bon vivant (bôn vê vän‘). French. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment, especially fine food and drink. [syn: epicure, gourmet]

Just want to give a shout out to one of our customer’s who sell Goshen Coffee. We geek out periodically and look at our web site traffic statistics. Bon Vivant sends folks our way from their web site. Thanks guys! Just want to let everyone know that if you are down south of e-ville and need some quality beers or wine. These are your folks.

Bon Vivant Wines
123 S. Main
Columbia, IL 62236
618.281.3464
email: bonvivantwines@gmail.com

April is for Sauce Magazine, too!

The Tattooer, the Baker, the Apple Tart Maker: Matt Herren and Debbie Sultan live big in a small town • by April Seager is the recent cover article in the April 2008 issue of the magazine. April, April, April…mmmmmm.

http://www.saucemagazine.com/article/1/199

We are very excited to have such a great article about our place in the St. Louis foodie publication. Check out the article online or pick up a copy of the magazine at the bakery. (You bet we’ll have a stack of ‘em). Thanks Sauce… we can always use a little extra ink.

Last night we were invited to a “Chef’s Dinner” in St. Louis with all the top Chef’s in the Metro region. Among all amazing people we met, Gerard Craft of Niche was present. Gerard was written up in the February 2008 FOOD and WINE magazine.

The chef and owner of Niche and the adjoining Veruca Bakeshop & Café, Gerard Craft, 28, began his career washing dishes in a pool hall in Salt Lake City. His love of cooking led him to take a job at Bistro Toujours, one of the city’s top restaurants, under Bryan Moscatello (a Best New Chef 2003). Craft held positions at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles under Mohammad Islam and the Metropolitan in Salt Lake City under Perry Hendrix. He moved to St. Louis in 2005 to open Niche, which is in a converted warehouse in the Benton Park area. Menu standouts are a “Bacon and Eggs” sandwich of braised pork belly, buttery brioche and an oozing poached egg.

It is great work people like this that is making St. Louis - a great food town.

Thanks Gerard and Congrats on the write-up.

Make a trip to Niche soon.
NICHE
1831 Sidney St.
St. Louis, MO 63104
314.773.7755

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