On Wed 09 Feb 2005 08:13:18p, L, not -L wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> I agree about the influences. The building the STL M&E occupies is an
> historic building that was "saved" by conversion. It's the old Fur
> Exchange building, in a scenic location near the Mississippi, with a
> "mall" (the park kind, not shopping) and river view. A cafeteria had
> been in the location for years and this food is a definite step up from
> that.
>
> There are much better places to eat nearby, but at much higher cost.
> There are also much worse places to eat. I worked in downtown STL for
> 30 years and may have been happy with their food simply because it was
> not the same stuff I'd been eating for the past 30 years<grin>.
>
> For burgers in downtown STL, I'll go to Dooley's Irish Pub - and soon,
> now that I'm thinking about it
>

One of the two best cafeterias I ever ate in was in STL, called Miss
Hulling's. The other was Britling's in Memphis. Both back in the 1950s.

Wayne