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Saturday, March 16, 2013

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Tapas Restaurant Will Soon Serve Up Barbecue

Brewpub Heavy Riff Brewing Company won't be the only 'new' restaurant coming to the neighborhood. La Gra Italian Tapas is being transformed into Tamm Avenue Grill.

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  • Saturday, March 16

A tapas restaurant in Dogtown will soon be serving up sandwiches, pizza and barbecue, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.  Rusty Eubank, a former manager at Mile 277 in Sunset Hills, will be transforming the La Gra Italian Tapas space (1227 Tamm Ave.) into his new restaurant, called Tamm Avenue Grill, according to the report. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Just around the corner, brothers Jerid and Justin Safell are getting their new brewpub, Heavy Riff Brewing Company, ready for business.  Jerid told Patch that the pair have already received a nod for 'best beer' from Augusta Bottoms Beer Festival. Watch Jerid's recent interview on the Bill & Frantz Show, and his plans for St. Patrick's Day in Dogtown. 

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Mile 277 Tap & Grill (in Sunset Hills-Crestwood Patch) and Dogtown Brewpub to Open Soon (in Maplewood-Brentwood Patch)

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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News Nearby: New Brew Pub to Open in Dogtown

Heavy Riff Brewing Company is the dream of two brothers.

Two brothers have pooled their talents, and are working to open Heavy Riff Brewing Company, at 6413 Clayton Avenue in Dogtown. The 4,000 square foot brew pub is east of the Hi-Pointe Theatre in an old grocery store. Jerid Safell, 31, worked for eight years for St. Louis University in medical purchasing. In the brewing business, he’s worked for six breweries and been head brewer, but didn't like someone telling him what to brew, and he didn't like that when he left he couldn't take his recipes with him. His brother Justin, 28, also had a corporate job. He brews too, but his talent is in running the business. He's a councilman in St. John, where they both live. “We started drinking beers one night, and said, why don’t we create an …

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Hi-Pointe Theatre (in Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch)

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