I did a double-take Saturday morning when I noticed a sign advertising "Dog Pizza on Weekends" next door to The Wine Press, on Olive east of Taylor. I have enjoyed watching the renovation of numerous buildings in the 4400 block of Olive over the past five years or so, including several successful condominium buildings developed…
Category: Food and Drink
Dining Underground in Forest Park
Follow the path around the statue of German-American Civil War General Franz Sigel at the Union Avenue entrance to Forest Park, past the cat tails, and you may come across Marie Jary and her husband, architect Sandy Talley (above), putting the final touches on a pop-up dining pavilion that has finally come to fruition after…
Farming on the roof
There has been so much press recently about growing your own vegetables that I wanted to introduce you to a couple of savvy neighborhood gardeners who are ahead of the curve on this national trend. First meet CWEnder Anna Colangelo Cardot, above, who grew up in a large Italian family in Lynn, Massachusetts. Her parents…