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Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

Ok. Just don't want to scare anybody from coming on and sharing...



If I were Lester, I'd open the next one with a 3 am. Just far enough to not compete with the first one, but close enough for the original crowd to have one more. Isn't the Cheshire a 3am space? He should just buy the place.

marc buxton wrote:

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

No, Lester backed out after somebody wrote something bad about him in the Post and he reacted like a spoiled child by killing the deal.

marc buxton wrote:

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

Ok. Just don't want to scare anybody from coming on and sharing...



If I were Lester, I'd open the next one with a 3 am. Just far enough to not compete with the first one, but close enough for the original crowd to have one more. Isn't the Cheshire a 3am space? He should just buy the place.

The part of the Cheshire Inn on the city line was 3am. The Fox and Hounds bar that's in the hotel is on the county side of the line and closes at 1am.



The old Hi Pointe Bar tried to get a 3am license but the Cheshire bar owners would get all the area residents to block their request.



The old Cheshire Lodge bar used to do killer business because it was a place for county kids to get a after 1am drink without having to go downtown and pay for parking. But when Halo Bar and Pin Up Bowl opened some of the Cheshire Lodge's business went there.

Isn't there a commercial development going into the northwester corner of McCausland/40? Is that the city or county?

Grover wrote:Is reddragon running F15teen? By the way, that's just damn hard to read. I will not lament the demise of restaurant names like this.

trent wrote:I read that as F1 Steen!



Are they going to feature racing?

Wow, I read it as F15 Teen! I had surmised a theme of pubescent pilots.

Grover wrote:^ It's not that I'm not grateful - it's just a suggestion. Sheesh - leave your sensitivities at the log-in!



Is Lester still considering the Hi-Pointe area? There are some GREAT areas in the city where he would do a killing! It's good that he seems somewhat cautious - his endeavors are succeeding wildly!

You referring to the Cheshire Inn? No, he apparently backed out of it as a result of hyper-sensitivity. He heard some critiques on a radio program he didn't take a liking to, and backed out. This from the guy that posted a full-page ad in the PD after receiving a less than stellar initial review for Busch's Grove. I suppose you can do that when you're a multi-millionaire.



BTW, Lester's is fantastic and full of Cougars.

innov8ion wrote: This from the guy that posted a full-page ad in the PD after receiving a less than stellar initial review for Busch's Grove. I suppose you can do that when you're a multi-millionaire.

Really? I thought he was just complimenting me on my reportorial skills.

^ Hey, apparently it's a great way to increase the bottom line in advertising revenue. Great thinking!

^That's funny.



Also, I wouldn't call the food at Lesters 'Bar Food'. To me, bar food is what Flannery's serves. It's unspectacular, something that puts sustenance in your stomach. Nothing more.



Lesters food is really good.

15 was pretty packed on Saturday night. very cool space, I really enjoyed the outdoor area. The place is huge, but is broken into individual areas nicely. I met one of the munchkins from Wizard of Oz, random. He told me his movie line, pretty cool stuff.

I was by as well Sat. night .. great for Midtown ( east ) ..need more

people looking to this area as a destination and this is the type of establishment will help!



i look forward to many more visits!

This is a start, along with Simply Fondue, Nectar, Pepper Lounge and Schlafly Tap Room, as well as the new residences, to connect downtown to midtown.

Fifteen is getting ripped for having a dress code that doesn't allow any sports team apparel.



http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=485587

dweebe wrote:Fifteen is getting ripped for having a dress code that doesn't allow any sports team apparel.



http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=485587

on a weekend night, i have no problem with this. I hope they ban jorts too!

standard dress code probably



dress to impress

no jerseys

no athletic shoes

no shorts

collared shirts

no hats

no sandals

no ripped jeans

bpe235 wrote:standard dress code probably



dress to impress

no jerseys

no athletic shoes

no shorts

collared shirts

no hats

no sandals

no ripped jeans

Good. Frankly, we need more places with dress codes like this, not less. As someone in Bernie's Pressbox said, those that have a problem with this can always go to Hrabosky's Tool Shed instead.

I was at F15teen Sunday night a took a couple pics - sorry you can't see more of the place . . . (sorry, I really couldn't resist!)















By the way, as I was leaving some Hoosier Cubs fan was getting irate outside because they wouldn't let him in. He was wearing a jersey and cap.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

dweebe wrote:Fifteen is getting ripped for having a dress code that doesn't allow any sports team apparel.



http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=485587

That's a good way to keep the hoosiers out, which is probably what they are after. I would also ban baseball caps.

Don't you think it is just the least bit absurd, not to mention pecuniarily fatuous, for a bar/restaurant establishment, within walking distance of Busch Stadium and owned by a Cardinals player, to have a dress code that would effectively exclude 99% of Cardinals fans on game days?

^ It's not really the type of place one would go to directly after a game and it's about 18 blocks from the stadium - pretty much no one is going to be walking there from the ballpark.

Whats wrong with sandals? I go out a lot with a nice looking shirt, jeans and sandals on in the summer.

trent wrote:Whats wrong with sandals? I go out a lot with a nice looking shirt, jeans and sandals on in the summer.

It's not as much the sandals as the black socks you wear with them.