Photo by Matt Obermark
Elmwood's upcoming pop-up menu includes Duck Three Ways (grilled breast, confit leg, fried wing) with steamed buns, sauces, and accompaniments.
HOTSPOT
Elmwood Returns With Holiday Pop-up Dinner Series
As the restaurant world slowly returns to some semblance of normalcy, Elmwood is easing back into the dine-in game with a series of four course, $80 prix fixe dinners, held on select weekends in November and December, before the restaurant goes on a 90-day hiatus preparing for the brick and mortar launch of its side concept, Pizza Champ. The menu for each night is posted on the online reservation platform (see complete menu here). Online reservations are required (minimum of two guests, one at the bar), paid in advance, and close 24 hours prior to each service date (11/19-11/20, 12/3-12/4, 12/17-12/18). Reservations are limited to 40 guests per evening. Until the end of December, guests can still order pick-up and delivery from Pizza Champ on Wed – Sun nights. 2704 Sutton, 314-261-4708.
INSIDER TIP
Sweetology for the Holidays
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When some of the metro area schools announced they would be closing for all of Thanksgiving Week, respective students’ parents let out a collective sigh, or worse. Fortunately, the folks at Sweetology know how to fill the wee ones’ free hours. The Holiday DIY Decorating Kits have arrived, and they’re all 20 percent off with the code SHOPEARLY20. The kits include ready-to-decorate sugar cookies or cupcakes, buttercream frosting, sprinkles, and toppers. Kits can be picked up or shipped to your door…no baking, no grocery store trips, no hassle. Seasonal themes include Thanksgiving, Melting Snowman, and Playful Penguins. And for the December vacation, choose from Holiday Celebration, Santa Baby, Ugly Sweaters…even a DYI gingerbread house. Or step up your game with a Santa Claus, Polar Bear, or Reindeer cake decorating kit. Fun for all ages Sweetology also hosts in store parties and decorating classes in both the Town & Country and O’Fallon, Mo. locations.
MICRORANT
Unwanted Plasticware
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As fall turns to winter and the frequency of restaurant pick-up and delivery increases, so will one’s collection of unused plastic flatware. (We flirted with this issue earlier this year when we wrote about places that accept the stuff.) We’ve suggested that restaurants ask guests (in person or on their online ordering platforms) if plasticware and napkins are required (saving the restaurants money and sparing the landfills unneeded trash). This week the City of Los Angeles went a step further: According to USA Today, customers at LA restaurants will only receive plastic utensils and napkins if they ask for them, per a new ordinance that aims to limit city waste. The same policy also applies to takeout orders. We still prefer that the restaurants do the asking, thereby providing a whole new meaning to the expression “trash talking.”
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