Meet St. Louis
300 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsSt. Louis is a place full of incredible food, interesting businesses, some of the nation's best breweries and some of the country's most creative people. Meet St. Louis is the podcast taking you behind the scenes with the brewers, chefs, entrepreneurs, and artists who make St. Louis more than just the Arch.
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Episode 90: Helping healers and what restaurants will look like when they reopen
April 20, 2020 04:03 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBIt’s not the sandwich or the coffee, but the meaning behind donated food. For those working in healthcare like Dr. Tiffany Osborne, a trauma surgeon at Barnes Jewish Hospital, the community support helps them push through even the hardest days during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are dozens of restaurants donating food to hospitals, but two groups, Meals for Meds [https://www.mealsformeds.info/] and Kindness Meals [https://kindnessmealsstl.com/], allow St Louisans to donate money to restauran...
Episode 89: How to make your quarantine more interesting
April 13, 2020 05:17 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBAfter weeks of staying at home, everyone is missing their favorite restaurants and bars. The escape of a cocktail or an expertly-cooked meal feels like a distant luxury currently, but our favorite chefs and mixologists are trying to bring those experiences back. In this episode, we talk to the people who are trying to turn your kitchen into your favorite restaurant, and your living room into your favorite bar. First, we talk to Matt Wynne, the executive chef of Taste, who is using this time...
Episode 88: Stimulus money, local donations and the tough choices facing restaurants
April 06, 2020 13:39 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBThere are so many questions facing St. Louis business owners during the Coronavirus outbreak. Whether to stay open and continue carry out and delivery or close up all together. What bills to pay. How the federal stimulus package may help or harm small businesses. And more importantly, if they will come out on the other side of the pandemic. This week on the podcast we spoke with Qui Tran, owner of Mai Lee and Nudo House and Roo Yawitz, owner of Gramaphone. Yawitz helped start the Gateway...
Episode 87: Square One Brewery and Distillery
March 30, 2020 15:57 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBSteve Neukomm opened Square One Brewery and Distillery in Lafayette Square in 2006, but he's been working in the restaurant business for decades. He's opened and closed restaurants and breweries, and moved passed a devastating fire, but never has he experienced anything like the impact of the Coronavirus. We first sat down to interview Steve on March 6, to hear his story of the brewery and distillery. We wanted to still share his story but we checked back in to see how they are adapting durin...
Episode 86: The impact of the Coronavirus and how to help St. Louis businesses
March 23, 2020 05:44 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBHERE'S HOW TO HELP Order curbside: https://www.curbsidestl.com/ Invest in STL: https://stlgives.org/ We started this podcast almost two years ago as a way to showcase and support the incredible chefs, brewers and small business owners across St. Louis. Now amidst the Coronavirus our independent businesses need all of us more than ever. While many of them have had to close their doors this week in an effort to stop the spread of COVID19, we are seeing love for all of these business as they...
Episode 85: Park Avenue Coffee
March 16, 2020 19:45 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBEpisode 85: Park Avenue Coffee by Meet St. Louis
Episode 84: Plank Road Pizza
March 09, 2020 05:28 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAndrew Brewer has built a small eatery empire in Cottleville. Not even 30 years old, the owner of Plank Road Pizza, Cottleville Cookies and Cream, and 1798 BBQ has established some of the best restaurants in the region while seamlessly blending into a historic small town in St. Charles County. His clever menus and unique locations- built into historic homes along the main drag of Highway N- have helped his restaurants stand out and draw acclaim. He sat down with the Meet St. Louis podcast t...
Episode 83: Side Project Brewing
March 02, 2020 05:21 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBOwned by husband and wife duo Cory and Karen King, Side Project Brewery was recently named the second best brewery in the world. But as the name implies it started as a side project. Cory got his start homebrewing before working as the head brewer at Perennial Artisan Ales. A passion for oak aged beer and a desire to try out new recipes was the birth of Side Project Brewery. Eventually they opened Side Project Cellar in Maplewood and then grew to the point of opening the brewery just around...
Episode 82: Bombay Food Junkies
February 24, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBWhen Krupa and Sid Panchal moved to St. Louis from Bombay, India, they craved the food of their homeland. There are a lot of great Indian restaurants in St. Louis but the Panchals were looking for the street food they loved. So Krupa started making it herself. It was a bit of a shift from her career as an optometrist but after watching a Food Network show on food trucks, she decided that was the next adventure. Bombay Food Junkies found success as a vegetarian and vegan food truck, filling...
Episode 81: Taco Circus
February 17, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBTaco Circus is serving up Austin-style Tex Mex on The Hill. Christian Ethridge brought his love of tacos from his home state of Texas. The taqueria first opened in the Bevo Mill neighborhood in 2015 and moved to a larger space on Southwest in the fall of 2019. The new space means a new and expanded menu, but the same focus on authentic Tex Mex flavors. While the crowded restaurant shows the success Ethridge has found, it wasn't always an easy road, and he tells the Meet St. Louis podcast t...
Episode 80: Urban Buds City Grown Flowers
February 10, 2020 06:52 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBOn a nearly one-acre flower farm in the middle of South City, you'll find more than 70 different kinds of flowers growing. When Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack discovered the property almost a decade ago it was in shambles. The land itself dates back to the 1870s and slowly the duo behind Urban Buds City Grown Flowers have transformed it back to a working urban farm. Miranda and Mimo sat down with the Meet St. Louis podcast to talk about their love of farming, the benefit of buying local, s...
Episode 79: Women's Creative
February 03, 2020 07:23 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBEpisode 79: Women's Creative by Meet St. Louis
Episode 78: Bulrush
January 27, 2020 15:52 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBAt Bulrush, the space and food feel modern, but the inspiration for the food is hundreds of years of history rooted in the Ozarks. Chef Rob Connoley works to define and showcase the cuisine of a region that expands outside of Missouri at his restaurant in Midtown. The James Beard semi-finalist and self-taught chef shares his culinary journey from the world of non-profits, to opening a small grocery store in New Mexico with his husband, to his journey back to his hometown of St. Louis. From ...
Episode 77: Bob Brazell – Tenderloin Room, Byrd & Barrel and Tamm Avenue Grill
January 20, 2020 14:13 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBYou might know Bob Brazell’s name from fast-casual spots like Byrd & Barrel and Tamm Avenue Grill, but now the chef and restaurateur is going back to his roots in fine dining as one of the new owners of the Tenderloin Room at The Chase Park Plaza. From his first kitchen job at 15 to working at Monarch and Niche, Brazell says each job has taught him a lesson he hopes to pass on to other chefs. Juggling three restaurants isn’t easy, but Bob took the time to sit down with us at the Meet St. Lo...
Episode 76: The Shakespeare Festival
January 13, 2020 14:08 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBFor 20 years, the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has worked to make the Bard more accessible. For their 20th season, the long running festival will put on a performance of Much Ado About Nothing. The festival’s executive producer Tom Ridgely sat down with us to discuss how they continue to shake things up. Their goal is to continue to grow the original content of the festival, from their Shakespeare in the Streets to an upcoming hip-hop musical inspired by Two Gentlemen of Verona. Ridgeley’...
Episode 75: The Last Hotel
January 06, 2020 07:04 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBDowntown St. Louis’ latest boutique hotel features a rooftop pool, nods to the buildings’ history and a restaurant with Chef Evy Swoboda at it’s helm. Swoboda acted as the city’s culinary ambassador for the hotel’s out-of-town developer, showing off the city’s best food. When they asked her to head up the new restaurant she jumped on board, but first she took a trip from one end of the Mississippi to the other to develop the menu. The menu pays homage to St. Louis history as a river city, d...
Episode 74: Jerk Soul
December 30, 2019 15:49 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBA new year brings new beginnings and no one knows about starting fresh like Zahra Spencer and Telie Woods. The two had dreams of opening a beachfront joint in Zahra’s home island of St. Thomas, then Hurricane Irma hit. And then Hurricane Maria. Their dreams were literally crushed on the beach. But plan B would bring them to St. Louis and after one day of searching, Jerk Soul was born in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Jerk Soul is serving up the food Zahra and Tellie love, traditional Caribbe...
Episode 73: St. Louis Aquarium
December 23, 2019 14:10 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBIn two days, St. Louis will unveil its new aquarium at Union Station. It's part of a comprehensive makeover of the downtown attraction, and the aquarium is the biggest piece of that renovation. We sat down with the aquarium's executive director, Tamera (Tami) Lash Brown, to get an inside look at what will be featured when the doors open Christmas Day. We talked about sharks, a blue lobster, a giant octopus, and everyone's favorite: the sea otters. We also talked about how you go about gett...
Episode 72: Holiday Spectacular!
December 16, 2019 17:04 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MB'Tis the season for holiday traditions, and we wanted to know what some of Meet St. Louis' most popular guests do to celebrate. So we picked up the phone and started calling our friends to find out what their traditions are. Everyone has their thing where it just doesn't feel like the holidays until THIS happens, and our guests were no exception. We talked to Andy from Crown Candy (1:15), Qui Tran of Nudo House and Mai Lee (8:54), Jackie Huebbe from SugarBot Sweet Shop (14:32), Alex and Ama...
Episode 71: Doug "The Tamale Man" Marshall
December 09, 2019 12:46 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBDoug Marshall may be known as the Tamale Man, but he owes much of his success to the women in his life. From his grandmothers who taught him to cook as a young boy to his wife who first came up with the idea to start selling tamales at the Farmer’s Markets. When he first starting selling his homemade tamales, they weren’t a big hit. But slowly they took off and he even started developing vegan recipes due to the number of requests. He’s become a staple at markets across the St. Louis regio...
Episode 70: Mission Taco
December 02, 2019 08:52 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBAdam and Jason Tilford moved around a lot growing up. From the East Coast to the West Coast, their dad was in the Coast Guard and it took them across the US. They ended up in St. Louis and thankfully for us, they stuck around. With six Mission Tacos and a seventh on the way, the brothers are known for the West Coast taco spot serving up great food along with delicious craft beer and cocktails. From Tortilliria to Barristers to Milagro, the Tilford’s are no strangers to the restaurant scene....
Episode 69: The Brass Rail
November 25, 2019 16:17 - 31 minutes - 43 MBWhen Scott Ellinger opened up his restaurant The Brass Rail in O’Fallon, he didn’t have enough money to change the sign. So he kept the name of the previous restaurant. But over the last six years, he has made a name for himself as not only the neighborhood steakhouse but also as the restaurant that serves up the largest Thanksgiving dinner. Ellinger, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, donates and delivers 10,000 meals on Thanksgiving. It’s an effort that takes nearly a week to pull ...
Episode 68: Lark Skin Co.
November 18, 2019 06:27 - 39 minutes - 54 MBWhen Lisa Dolan couldn’t find the clean beauty products she was searching for, she created her own. That was the birth of Lark Skin Co. Three years after starting the business, Lark Skin Co can be found across the country and at their shop in Webster Groves. Founder Lisa Dolan and creative partner Allie Schweiter joined us on the Meet St. Louis Podcast to talk about clean skincare, building a brand that empowers women and how they’re helping reshape our ideas of the beauty industry.
Episode 67: Center Ice Brewery
November 11, 2019 11:57 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBSteve Albers is used to waiting. He waited his entire life for his beloved Blues to win a Stanley Cup and he waited years to open his brewery, Center Ice. But like the saying goes, good things happen to those who wait. The city of St. Louis got the celebration of a lifetime when the Blues hoisted the Cup on Market Street and beer fans found a new spot to sip brews in Midtown when Center Ice opened its doors in 2017. The brewery has a hockey theme and Blues fans will love the ode to the past...
Episode 66: Sugarbot
November 04, 2019 03:51 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB“If it’s not a ‘F*** Yeah!’ for me, it’s a ‘No.’” In a storefront in Historic St. Charles, Sugarbot Sweet Shop serves ups some of the area’s best treats. From sugar cookies to brownies to homemade marshmallows, everything in the shop is made with love and passion. Jackie Huebbe didn’t quit her job to bake things she doesn’t love. She worked in the corporate world and after work, found comfort in the kitchen. She finally made the leap to open her bakery in 2012, but it wasn’t until 2015 th...
LISTENER FAVORITE: Louie's Matt McGuire
October 28, 2019 13:51 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBMatt McGuire is no stranger to successful restaurants. From Monarch, to Herbie’s, to Brasserie and Niche, he has made a name for himself at some of the city’s best restaurants. But it all started when he and several friends opened King Louie’s in 1996. A restaurant that many today remember with fondness. And bits of that famed St. Louis restaurant now live on in Louie, the restaurant everyone seems to love. The Clayton restaurant has found the place in the hearts of customers who dine there...
Episode 65: Farmhaus’ Kevin Willmann
October 21, 2019 04:23 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBFrom the farms of Greenville, IL to the waters of Pensacola, FL, each place Kevin Willmann lived played a role in shaping his food. The chef and owner of Farmhaus in South St. Louis has received his fair share of awards and accolades, but the real praise is from diners at his intimate farm-to-table restaurant. The menu changes based on the season and what they find in the restaurant garden. His food memories go all the way back to picking a potato straight out of his family garden and the s...
Episode 64: Yellowbelly and Retreat
October 14, 2019 05:44 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBFor Travis Howard and Tim Wiggins, hospitality is top of mind at their restaurants Yellowbelly and Retreat. The two concepts are wildly different, one a tiki-inspired seafood restaurant with an emphasis on rum cocktails, the other a modern American gastropub with a rustic vibe. But they both bring equal focus on cocktails and good food, with service that brings guests coming back. Now the two are taking the next step, opening an event space called the Hideout, where they plan to host every...
Episode 63: Utah Station
October 07, 2019 15:23 - 35 minutes - 49 MBHoused in a once vacant and crumbling gas station, Utah Station is breathing new life into a building and a vegan menu. Chef Chris Bertke starting crafting vegan drunk food in his kitchen late at night, now he’s serving up his recipes at the Benton Park restaurant. Opened this summer, Bertke says the menu is inspired by what he wants to eat, tacos, burgers, toasted ravioli, but without meat.
Episode 62: Cafe Natasha
September 30, 2019 13:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBIn 1983, Behshid and Hamishe Bahrami opened The Little Kitchen in Downtown St. Louis as a way to support their new baby girl, Natasha. They started out on a convention oven and an electric burner, serving up Persian food for downtown workers. The lines wrapped around the building. In 1993, they opened up the first Café Natasha on Delmar. In 2001, they opened up their third restaurant on South Grand. For 35 years, the Bahrami’s have fed St. Louis. Hamishe and Natasha joined us on the podca...
Episode 61: Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
September 23, 2019 07:08 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBAt Urban Chestnut, new world meets old world. The nine-year-old brewery, with locations in The Grove and Midtown, has been brewing beer in St. Louis since 2010. Their revolution series is their take on modern American beers, while their reverence series is all about timeless European styles. Brewmaster Florian Kuplent hails from Bavaria. Kuplent and UCBC’s head chef Andrew Fair sat down for an interview on beer, food and Oktoberfest.
Episode 60: Left Bank Books
September 16, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MB50 years ago, a group of Wash U grad students opened up a book store. It was full of anti-war books, Rolling Stone magazines, and all kinds of reading material that you couldn't find anywhere else. Today, it's St. Louis' biggest independent book store, surviving both the commercial book store boom and bust, and the online (read: Amazon) explosion. Meet St. Louis sat down with Kris Kleindienst and Jarek Steele about the spirit that's kept Left Bank alive for five decades as well as why it's ...
Episode 59: Caiti Carrow
September 09, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBCaiti Carrow runs Jasper Paul PR, the hospitably public relations firm representing some of the very best in St. Louis’ food scene. From iNDO, to Retreat, and Yellowbelly, to Schlafly and Nathaniel Reid, their clients aren’t just receiving attention in St. Louis but across the country. Caiti sat down with the Meet St. Louis podcast to talk about the company she started at her kitchen table and how it’s grown, what an average day looks like in PR and what excites her most about hospitality i...
Episode 58: Zoe Robinson
August 26, 2019 05:39 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBZoe Robinson opened her first restaurant at 23 and she hasn’t stopped. A pioneer in the St. Louis restaurant scene, she has created some of the beautiful spaces in St. Louis, from I Fratellini to Bar Les Freres. Her latest restaurant, the James Beard-nominated Billie Jean, is no exception. For decades she has worked with head chef Ny Vonsaly, helping create restaurants that transport diners to romantic corners of the world. She sat down with the Meet St. Louis Podcast to talk about the beg...
Episode 57: Rise Coffee’s Jessie Mueller
August 19, 2019 12:50 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBJessie Mueller created Rise coffee shop with one idea in mind: a place where all would be welcome. Mueller had never worked in a cafe when she got the idea to open the coffee shop in the Grove back in 2013. Over the years the coffee house has evolved, now serving food, but at its core remains the idea that is a place for the community to gather. Whether that’s for a mom’s group play date, to study, or to lend a helping hand through their coffee for the People program. Mueller sat down wit...
Episode 56: Mac's Local Eats
August 12, 2019 02:59 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBSmash burgers! Mac's Local Eats took St. Louis by storm with their incredible burgers in 2017, quickly building a reputation for having some of the best food in town. They had a line out the door at lunchtime at their original location on Tamm Avenue every day, and now they're moving to Cherokee Street. Chris "Mac" McKenzie sat down with Meet St. Louis inside their new spot at Bluewood Brewing (1821 Cherokee Street) to talk about how an internet group who bought local meat ended up leading ...
Episode 55: Pie Guy Pizza
August 05, 2019 13:05 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBMitch Frost took a look around The Grove and realized something: There were no late-night food options. Despite many of the bars in the neighborhood being open until 3 a.m., if revelers wanted to grab some grub before heading home, they were largely out of luck. Mitch also knew pizza, having spent much of his adulthood perfecting pies. So why not use that mastery to solve a problem? Pie Guy Pizza has been open 1 year on Manchester, and Mitch has tossed thousands of pies to feed hungry patro...
Episode 54: Third Wheel Brewing
July 29, 2019 14:04 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBAbbey Spencer started off like many brewers, by brewing at home. Her first batch was pretty good, the second? Undrinkable. But the success of the first drove her to keep trying. And her recipes did not go unnoticed. Now she’s the head brewer of Third Wheel Brewing in St. Peter’s. She sat down with the Meet St. Louis podcast to talk her favorite style of beer, the importance of St. Louis Craft Beer week and why she hopes to inspire other women in the craft beer industry.
Episode 53: David and Kara Bailey
July 22, 2019 04:22 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBIf you haven't eaten in one of his restaurants, you've certainly heard of them. Rooster, Bailey's Range, Chocolate Bar, Bridge, Small Batch; they're all St. Louis staples. David Bailey has built an eatery empire in St. Louis and couldn't imagine doing it anywhere else. His restaurants all moved into unique buildings and he worked to keep their original personality, even if it meant taking a lot longer to open than planned. He and his wife Kara, who is responsible for the breathtaking design...
Episode 52: Sweet Art
July 15, 2019 04:18 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBFor more than a decade, Reine Bayoc has been serving up love and magic at her Shaw bakery. SweetArt started as a crazy dream, a dream that has seen serious success. People line up to the door to try what she describes as vegan soul food. That’s right. Vegan mac n’ cheese, vegan nachos and a veggie burger that Reine unabashedly calls the best ever. But her baked goods have always been her passion, cookies, cupcakes and pies fill the glass display case. Owner and chef Reine joined us on he Mee...
Episode 51: David Stine
July 08, 2019 14:18 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBEpisode 51: David Stine by Meet St. Louis
Episode 50: Sugarfire's Mike Johnson
July 01, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWhen Mike Johnson turned 40, he was ready to get out of the restaurant business for good. But instead he decided to give a BBQ restaurant a shot. Now Sugarfire Smokehouse is a huge hit in St. Louis and around the country. He followed it up with Hi Pointe Drive-In and now his life is non-stop. The chef and father says spreading St. Louis style BBQ around the world is the best thing he can imagine. He joins us on the Meet St. Louis podcast to chat about Yelp reviewers, working for Emeril and...
Episode 49: Planter's House
June 24, 2019 05:15 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBTed Kilgore is a self-proclaimed cocktail geek and has helped shape and create the craft cocktail industry in St. Louis. The owner of Planter’s House in Lafayette Square and Small Change in Benton Park, Kilgore has been mixing up cocktails in the city since 2006. He sat down with the Meet St. Louis Podcast to talk about the history of cocktails, the inspiration behind his creations and where he sees the cocktail industry going next.
Episode 48: Blues City Deli
June 17, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBBlues City Deli is one of the most beloved sandwich spots in the city. The line outside the shop every day at lunchtime can tell you that. But it's also known nationwide thanks to the marriage of food and music. Vince Valenza has built a St. Louis mainstay in just fifteen years, pushing past a few false starts to create his dream establishment at McNair and Victor. He's served musicians, athletes, celebrities and fellow restauranteurs, every one of them drawn to his incredible menu and an ...
Episode 47: Charles Glenn
June 09, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBWhen Charles Glenn auditioned to sing the National Anthem for the St. Louis Blues, his microphone went out two words in. He kept singing without it, and he was so good they hired him anyway. For nearly two decades, his signature voice has opened home Blues games, and Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final will be his swan song. Charles is stepping away from the microphone at the Enterprise Center at season's end, taking a break from hockey games for his health and to spend time with his family. B...
Episode 46: Main & Mill Brewing Company
June 03, 2019 12:53 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBAt the corner of Main Street and Mill Street in Festus sits one of the most popular breweries in the region. Main & Mill Brewing Company opened in 2014 and quickly grew in popularity for their unique beer and culture of spreading craft beer. It took a 3-year renovation to get their location ready, but since they opened their doors, people have traveled thousands of miles to taste their beer and be part of the legendary bottle share program. Co-founder Denny Foster sat down with Meet St. Lou...
Episode 45: STL Style House - Randy and Jeff Vines
May 27, 2019 04:37 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBIt started as a hobby, but today the Vines brothers print t-shirts for everyone looking to wear their city pride on their sleeve. Even the St. Louis Blues order t-shirts from the shop on Cherokee Street. Their love for their hometown is evident when you step foot inside their store, from your favorite neighborhood on a tote bag to a welcome mat inspired by the St. Louis Street Department, they produce quirky, original designs.
Episode 44: Nick Bognar of Nippon Tei/iNDO
May 20, 2019 07:52 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBNick Bognar is young and hungry. He started working in the kitchen of his mom’s Ballwin restaurant Nippon Tei at 16, and ever since then he’s dreamed of opening his own restaurant. It took leaving St. Louis and his family’s restaurant to get more training and some life lessons before he would return to his hometown. A James Beard nomination for Rising Star Chef of the year was the push he need to make his teenage dreams come true. Bognar will open iNDO in Botanical Heights, a modern Asian res...
Episode 43: Gioia's Deli
May 13, 2019 06:08 - 34 minutes - 48 MBThere aren't many 100-year-old businesses, but St. Louis is lucky to have a century of great food thanks to Gioia's Deli. Meet St. Louis sat down with Alex and Amanda Donley, who now run the city's favorite sandwich shop, and talked about how they got here and where they see the deli going. Alex talks about the history of Gioia's, helping his mom during all those early mornings, and why he always felt drawn to the business. Amanda talks about what it's like to push a business forward and ho...
Episode 42: Taylor Louderman
May 06, 2019 05:33 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBShe first took the stage as Annie at the Ozark Actor’s Theater at age 10 and was officially hooked. St. Louis-area native Taylor Louderman is now taking Broadway by storm, playing Regina George in Mean Girls. The Tony-nominated actress says the St. Louis theater scene is to credit her success as she continues to grow in New York as well as taking her skills to Hollywood. She’ll return to St. Louis for a show at the Muny and a hopes to continue to help support and nurture the local theater sce...