Restaurateur Salvador Alonso, who has been operating El Jalapeno in Anna, IL for the past 12 years, is planning to open El Burro Loco at 313 N. Euclid, above. In a phone conversation with Alonso today, he said he expects it will take approximately three months to open his authentic Mexican restaurant in the CWE. …
Category: Food and Drink
Neighborhood-favorite Kopperman’s changes ownership
This past Monday, Sanford Rich, above, handed the keys to Kopperman's (located at 386 N. Euclid) over to Brian Shearrer and Darin Jenkins of Tower Grove South's Hartford Coffee Company. When we visited Sunday afternoon, Sanford said he couldn't ask for a better ending to his 31-year run in the restaurant business. He describes the…
Stop by the CWE Flea Saturday
Put the CWE Flea on your "must do," "can't miss" list for this Saturday! The videos were taken as we were setting up for the July 5 Flea (someday I'll learn to keep my mouth shut when filming), and later in the day as the crowd started to build, below. Thirteen-plus vendors will be…