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The St. Louis Originals is a collaborative of independently owned and operated restaurants and culinary innovators committed to uniting the energies of local restaurants and celebrating the food and friendship that’s indigenousness to St. Louis neighborhoods.
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St. Louis Originals Newsletter - December 2009

St. Louis Originals Restaurant Week!
Sunday NOV 29th - Saturday DEC 5th

3 Courses for $25 all week long at all of the St Louis Originals
(restaurant list).

...ADDED BONUS:
Earn double points on every visit by using your St Louis Originals Rewards Card.
(rewards cards are free and available at each restaurant)

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The Perfect Holiday Gift!present

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The St. Louis Originals gift card
is accepted at over 35 participating restaurants. You can add the amount of your choice to you card (between $25 and $1000). The card may be used multiple times for your own dining, or as a gift.

Note: Orders placed after Monday, 12/21/09 at 10:00am EST are not guaranteed to arrive before Christmas. To purchase, click here.
If you would like to purchase your card by phone, please contact 877-229-7299.

Click Here to check the balance on your Originals Gift Card.


 

EVENTS

SqWires
Holiday Cheer For Families
The staff at SqWires is adopting a family for the holidays. We're gathering gifts and essentials to share with them to brighten their celebration of Christmas and to ease their lives in the new year. Come in and celebrate with your extended families - we're open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

Happy Hours
'Tis the Season to Be Happy! Join us for happy hours early evening. On Mondays we have music 5-7pm plus SqWires Square Plates $5 each. And Fridays 5-7 music and $1 Fresh Shucked Oyster and Steamed Shrimp Bar.

Holiday Parties at SqWires
Share some holiday cheer the easy way. We'll help you entertain your friends and family in style! Just call Bethany at 314 865-3522 to plan any size gathering for breakfast, lunch, dinner or evening.

Vin de Set
Holiday Parties
This holiday season celebrate in style at Vin de Set or Moulin Events. Vin de Set offers private dining for groups of 12 to 40 and Moulin boasts 4 separate event spaces accommodating groups 40 to 400. Treat your guests to our award winning cuisine and service and make this holiday one to remember. For more information call Amy at 314 241-8989.

Bubbles, Bourbon and Blues
Join us at Moulin this New Years Eve from 9PM-1AM for live entertainment by Fantasy, after dinner appetizers & dessert stations, premium open bar plus bubbles Lounge, bourbon & martini bars. Call 314-241-4949 to reserve tickets or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91869 Tickets are $75 Non-refundable/21 years & over. Hotel with complimentary shuttle & breakfast at the Marriott Residence Inn downtown St. Louis $99 if you mention “Moulin” Call 314-289-7500 to book.

New Years Eve Dinner
Join us at Vin de Set as Chef's Ivy Magruder and Kirby Jones create a three and four course special New Years Eve menu for $34.99 or $39.99. In addition, our a la carte menu will also be offered. Reservation are recommended and dinner will be served from 5pm unitl midnight. Call 314-241-8989 for more information.

Baileys' Chocolate Bar
Parties at Baileys' Chocolate Bar
If you are planning to host a special celebration for a birthday, bridal or baby shower, consider an afternoon party at Baileys' Chocolate Bar. Let us to do the work for you so you can enjoy an elegant affair with your guests. Please call for more information and date availability.

Reloadable Gift Cards
Baileys' Chocolate Bar and Rooster crepe.sandwich.cafe are now selling gift cards that may be used at either restaurant. These cards are re-loadable and may be used anytime for food and drinks. - more info

T-shirts Now Avaiable
You can now advertise your love for Baileys' Chocolate Bar wherever you go. We have t-shirts available that remind you that regular visits to Baileys' Chocolate Bar are "Cheaper than therapy". The shirts are 100% organic cotton in men's and women's sizes. Additionally for a limited time, we have women's underwear in two styles: thong and boy shorts in all sizes.

Twitter
You can now follow Baileys' Chocolate Bar on Twitter. BaileysChocoBar.

Dierdorf & Harts - WSPT
Dierdorf & Hart's $30 Pre-Fixe Menu
Come join us for dinner any night from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. and enjoy ordering from our three-course pre-fixe menu offering a first course of soup, salad, or escargot; a 2nd course of filet, strip, chicken, salmon, or pork all with the side of your choice; & a 3rd course of dessert. All for just $30 a person! Check our web site for more details.

Tenderloin Room
December Happenings
12/17/09 - The Tenderloin Room invites you to join us at our new World of Wine Dinner Series.
Featuring a menu paired with wines from Eastern Europe & Asia. Space is limited, so make your reservations now!
Call 314.361.0900 for more information. The Tenderloin Room is open on Christmas Eve from 5-10 pm and New Year's Eve with 3 seatings. Entertainment by the Mike Buerke Orchestra and noise makers and champagne for all at the last seating. Spend some of your holidays with us! - more info

Duff's
Holidays at Duff's
Rent the Grand Canyon! The perfect party room for holiday gatherings. Seasoned Greetings. Duff's Gift Certificates make shopping easy.

Eleven Eleven Mississippi
Holiday Gatherings
This holiday season treat your friends, family or co-workers to a truly memorable experience. We have the perfect spot for parties from 4 to 40. Consider reserving our private wine room or our enclosed heated wine garden. Call Brittany at 314 241-9999 for more information.

New Years Eve Celebration
This year our culinary team will offer a three or four course New Years Eve menu for $34.99 or 39.99 as well as our regular a la carte menu. Dinner will be served from 5pm until 12am and reservations are highly recommended. Please call 314 241-9999 for more details.

Vito's Sicilian Pizzeria & Ristorante
OFFICE CATERING SPECIALS
Getting the office together for the holidays? Let Vito's Catering do the work! We'll deliver, set up, and break down your Italian buffet. Call 314-497-4189 for full details!

MONDAY $5 PIZZA & WINE NIGHT
There's nothing like a fresh baked pizza and a nice glass of wine to help you wind down your Monday!! Especially for only $5 bucks each! Join Vito's every Monday night 5-10pm.

Herbie's
Herbie's Happy Hours
Join us for both our happy hours and enjoy great drink specials plus appetizers at 1/2 price!:
Afternoon Happy Hour:
Sun - Fri 4:30 - 6:30
Late Night Happy Hour:
Sun - Thurs 10:30 - 12:30
(Kitchen open until 12:00)
In addition to our regular happy hour specials, all desserts are 1/2 price as well!

LoRusso's Cucina
Happy Hour @ LoRusso’s Bar
Newly expanded, the lounge features quality drinks with great atmosphere. $5 Svedka martinis
half price appetizers(1 per guest)
$1 off reg drink prices

Bottled Wine Specials
Join us on Tuesday's and get any wine for 1/2 price. (750 ml size only) You must let your server know you want the wine special. You must mention this offer when ordering to receive the discount. One discounted bottle per couple.
This offer cannot be combined with other discounts or promotion not available the month of December.
Reservations Recommended.

Sunset 44 Bistro
Open Christmas Eve
We are open Christmas Eve for Lunch & Dinner on the 24th of December

Open For New Years Eve
We are open New Years Eve for Lunch & Dinner

New Years Day
We are open New Years Day for Dinner from 4-8 pm

A Taste of Travel
Join Sunset 44 Restaurant and Bistro for a "Taste of Travel". Enjoy the flavors of France December 3rd beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50.00 pp or $90.00 per couple, + tax and gratuity. The cost includes French wines, a multi-course dinner of French cuisine and a travelogue of the romantic country, France.

In addition to a featured tour of France by World Traveler Gig Gwin of Gwin's Global Travel, there will be a French cooking demonstration by Owner and Chef Bob Menendez.

Great attendance prizes will be raffled off, and each guest will receive a gift courtesy of Sunset 44 Restaurant and Bistro and Gwin's Travel.

Space is limited so call 314-965-7070 today to make your reservation for this wonderful evening of magnificent food, superb wines and a tour of beautiful France.

Onesto Pizza & Trattoria
National Hot Cocoa & Santa Stories
Featuring all sorts of adult and kid-friendly Hot Cocoa drinks with Santa photos and story time from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - more info

National Candy Cane Day
Free Candy Canes for kids and candy cane desserts! - more info

2nd Annual New Years Eve Party
Special Menu Stations & Buffet with wine, beer, NYE Punch & Champagne toast Live Music, Outdoor Heated Tent & Fire Pit Giveaways & Door Prizes $50 in advance & $55 at the door Large Parties Welcome Space is Limited - more info

New Wine List
Debuting new wine and dessert list 2nd weekend of November - more info

Holiday Catering Deals
Let Onesto and our sister company, V. Catering and Events, assist you with all of your Thanksgiving and Holiday needs! Delivery, carry-out or Full Event-Planning All St.Louis Original Customers receive $10 off towards every $100 spent!!! - more info

Ricardo's
Holiday Parties
Let us host your Holiday Party in our private room. If your group size is 25-30 people, why not let us do all of the work! You can reserve our room for lunch or for dinner. Just call Michelle at 314-421-4833 or just email us.

New Years Eve
Ring in the New Year at your favorite family restaurant. We will offer special menu items along with our entire regular menu! Call or email for reservations.

Wild Horse Grill
Open Christmas Day
The Wild Horse Grill be open from 5pm - 10pm on Christmas Day. Now accepting reservations.

Rooster
Breakfast Catering and Box Lunches
Allow Rooster to cater your business breakfast or lunch meeting. We can customize a menu for your specific needs and situation. We offer warm breakfast sandwiches, egg dishes, bagels/cream cheese, fruit trays, oatmeal with garnishes, quiches, juice and coffee, and a wide variety of sandwiches and salads on our box lunch menu. We will deliver for free. Please call for more specific information.

Rooster T-Shirts now available
Come in to Rooster to see our hip new t-shirts and hats. We even have limited edition Rooster underwear for women. Wear it loud, wear it proud. Show your support for your favorite local eatery.

Gift Cards Now Available
Baileys' Chocolate Bar and Rooster crepe.sandwich.cafe are now selling gift cards that may be used at either restaurant. These cards are re-loadable and may be used anytime for food and drinks. They would make a great gift for your colleague at your downtown office, or your friend living in a downtown loft. Bulk discounts are available, so please call for details. - more info

Twitter
You can now follow Rooster crepe.sandwich.cafe. on twitter. RoosterStL.

Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream
Corporate Catering All Year Long!
If you are planning a meeting or want to reward your employees for a job well done, Serendipity can help. BREAK-OUT sessions and ICE CREAM SOCIALS are our specialty. Call us today to start planning your event.

Three Monkeys
Live Music In December- No Cover!!!
Saturday. Dec. 5th - Carl Banks 10pm-1am
Sunday Dec. 6th - Oliver Johnson 8-10pm
Saturday Dec. 12th- CBOX Prophets (CD Release Party) 10:30pm-1am
Saturday Dec. 19th - Celia's Big Rock Band (Special Holiday Show)10pm-1am

ENJOY A LOCAL RESTAURANT
Enjoy a Local Restaurant - Dec. 1st-31st - Dine here during the month of Dec. & receive a Peel & Win Card. Bring the card back when you dine here in Jan 2010 (do not scratch off card) & your server will reveal your prize (every card is a a winner). You can win Discounts Off Your Meal, Gift Cards, an iPod Touch, Take Out Food for 25 People, Nintendo Wii System, $2500 Vacation Voucher Or $2500 Home Entertainment System. Visit www.enjoyalocal.com for more details.

Breakfast with Santa!!!
Please join us for a special breakfast with Santa on Sat. Dec. 19th from 9am-11am. We will have a delicious breakfast buffet with biscuits & gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes, pancakes & assorted cookies. Please feel free to bring your camera to take a picture & children will receive a complimentary goodie bag. Children $5.99/Adults $9.99. Please call for more details or to make reservations. *This will be a non-smoking event.

Manic Monday Music Trivia
Every Monday at 8pm come & test your music knowledge with an exciting new trivia night & win great prizes!!

Absolutli Goosed
FACULTY NIGHT
Wednesday’s are Faculty Night We love teachers and think you deserve a break. 20% off your tab on Wednesday night.

$5 Mary's, Rita's and Long Islands
Join us on THURSDAY's for our great Bloody Mary's, Margarita's and Long Islands for only $5. You can't go wrong with our homemade Bloody Mary's and our freshly made sweet & sour in our margaritas.

$5 Monday Madness
All menu cocktails are only $5 all night long! - more info

Wapango
Mojito Mondays
Every Monday our exclusive bacardi Build Your Own Mojitos are half-price all day and all night long! - more info

Free Gift Card Bonus!
For a limited time, Buy $50.00 in Wapango Gift Cards and receive a Free $25.00 Bonus card! NO LIMIT! - more info

New Years Eve
Make your reservations early for New Years Eve at Wapango! - more info

Wine Down Wednesdays
All Day All Night every Wednesday at Wapango, each wine on our wine list is half-price! Whenever you visit, wherever you sit, enjoy all Wapango has to offer and drink our wine for half-price! - more info

Holidays Parties
Now is a great time to book your holiday party at Wapango. We offer a variety of menus and will customize one to fit your needs. We have two rooms available and will accommodate any size event. - more info

Square One Brewery & Distillery
Holiday Party?
As always the holidays seem to arrive quickly so let us help you enjoy them without stress or a lot of expense. Consider our restaurant for your celebration. Our private dining room serves 50 people for a sit down meal or 75 for a cocktail party. We pride ourselves in designing a party around your wishes and budget. We also provide full catering as well as putting together party trays. Please contact Danielia Salas our catering manager at 314-231-2537 or e-mail catering@squareonebrewery.com

Holiday Shopping at Square One
As you contemplate gifts for your friends & family who love great food and drink you can shop with us. Gift Certificates are the easiest but there are also great logo wear and logo glasses. We have the Beer of the Month club(1 Growler of beer per month for a year). You can also purchase our 22 Oz. Cork Finished Spiced Winter Ale along with 375ml and 750ml bottles of the Spirits of St. Louis Spirits. For the person who enjoys handcrafted local products at their best shop with us at Square One!

The Five Big Beers of Christmas
Every Monday in December we will introduce a BIG beer for you at the price of our regular beers. November 30th Barley Wine, Dec 7th Imperial IPA, Dec. 14th Dopplebock, Dec. 21st Double Pilsner, Dec. 28th Imperial Stout. It is going to be a great month for Beers at Square One! - more info

Lafayette Square Holiday Tour
Sunday December 13th from 10:00am to 5:00pm come to Lafayette Square and tour the parlors of the grand mansions that have been decorated for the holidays. We are open at Square One for Brunch and after 2:00pm with our regular menu. Call or go online for reservations!

Best Built Burger Tuesday Night
$2.00 for a full size burger or $4.00 for a veggie or game burger choose from 30 toppings(each at a small charge)to build you dream burger. Then Burger King and Burger Chef will pick the best built burger that becomes the Burger of the Week for the next week. The winner gets a coupon for a free burger for next Tuesday, the burger is featured at the restaurant and posted with the recipe on FaceBook where it reigns supreme until next week when the Best Built a Burger of the Week is created anew!

Harvest
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St. Louis Original Restaurants:

Click Here for a Google Map of Our Restaurants

Absolutli Goosed

3196 S. Grand Ave -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 771-9300

ARAKA

131 Carondelet Plaza -Map It-

Clayton, MO

(314) 725-6777

Baileys' Chocolate Bar

1915 Park Ave -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-8100

Cafe Provencal

427 S. Kirkwood Rd. -Map It-

Kirkwood, MO

(314) 822-5440

Companion Central West End

4651 Maryland Ave. -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 352-4770

Companion Clayton

8143 Maryland Ave -Map It-

Clayton, MO

(314) 352-4770

Companion Ladue

9781 Clayton Rd. -Map It-

Ladue, MO

(314) 352-4770

Cravings Rest. & Bakery

8149 Big Bend Blvd -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 961-3534

Dierdorf & Harts - WSPT

323 Westport Plaza -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 878-8039

Duff's

392 North Euclid Avenue -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 361-0522

Eau Bistro

212 N. Kingshighway Blvd -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 633-3000

Eau Cafe

212 N. Kingshighway Blvd -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 454-9000

Eleven Eleven Mississippi

1111 Mississippi -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-9999

Harvest

1059 Big Bend Rd. -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 645-3522

Herbie's

405 N Euclid Ave -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 769-9595

LoRusso's Cucina

3121 Watson Road -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 647-6222

Massa's

131 W. Argonne Drive -Map It-

Kirkwood, MO

(314) 965-8050

Mike Shannon's

620 Market St -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 421-1540

Monarch

7401 Manchester Road -Map It-

Maplewood, MO

(314) 644-3995

Onesto Pizza & Trattoria

5401 Finkman -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 802-8883

Ricardo's

1931 Park Ave. -Map It-

St Louis, MO

(314) 421-4833

Riddle's Penultimate Cafe

6307 Delmar Blvd. -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 725-6985

Rooster

1104 Locust Avenue -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-8118

Schlafly Bottleworks

7260 Southwest Avenue -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-2337

Schlafly Tap Room

2100 Locust St. -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-2337

Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

8130 Big Bend Blvd -Map It-

St Louis, MO

(314) 962-2700

Square One Brewery & Distillery

1727 Park Avenue -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 231-2537

SqWires

1415 S. 18th Street -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 865-3522

Sunset 44 Bistro

118 West Adams -Map It-

Kirkwood, MO

(314) 965-6644

Tenderloin Room

232 N Kingshighway Blvd -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 361-0900

The Scottish Arms

6-10 S Sarah Street -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 535-0551

The Shaved Duck

2900 Virginia Avenue -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 776-1407

Three Monkeys

3153 Morgan Ford -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 772-9800

Trattoria Marcella

3600 Watson Road -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 352-7706

Vin de Set

2017 Chouteau -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 241-8989

Vito's Sicilian Pizzeria & Ristorante

3515 Lindell Blvd -Map It-

St. Louis, MO

(314) 534-8486

Wapango

2020 Chesterfield Mall -Map It-

Chesterfield, MO

(636) 536-1151

Wild Horse Grill

101 Chesterfield Towne Centre -Map It-

Chesterfield, MO

(636) 532-8750

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