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“ Stan Kroenke took the Rams and just made it a terrible team. He made it very hard to watch. Then when he left the city, he said what a horrible people we were, that we didn’t have enough money to support a league, that we were broke and ugly and all kinds of nasty things. So to have everybody here ... We’re all Blues fans. We’re all Cardinals fans, and now we’re all BattleHawks fans.”

PHOTO BY THEO WELLING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER Bar Bones Searching for new life among south city’s failed gin joints, dried-up watering holes and maybe, possibly available bars Cover photo of the old Fat Richie’s by TRENTON ALMGREN-DAVIS

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Hartmann 7 Let’s send MO’s cigarette tax burning up the charts

News

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Feature

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Calendar 18 Noir at the Bar | Or | Head Over Heels | Art in Bloom | La Fanciulla del West | Tokyo Godfathers | Mid States Hockey Tournament

Film Greed

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Cafe 23 Winslow’s Table Short Orders 29 Stephan Ledbetter at Re-Voaked Sandwiches | Cinder Bar | Nomad | Steve’s Hot Dogs

Publisher Chris Keating Editor in Chief Doyle Murphy

EDITORIAL Managing Editor Liz Miller Arts & Culture Editor Paul Friswold Music Editor Daniel Hill Digital Editor Jaime Lees Staff Writer Danny Wicentowski Restaurant Critic Cheryl Baehr Film Critic Robert Hunt Columnist Ray Hartmann Contributing Writers Jeanette Cooperman, Thomas Crone, Mike Fitzgerald, Joseph Hess, Robert Hunt, MaryAnn Johanson, Roy Kasten, KE Luther, Bob McMahon, Christian Schaeffer, Ymani Wince Proofreader Evie Hemphill Editorial Interns Trenton Almgren-Davis, Kristen Farrah, Hanna Holthaus, Jenna Jones, Monica Obradovic

ART Art Director Evan Sult Contributing Photographers Virginia Harold, Monica Mileur, Zia Nizami, Andy Paulissen, Nick Schnelle, Mabel Suen, Theo Welling, Jen West

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