Lola Jean’s Giveback Coffee
February 7, 2019
Lola Jean’s Giveback Coffee is a pop-up coffee shop on up-and-coming Macklind Avenue. With tasty treats such as flaky lemon turnovers and spicy pepper and basil biscuits, delicious drinks mixed with in-house made syrups, and a simple yet charming design with plenty of plants and places to sit, Lola...
The Chocolate Pig
Moriah Lotsoff, Reporter
January 31, 2019
The Chocolate Pig was opened on Nov.8 in the Cortex innovation district of midtown St. Louis. Peanut Butter Bomb“The chocolate part is the fact that we use Bissinger's chocolate and most of our dishes that involve any of our chocolates so we get the rich family history from Bissinger's in that and...
Coffee of STL
Siddhi Narayan and Rachel Liang
January 29, 2019
Filed under Best of STL, Food, Reviews
Click through the map below for an interactive form of this story, or keep scrolling for the full reviews with additional media. Coffee is an essential part of everyday American life. Unfortunately, local coffee shops are often neglected for chain coffee shops like Starbucks -- coffee wh...
AncestryDNA teams up with Spotify
Sonia Palamand, Reporter
January 28, 2019
Filed under Digital Display, Features, Music
The worldwide leaders of genealogy recently asked: “If you could listen to your DNA, what would it sound like?” Spotify, the world’s largest music company, and AncestryDNA, the largest DNA network in the world, have teamed up to make playlists based on your DNA. To create the playlist, you’...
Guerrilla Street Food
January 25, 2019
Tucked into the eastern sector of the Delmar Loop is one of three locations of the only Filipino restaurant currently open in St. Louis. Guerrilla Street Food began in 2011 as a Filipino food truck with trendy twists. Eventually, they opened three brick and mortar locations and are currently planning to o...
They Shall Not Grow Old
Luka Bassnett, Reporter
January 21, 2019
2018 was a year of anniversaries. The year marked the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, 50 years since the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, and 50 years since the crew of Apollo 8, circling the Moon, snapped their famous ‘Earthrise’ photo. However, w...
Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ashley Chung, Opinion Section Editor
January 17, 2019
When I first heard of Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I was completely not interested. I had not heard much about the plot, and I was not too interested in an animated superhero film. In my head, I equated an animated superhero film to either a Disney movie or an old-fashioned Saturday morning cartoon. I tho...
Blaze Pizza
January 15, 2019
Filed under Digital Display, Food, Reviews
The tempting smell of oven fire pizza was one of the first thing we noticed when entering Blaze Pizza. Walking into the cozy restaurant was refreshing. The air was warm, a refreshing feeling compared to the frigid weather outside the door. The decor of the restaurant was very modern, with black cushi...
The Hate U Give
Shane LaGesse, Reporter
January 11, 2019
The subjects of racism and police brutality are becoming ever more prevalent in our modern day society. Both matters, along with many others, are main focuses in the movie The Hate U Give, directed by George Tillman Jr. The movie received extremely positive results, grossing over 26 million dolla...
The Rise of SoundCloud
January 10, 2019
Filed under Features, Music, People
Since 2008, Soundcloud has allowed new up and coming artists to release their content with minimal effort. Like YouTube, many musicians post their projects onto SoundCloud with hopes of being “discovered." This website, and smartphone app, created in 2014, is growing more popular each day, especial...
Levant
Kaitlin Bates, Reporter
January 8, 2019
On Euclid Avenue in the Central West End, you will find one of the few Syrian-inspired restaurants in the city. Levant, started by Chef Ahmad Hammed, is named after the region Levant in the middle east, which contains Syria, Palestine, and Israel. The restaurant opened earlier this year and strives t...
Bohemian Rhapsody
December 13, 2018
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was released Nov. 2 in the US, featuring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. As a huge Queen fan, I went into the theatre with very high hopes. Sadly, I was rather disappointed. The movie’s introduction shows the preparation for Live Aid, a concert that was held to raise funds to provide rel...
Michael Melinger, Chief Photo Editor
April 18, 2019
(Want to get this briefing by email? Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/y3lwfrgv) Good morning, In the inaugural Globe newsletter, we are covering the landslide board...
