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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Phone Stacking Game Finds Followers in St. Louis Area

The new hot trend in dining has nothing to do with food.

We've all done it. Here’s my story: Last week, I was waiting for the boyfriend to arrive for our sushi date. Bored, I watched couples at the tables around me, but one in particular caught my eye. Two young women with full plates of tempura and bright pink-and-green cocktails spent their entire meal engrossed in (not each other, not their food, not their drinks, but...) their phones. I swear they hardly said a word to each other the entire 45 minutes I was waiting. (I was super early, he was a little late. Typical.) As they left and the boyfriend arrived, I filled him in on the their ghastly behavior, my voice dripping with judgment. After dinner, as we sat a bar waiting for our movie to start, I was halfway into a work email when my …

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Lindsay Toler

12:26 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2012

I saw that! That was shocking. The 'Marimba' ringtone went on for several minutes!   more ›

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Return of the Slider: Fenton White Castle Reopens Sunday

Fans of the square burger can’t wait for the restaurant’s grand opening, company officials say.

Lovers of the slider can rejoice. You no longer have to trek those many miles for what you crave: White Castle hamburgers, affectionately known as sliders. OK, so it was just over to the High Ridge White Castle, a total of 6.7 miles from the Fenton location at 1789 Bowles Ave. Still, White Castle fans are chomping at the bit. The Fenton White Castle has its grand reopening Sunday. The restaurant closed last winter so the hamburger chain could build a new building, with a new look, updated technology, and more comfort and flexibility in seating, said White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson, from the corporate office in Columbus, OH. “As a family-owned business, we believe in re-investing in our money in the community and for the …

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