So did we ever figure out what the dress code is... Is it the same for dinner and the lounge?
^No t-shirts, jerseys, shorts or sneakers, and no flips and/or flops. Generally, business casual or better, but jeans are apparently ok.
Yes.
Yes.
The dress code is not as strict as everyone would think, a nice piar of shoes and jeans would be nice. Just like you would dress to go to napoli in clayton. FYI Flip flops are ok, we are just trying to keep the knuckleheads out, so people can enjoy the space. As far as jerseys go this is not patty o or als so we dont allow them.
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fifteen wrote:The dress code is not as strict as everyone would think, a nice piar of shoes and jeans would be nice. Just like you would dress to go to napoli in clayton. FYI Flip flops are ok, we are just trying to keep the knuckleheads out, so people can enjoy the space. As far as jerseys go this is not patty o or als so we dont allow them.
Excellent!
I would also ban baseball caps worn indoors for additional "knucklehead" protection.
Also, is there a difference on the patio? Personally, I'm not going to wear long pants on the patio when it is 90 degrees.
I need to get by there soon.
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I agree. I don't think it's too much to ask for people to put away their Bo Hart jerseys for one night.
I was just checking out the web site - the menu looks great.
I agree. I don't think it's too much to ask for people to put away their Bo Hart jerseys for one night.
I was just checking out the web site - the menu looks great.
People still own Bo Hart jerseys? I would have thought they gave them up after the Cards dumped him last year. Gotta love Cards fans, they'll rip Pujols for not running out ground balls, despite the fact he's been instructed by the trainers to do so, yet they laude a guy like Hart who was great for about 2 weeks, when all he saw were fastballs, and then fell off the face of the earth.
EDIT: I forgot, I was actually gonna type something about 15.
The dress code thing sounds like its appropriate, and I agree with the baseball hat thing. Although I do think that not all hats should be outlawed, or whatever.
EDIT: I forgot, I was actually gonna type something about 15.
The dress code thing sounds like its appropriate, and I agree with the baseball hat thing. Although I do think that not all hats should be outlawed, or whatever.
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trent wrote:The dress code thing sounds like its appropriate, and I agree with the baseball hat thing. Although I do think that not all hats should be outlawed, or whatever.
I would allow hats for women, who are generally more fashion conscious than men. But no man should wear a hat of any kind indoors. Ever.
I wouldn't mind seeing the fedora or something like that. If you have a hat check, I would agree that it should be taken off indoors...but most places don't have that anymore.
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The Central Scrutinizer wrote:trent wrote:The dress code thing sounds like its appropriate, and I agree with the baseball hat thing. Although I do think that not all hats should be outlawed, or whatever.
I would allow hats for women, who are generally more fashion conscious than men. But no man should wear a hat of any kind indoors. Ever.
Except for cowpokes...they bring the outdoors indoors.
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trent wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing the fedora or something like that. If you have a hat check, I would agree that it should be taken off indoors...but most places don't have that anymore.
And most people don't wear fedoras any more either, so it's kind of a moot point.
Expat wrote:I am with CS on this one. Hats off indoors for men. Period.
One of my old hang outs in the 80's - Gildersleeve's (now The Brick, at Broadway and President) - had the "no hat" rule. The owner, John, once told me it was to keep the hoosiers out. And it worked! And while t-shirts were ok, "Busch" (and other beer) t-shirts were also banned for the same reason.
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The Central Scrutinizer wrote:And most people don't wear fedoras any more either, so it's kind of a moot point.
I suppose fedora-wearing gents are always welcome at The Royale.
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fifteen wrote:The dress code is not as strict as everyone would think, a nice piar of shoes and jeans would be nice. Just like you would dress to go to napoli in clayton. FYI Flip flops are ok, we are just trying to keep the knuckleheads out, so people can enjoy the space. As far as jerseys go this is not patty o or als so we dont allow them.
As I've said before, I think this dress code is a good move. Will it be different for the patio, though? Just curious...
BTW, it's good to have your input here, and thanks for wading through all those pages of sartorial commentary to keep us up to date about Fifteen! The menu looks great, and I look forward to checking the place out soon!
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So found myself down at 15 on Saturday...
Wow. What a spread. The dinning room looks great (didn't eat just met some peeps there), the lounge is extremely cool, and the wait staff...well they are extremely talented and in all honesty I havn't seen that many amazing stems since my sister got waterford champagne flutes for a wedding present...holy GOD!
The patio is also very nice, though it was a little warm to be cranking 2 gas fireplaces...I persevered in the name of talent scouting.
The upstairs portion won;t be open for a week or 2 from what I understood.
I encourage people to check this out...very chic. Most other upscale digs to shame. Mandarin might be the only one close, with its roof patio, but the whole zen buddhist vibe/decor' for a nightblub seems oxymoronic, cheesy and superflourous when compared to this well laid out, uber-contemporary space. It doesn't need a theme, it just is. And damn is it cool. I soon as I graduate to a higher level of pretend millionaire, I will spend all my money here.
Wow. What a spread. The dinning room looks great (didn't eat just met some peeps there), the lounge is extremely cool, and the wait staff...well they are extremely talented and in all honesty I havn't seen that many amazing stems since my sister got waterford champagne flutes for a wedding present...holy GOD!
The patio is also very nice, though it was a little warm to be cranking 2 gas fireplaces...I persevered in the name of talent scouting.
The upstairs portion won;t be open for a week or 2 from what I understood.
I encourage people to check this out...very chic. Most other upscale digs to shame. Mandarin might be the only one close, with its roof patio, but the whole zen buddhist vibe/decor' for a nightblub seems oxymoronic, cheesy and superflourous when compared to this well laid out, uber-contemporary space. It doesn't need a theme, it just is. And damn is it cool. I soon as I graduate to a higher level of pretend millionaire, I will spend all my money here.
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I ate dinner here last thursday... The dining experience was more formal than I had expected and the food was pretty good (mostly). The decor and the lounge were very nice. I can see this place doing really well but have my researvations about them needing to open the Club upstairs.
My wife and I dined here last Friday. Very nice. My wife's steak was absolutely fantastic. I had the cod - some of the best cod I've had ... only problem was that it was still cod. But that was my bad call for ordering it. Salads were good, too. Dessert was amazing (go for the trio of ice cream sandwiches).
Anyway, very nice atmosphere, especially after Jimmy Edmonds showed up with his family. We'll definitely be going back, and bringing friends.
Anyway, very nice atmosphere, especially after Jimmy Edmonds showed up with his family. We'll definitely be going back, and bringing friends.
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Sooooo, what kind of bribe would it take to get my very soon to be ex-wife banned from F15eteen?
She's a huuuuge Jimmy E fan (startling, huh? so few STL women are
) & always claimed to be a huge steak fan. Although she would only order a steak about once a year & it had to be the Soulard Tucker's.
When this place was first talked about I always planned to take her there opening night, but before it could get built she decided she didn't wanna be married anymore.
Boy, it'd really be a shame if she couldn't get in now.
ETA:
Oh, crap! I just remembered that she joined urbanstl when I did 2 years ago. Ehhh, I think I'm in the clear. I don't think she's ever posted here before. She probably hasn't even lurked for the past 2 years either. I'll take my chnaces.
She's a huuuuge Jimmy E fan (startling, huh? so few STL women are
) & always claimed to be a huge steak fan. Although she would only order a steak about once a year & it had to be the Soulard Tucker's.When this place was first talked about I always planned to take her there opening night, but before it could get built she decided she didn't wanna be married anymore.
Boy, it'd really be a shame if she couldn't get in now.
ETA:
Oh, crap! I just remembered that she joined urbanstl when I did 2 years ago. Ehhh, I think I'm in the clear. I don't think she's ever posted here before. She probably hasn't even lurked for the past 2 years either. I'll take my chnaces.
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^ Just tell her that she HAS to wear her J.E. jersey to get in . . . 
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Grover wrote:^ Just tell her that she HAS to wear her J.E. jersey to get in . . .
That would require my speaking to her, something I'd rather not do.
I was hoping this could be done a little bit more "on the sly."
Hmmm, thinking strategically now, maybe plotting like this on a public forum that she is a member of isn't the best course of action. I need a plan with a bit more stealth.
Check out the Grand opening of the Nightclub and Lounge on Nov. 3rd http://www.kaygeedesign.com/eblast/15/stl.html
PD Review of F15teen:
"Maybe I just wasn't paying really close attention, but I didn't think a whole lot about baseball while dining at F15teen. Had I not known that the restaurant was co-owned by Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds (uniform No. 15), I don't think I would have picked up on that fact once I set foot in the place.
An aside: Because of my deep-seated parental rage against the spelling of Sk8er Boi — no doubt amplified by having to hear that song at least three times an hour when it was at its peak on the charts — we will henceforth refer to the local restaurant as Fifteen and avoid the alphanumeric idiosyncrasies of its preferred logotype.
Anyway, I'll grant that I didn't spend a lot of time walking around the rather sprawling layout of Fifteen. What was once a car showroom has been meticulously renovated into a lovely, two-story dining room, capped by its original red pressed-tin ceiling, that seats only about 60. A corridor of the vintage-1890 building leads to a bar-lounge-nightclub area in the rear, and a patio, complete with outdoor fireplace, runs up the side.
But I don't remember any baseball stuff at all. In fact, the only celebrity tie-in we experienced at Fifteen was purely coincidental: As we sat at the far end of one of the banquettes, I looked out the window to see Channel 5 newscaster Art Holliday perfectly silhouetted by the fireplace, sipping a cocktail.
Thus, my lasting impressions were less of flash and personality and more of a commendable willingness to singlehandedly transform an underdeveloped downtown block, a memorable interior design and, most important, a menu that's affordable and approachable but with more than enough unexpected tweaks and twists to elevate it above a simple celebrity steakhouse."
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/3cs2rh
By the way, I really enjoy reading Joe's reviews. His vivid descriptions and use of the language capture and convey the essence of the experience to the reader.
"Maybe I just wasn't paying really close attention, but I didn't think a whole lot about baseball while dining at F15teen. Had I not known that the restaurant was co-owned by Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds (uniform No. 15), I don't think I would have picked up on that fact once I set foot in the place.
An aside: Because of my deep-seated parental rage against the spelling of Sk8er Boi — no doubt amplified by having to hear that song at least three times an hour when it was at its peak on the charts — we will henceforth refer to the local restaurant as Fifteen and avoid the alphanumeric idiosyncrasies of its preferred logotype.
Anyway, I'll grant that I didn't spend a lot of time walking around the rather sprawling layout of Fifteen. What was once a car showroom has been meticulously renovated into a lovely, two-story dining room, capped by its original red pressed-tin ceiling, that seats only about 60. A corridor of the vintage-1890 building leads to a bar-lounge-nightclub area in the rear, and a patio, complete with outdoor fireplace, runs up the side.
But I don't remember any baseball stuff at all. In fact, the only celebrity tie-in we experienced at Fifteen was purely coincidental: As we sat at the far end of one of the banquettes, I looked out the window to see Channel 5 newscaster Art Holliday perfectly silhouetted by the fireplace, sipping a cocktail.
Thus, my lasting impressions were less of flash and personality and more of a commendable willingness to singlehandedly transform an underdeveloped downtown block, a memorable interior design and, most important, a menu that's affordable and approachable but with more than enough unexpected tweaks and twists to elevate it above a simple celebrity steakhouse."
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/3cs2rh
By the way, I really enjoy reading Joe's reviews. His vivid descriptions and use of the language capture and convey the essence of the experience to the reader.