Food Entrepreneurship

Chef Juwan Rice is photographed on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in the dining room of his first brick-and-mortar restaurant, Rated Test Kitchen. When the restaurant opens, it will operate as a café during the day, and by night an elevated dinner club that offers a seven-course menu. Juwan hopes the space will serve as a “culinary playground” for chefs and mixologists, and that it plays a role in revitalizing its downtown St. Louis block.

How chef Juwan Rice aims to push the boundaries of St. Louis' culinary scene

Emily Woodbury

Rated Test Kitchen’s menu will be experimental and fuse many cultures, flavors, textures and presentations — while sourcing most of the ingredients locally.

An employee brings food to customers outside Indo on Tower Grove Avenue on March 20, 2020.

Economy & Business

Fee Caps, Tip Transparency For Food Delivery Apps Win Approval From St. Louis Board

Kae M. Petrin

Popular delivery apps such as UberEats, GrubHub and DoorDash might soon be more transparent about restaurant fees and driver pay for orders in St.…

Melanie Meyer is the chef and co-owner of Party Bear Pizza and Tiny Chef at The Silver Ballroom.

Economy & Business

St. Louis Restaurateurs Navigate Delivery Service Fees, Reopening

Emily Woodbury

The pandemic has led to an increased demand for food delivery services, like DoorDash and Postmates. In March, Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it would…

Sarah Schlafly, co-founder of Mighty Cricket, measures cricket powder on March 14, 2019 for a batch of dark cocoa oatmeal at Urban Eats Cafe.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Startup Puts Crickets On The Breakfast Table

Shahla Farzan

Sarah Schlafly isn’t squeamish when it comes to eating insects.For her, crickets are just “land shrimp.”The St. Louis-based entrepreneur co-founded Mighty…

Economy & Business

Saint Louis University kitchen gives entrepreneurs recipe for success

Maria Altman

Saint Louis University’s Shared Use Kitchen is helping food entrepreneurs take a crack at starting their own businesses.Housed in the basement of the…

Economy & Business

Social entrepreneurs in St. Louis lead the way in learning to do well while doing good

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 20, 2012 - A house of worship seems an unlikely spot to host a bakery.Yet at Sts. Teresa and…

Arts

Sweet success: PR executive quits his job to make chocolate for a living

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: November 9, 2008 - Brian Pelletier was putting in long days and flying around the world in his…