Courtesy Crown Candy Kitchen
HOT SPOT
Reminder Call from CCK
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Picnic tables across the street at CCK
Talk about the power of social media! Business had been a little slow at Crown Candy Kitchen of late, so owner Andy “Candy” Karandzieff posted a photo on social media showing zero customers waiting in line outside the 107-year-old landmark restaurant in Old North, lamenting, “Sadly this is our reality right now.” Not so fast—sometimes, all people need is a little wakeup call. One day (and 1.8K comments and 15K Facebook shares later), the lines returned, prompting Karandzieff to post a nearly teary-eyed video of himself thanking St. Louisans for responding. A strong supporter of buying local, Karandzieff ended the video by saying, “Always, always choose to support local business. We all need your love.” Crown Candy Kitchen is currently offering dine-in, carryout, and curbside service. 1401 St. Louis, 314-621-9650.
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INSIDER TIP
A Slice of Home
Courtesy Gioia's Deli
Former St. Louisans are always yearning for a taste of their hometown. Send them Pappy’s ribs, Imo’s Pizza, Blue Owl Bakery’s Levee High Caramel Pecan Apple Pie, and, beginning this week, an assortment of goodies from James Beard Award–winning Gioia’s Deli, including its famous hot salami. For $75 (plus shipping), three sandwich kits are available (hot salami, hot beef, or a combination), enough for four 9-inch sandwiches on garlic cheese bread. It also includes sides of pepperoncini and giardiniera. Also available for $100 (plus shipping) are frozen hot salami logs (two per pack), hot salami dogs, and frozen pizza. Why send friends and relatives a gift card this season when you can send what they’ve been craving right to their doors? Click here for more information or to place an order.
MICRORANT
Inappropriate Utensils
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While we don’t usually expect formal dessert silverware placement when we dine out at Barney’s Beanery, we do lament when the utensil presented is the wrong one for the task at hand: a small bowled spoon with soup, a dull knife with meat, and, horror of horrors, a fork served with ice cream. That said, a spork (the modern-day descendant of the ice cream fork) might be most appropriate, especially if having to negotiate an ice cream cake or pie. Alas, these days the utilitarian spork seems to appear only on camping trips and at Taco Bell.
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