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Ian Froeb

@ianfroeb.bsky.social

St. Louis Post-Dispatch restaurant critic. Orioles fan. Dad. Progress, not perfection.

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St. Louis! Sometimes all you can do is laugh.ℒ️

10.08.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

VS Naipaul

09.08.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhere do these stairs go?” β€œThey go up”

08.08.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Liquor license application notice for a business called Elevation by Krena posted on glass front door

Liquor license application notice for a business called Elevation by Krena posted on glass front door

Looks like something possibly called Elevation by Krena is moving into the former Bulrush space on Washington

07.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

every energy drink has cough-medicine flavor at its innermost heart, Celsius just obscures it better, but Robitussin will out

06.08.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑

06.08.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My solemn pledge to you as I ramp up my Video Content for the Post-Dispatch (stay tuned to the paper’s TikTok!) is that I will only post video of myself eating in my car to make fun of influencers who do so

06.08.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚β˜ οΈ

05.08.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll take it, work vending is out

05.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vacation is over over: created the master STL 100 spreadsheet for 2026

05.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

He was literally the first person I emailed after she told me

05.08.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting people to acknowledge Nolan lost the fight is Derrick Goold’s white whale

05.08.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First spot that comes to mind for setting and good food is Bellwether

05.08.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SHE DID NOT TELL ME THIS UNTIL TODAY. WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER ALMOST 24 YEARS

05.08.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

SHE DID NOT TELL ME THIS UNTIL TODAY. WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER ALMOST 24 YEARS

05.08.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😭 My favorite team just traded my favorite player, this is not how I wanted to feel 10 years old again 😭

31.07.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I know, @lonesometoast.bsky.social broke the news upon my return from a snack and gas run

30.07.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Drove 10 hours today, still not home. Hope I didn’t miss any STL news!

30.07.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ATTN @anniezaleski.bsky.social

29.07.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Willson Contreras shared this on Instagram yesterday:

27.07.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

The trade deadline requires sober analysis of present chances versus future prospects, sir. The franchise is in good hands.

25.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries

20.07.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8207    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 349    πŸ“Œ 172

Worst: Rise of Skywalker. Most egregious combination of cynicism, incompetence and corporate callowness I can recall

Most overrated (commercial): Oppenheimer

Most overrated (art house): Madeline’s Madeline

20.07.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have heard the fables many times in my years in STL but have finally seen it with mine own eyes: people playing tennis in the TGP grass courts, many, in pristine tennis whites

20.07.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
20.07.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
20.07.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

They should turn on StatCast for an inning

20.07.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s the second inning and I already feel like I’m on drugs

20.07.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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