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HOT SPOT
Sicilian Pop-up in Cottleville
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The Wednesday dinners are held inside. Outside seating is also available.
Vito Chirco, former owner/operator of Chirco’s Italian Restaurant and Krieger’s Pub & Grill, has created a new venture, Chirco’s Kitchen & Catering. To launch the new project, Chirco will host a pop-up dinner every Wednesday night beginning September 2 at Public School House in Cottleville (where his company is a preferred caterer). Originally built in 1875, the former one-room schoolhouse is now a charming, versatile event venue located on more than an acre of land. The September pop-ups will feature a five-course Sicilian dinner, served in the traditional Italian style (antipasto first and salad following the entrée). The $70 per person price includes dinner and five paired alcoholic beverages ($45 each without alcohol), with seatings at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tables will be socially distanced and limited to 50 people per seating. View the menu here, and make reservations on Eventbrite here. 5546 Chestnut, Cottleville, 636-720-1905.
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Vito Chirco's beef spiedini, one of this week's featured dishes
INSIDER TIP
Salt + Smoke Ships Nationwide
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Last week, local barbecue juggernaut Salt + Smoke announced that its award-winning fare can be shipped to barbecue lovers across the country. Choose from Texas-style, dry-rubbed whole brisket smoked over post oak; cherry-smoked St. Louis–style ribs seasoned with Fist Bump Rub; brined, bone-in pork butt seasoned with mustard; and smoked whole Amish chicken. Monthly Bestie Subscription Boxes—containing all four meats and two bottles of sauce—are also available for $200 per month. Shipments are packed in dry ice and can be delivered anywhere in the continental U.S. (Rubs, sauces, and schwag are also available.) Place orders here.
MICRORANT
Feet Blocking the Sidewalk
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With many restaurants and cafés now seating patrons outside anywhere they can—including sidewalks—it’s important that diners respect the newfound space. That means sitting square at the table (not at an angle) and not letting your size 13 gunboats drift into the neutral zone, where they’re likely to trip service personnel, walkers, joggers, parents pushing strollers, or other unwary guests.
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