On Thu 10 Feb 2005 07:28:45a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Thu 10 Feb 2005 01:49:01a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>> AFAIK, Miss Hulling's is still going strong in the downtown area. I
>>> used to eat there often when I lived in the city. Their cakes and
>>> pies are excellent at dessert time. I am not sure if there are other
>>> Miss Hulling's restaurants in St. Louis besides the downtown store. I
>>> used to go to Alfred Solomon's in Memphis. I think it closed a few
>>> years ago.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> I could be wrong, but I was told by a native STLsian that the original
>> Miss Hulling's closed years ago, then was opened again by different
>> owners. The original opened in the early 1940s. We lived there from
>> 1948 to 1956. I don't remember Alfred Solomon's in Memphis, but
>> Britling's closed years ago.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>
> This is where I used to live. Some of those restaurants are/were owned
> by friends of mine. I also have friends that own art galleries and
> restaurants in the Washington Street area right in downtown St. Louis.
>
> http://www.bitestl.com/centwend.htm
>
> I can not seem to find any info on Miss Hulling's downtown. I don't know
> if it is still open. I'll research some more on it.
>
> Michael
>

Thanks, Michael. Interesting... When I was a little kid, we lived in
Clayton and then in Creve Coeur. My parents used to take me to Medart's in
Clayton.
http://www.cheshirelodge.com/AboutCh.htm

Wayne