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University City Children’s Center hosts annual ‘Block Party’

By Laurie Skrivan // February 2, 2024 |Defne Rfat, 4, builds a tower with her parents Mustafa and Nazli Rfat on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at the University City Children’s Center. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected] Laurie Skrivan, Post-DispatchIris Williams, 3, catches Zara Hill-Winn off guard by knocking the tower they…

Jessica BuelerFebruary 2, 2024

U City in The News

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

U City in The News

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

U City in The News

Boogyz Donuts owner modifies bagel aspirations for doughnut-obsessed St. Louis

Ian Froeb | Oct 15, 2020 Maybe someday St. Louis will be a bagel town. Not necessarily a great bagel town like New York or Montreal — I’m not delusional — but a better bagel town than it is now. (Wipe away that towering schmear of cream cheese and stare…

Jessica BuelerOctober 15, 2020