Gerard Craft

St. Louis City SC forward Simon Becher visits with a dog up for adoption on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at CARE STL — the city’s contracted animal shelter — in Downtown West.

Arts

St. Louis in photos: Chingy, Sam Altman, pawpaws and puppies

Brian Munoz

Plus a politician's kiss, a hot new restaurant, East St. Louis jazz and more.

Gerard Craft, chef and Niche Food Group’s CEO, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at Expat in St. Louis’ newly-formed Prospect Yards neighborhood. The new BBQ joint is situated in the City Foundry Food Hall.

Gerard Craft’s latest restaurant imagines barbecue through an expat’s eyes

Abby Llorico

At Expat, the James Beard-award winning chef combines international flavors with familiar techniques to create a barbecue spot inspired by wanderlust, homesickness — and hunger.

Gerard Craft, CEO of Niche Food Group, operates several restaurants in the St. Louis region and worries that patchwork regulation across the region and a lack of financial aid will knock out many restaurants by the end of winter.

Economy & Business

St. Louis Chef Gerard Craft Says Many Restaurants Won’t Last The Winter Without Relief

Corinne Ruff

The CEO of Niche Food Group wants elected officials to do more to keep people safe from the coronavirus and restaurants in business.

Health, Science & Environment

SLU Researcher Worries Pandemic Will Be Normalized — Unless Social Norms Change

Evie Hemphill

As an assistant professor of health management and policy at St. Louis University, Michael Rozier is used to thinking a lot about matters of public health…

Taken on 5-12 when Crown Candy reopened for curbside pickup after staying closed for a month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Economy & Business

Some St. Louis-Area Restaurants Are Ready For Business, Others Want To Wait And See

Corinne Ruff

Bars and restaurants in St. Louis and St. Louis County will be among the first wave of businesses allowed to reopen their doors to customers on Monday,…

Taken on the day before stl regional officials called for restaurants and bars to stop dine-in service (03-16-20)

Economy & Business

St. Louis Restaurants Adapt To New Restrictions Or Close As Coronavirus Spreads

Corinne Ruff

Less than two weeks after St. Louis County health officials announced the first local case of coronavirus, the restaurant and bar industry completely…

Clockwise from bottom, Gerard Craft, Dave Bailey, Kevin Nashan, Nick Luedde

Arts

Sound Bites: St. Louis restaurateurs Gerard Craft and Dave Bailey discuss latest projects

What makes us choose favorite restaurants?On the latest edition of Sound Bites, Sauce Magazine’s art director Meera Nagarajan explained that diners look…

Arts

‘This is not a fly-by city anymore:’ Two St. Louis chefs named finalists for James Beard awards

Kelly Moffitt

Two St. Louis chefs are finalists in the James Beard Foundation Awards in the category of Best Chef: Midwest. Kevin Nashan, chef-owner of Sidney Street…

Arts

James Beard Award-winning chef Gerard Craft discusses his love for St. Louis, Porano Pasta and more

Kelly Moffitt

James Beard Award-winning chef Gerard Craft is known for some of St. Louis’ most beloved restaurants which produce cutting-edge and taste-bud-tingling…

Arts

Sound Bites: Two St. Louis chefs-to-watch, two different styles, delicious food all around

Kelly Moffitt

Sometimes when you enter Pastaria in Clayton during prep hours you can hear singer Executive Chef Ashley Shelton, 28, belting out a tune or two. You may…