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Noboru Kidera of Nobu’s is the 2023 Post-Dispatch chef of the year

BY IAN FROEB // Dec 22, 2023 |These nigiri are just one part of Nobu’s omakase dinner, a multicourse menu Kidera selects for you, from composed sashimi dishes to simply cooked fish to crunchy tempura. Kidera himself might chat with you a little, though as he explained on my visits,…

Jessica BuelerDecember 22, 2023

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Ian Froeb’s STL 100: The best St. Louis restaurants of 2023

BY IAN FROEB// OCTOBER 30, 2023 | This year, the STL 100 is all the way back. Here you will find a new list of 100 restaurants, many of which have returned from the 2022 edition — but not all. Back to dining full time, I spent more time exploring…

Jessica BuelerOctober 30, 2023

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Relocated, reinvented Nobu’s is one of St. Louis’ best new restaurants in years

Ian Froeb | Feb 17, 2023 | Noboru Kidera, the eponymous 74-year-old chef of Nobu’s in the Delmar Loop, likely won’t say much while you eat dinner at his sushi restaurant. He will greet you and now and then make some small talk. He will ask if you liked a…

Jessica BuelerFebruary 17, 2023