Buckle up, the news of the day is coming your way. That was an unintentional rhyme, but anyway: a developer for the Millennium Hotel has been chosen and we have some renderings, a trip to the DMV could get pricier and Post-Dispatch restaurant critic Ian Froeb tells you about some delicious food.Â
The Cordish Cos., the company that developed Ballpark Village, is proposing to demolish the Millennium Hotel for new housing, office, entertainment and other amenities in downtown ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ as depicted in this digital rendering.Â
Drum roll, please. The developer chosen to remake the Millennium Hotel is none other than...Cordish Cos., the firm that developed Ballpark Village with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cardinals.
- The preliminary plan from Cordish Cos is to include "upscale" housing, top office space, public spaces, an amphitheater, a food hall, event space, a potential home for the Gateway Arch National Park's archives, pedestrian friendly spaces and art installations.
- The proposal total? $670 million.
- How are they paying for this? We have little details; officials said those details would be finalized as the project proceeds.
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Cordish Cos. Principal Blake Cordish called the opportunity a “once-in-a-generation moment.â€
Just when you thought the DMV couldn't get any worse, it may get pricier under a Senate plan.Â
- On Tuesday, lawmakers gave initial approval to a plan that would raise process fees by $3 per transaction.
- The move is an effort to attract and retain independent contractors who run the offices across the state.
- The senator who is sponsoring the proposal said the added fees are needed because inflation has driven up prices for labor and materials.
Shout out to the DMV workers, though. Sorry that everyone hates going to the DMV.
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The first true revelation of 2025 is here — and it's in St. Peters.
- Post-Dispatch restaurant critic Ian Froeb writes to not bother with predicting the new year's hottest dining trends because the first revelation of 2025 is a piece of Ricola-glazed pork. Yes, the Swiss candy and natural cough suppressant.
- This takes place at Bormio, located on the lower level of Noto Italian Restaurant.Â
- "Bormio’s food is as gorgeous as it is delicious," Froeb writes. "The Ricola-glazed coppa is the most striking example, but you don’t need to reach for your cough drops to understand how Bormio differs from the typical ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Italian restaurant."
Dish recommendation: Froeb writes "...chef Wayne Sieve plates Ricola-glazed coppa (a shoulder cut) atop beer-braised cabbage that retains its snap and vibrant purple hue. Ricola’s blend of 10 wild herbs, punched up with Braulio amaro, is the ideal accent for the pork’s sweet succulence, as bracing and resonant as notes through an Alpenhorn."
That's all from us today. We'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning.
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