused Red Hot Riplets.

New St. Louis Food And Drink Spots That Opened in 2022 [PHOTOS]

By Riverfront Times

Wow, 2022 is almost over. While the year went by in a blink, plenty happened, especially in the city's bustling restaurant scene.

St. Louis Restaurants We've Lost So Far in 2022 [PHOTOS]

By Riverfront Times

COVID-19, supply-chain issues, worker shortages, rising costs and the grind of an often-difficult industry closed the doors at too many restaurants across greater St. Louis in 2022.