On 9/22, Baileys’ Chocolate Bar and her sister restaurant counterparts, participated in Slow Food’s annual fundraiser Art of Food which celebrates restaurants and local businesses which serve and use local products and proteins.

Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions, and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes, and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.

The menu featured all four meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert–representing all four restaurants) which all featured different parts of pork that was taken from the same whole hog. We served: breakfast veggie and sausage strata [Rooster], a pork steak and Emmenthaler sandwich with chimichurri [Bridge], pork belly over a spicy polenta cake [Range], and salted caramel ice cream with candied bacon.

Photos to follow.

Living in St. Louis? Love our local craft beer scene? So do we! Which is why we’re celebrating the end of St. Louis Craft Beer Week with a block party in front of Bridge Tap House and Wine Bar.

Please join us for the closing ceremonies (and a whole lot more) on Sunday, August 5th from 12-6pm. Your ticket will include unlimited sampling from these great local brewers: Schlafly, Charleville, Urban Chestnut, Civil Life, Perennial, Four Hands, New Belgium (out of town guest), and Second Shift. Each brewer will be bringing new and special release beers including all of the new Baileys’ beers.

Other activities will include: a reading from Left Bank Books, games and prizes, a raffle, bicycle safety checks provided by Big Shark, food available for purchase by Baileys’ Range, live music by The Highway Companion, and live demonstrations by the non-profit Perennial. The whole family is invited!

Just who is Schurcipefones you might ask? Well she’s the lost Greek goddess of local beer! Her name might also be an acronym for all the great brewers involved

The Schurcipefones Festival will benefit local charities! Details to follow.

Buy tickets here!

Thanks for voting us into so many categories in the July Reader’s Choice Awards Issue of Sauce Magazine! Thanks to you, we took honors in the following categories:

Baileys’ Chocolate Bar won:
Favorite Cocktails (1st Place)
Favorite After Dinner Drink (1st Place)
Favorite Dessert List (1st Place)
Favorite Late Night Menu

Rooster won:
Favorite Brunch (1st Place)

Bridge Tap House & Wine Bar won:
Best Beer List (1st Place)
Best Lookin’ Restaurant

Thanks so much for voting for us!

Bridge, our newest restaurant and bar, is now open Downtown at 1004 Locust St, 63101. We are serving Lunch, Dinner, and Late Night dining from 11AM until 1AM Seven Days and Nights A Week. Bridge has 200+ beers (36 on tap) and 100+ wines (20 by the glass) as well as a full bar.

Please check out the website at

www.TheBridgeSTL.com

for more information!