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Dining St. Louis: Special Spotlight
Bissell Mansion Restaurant and
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
Presents
The Field of Schemes
Through July 2010
In a cornfield in the middle of Iowa is a magical baseball field, The Field of Schemes. During the most exciting baseball season of all, disaster strikes! The baseball owners and agents make a move to own the Field. The players counter with a strike! They just want to be free to play the game for the sheer pleasure of it. The owners panic! No baseball! Lost revenue! The two sides at war! Doom for the game!
A miracle! Farmer Ray Kindfella, rumored to be the conjurer of The Field of Schemes, arranges a single contest to settle this conflict - The Grand Game! The greatest players from the past, present, and the future will compete against each other in the ultimate baseball game.
Meet Ty Clodd, Stan "The Man" Musical, Pete Pansy, and the other greats from the past team up with the future baseball stars - Pretty Mean Shirley, Ruth The Babe, and LuLu Gehrig. Throw in some superstars of today such as Mark McChoir, Sammy SoSo, and Gregg Madd Ox and you have all the makings for the game of the century!
Tragedy strikes! Death pays a visit to The Field of Schemes. MURDER! Ray Kindfella strikes out forever. Now that Ray is dead, will his wife, Annie, loose the farm? Will the Grand Game be played? Will Ray's killer be caught?
Come to the Bissell Mansion Dinner Theatre and help the legendry Sam Spud, Iowa's greatest and only detective, solve the crime and help Annie Kindfella save The Field of Schemes. Make your reservations now by calling 314-533-9830 or 1-800-690-9838. Bissell Mansion at 314-533-9830 or 1-800-690-9838.
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Gulf Oil Spill May Have Dramatic Impact on Restaurants
ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), May 4, 2010 - The National Restaurant Association has released the following statement from Hudson Riehle, Senior Vice President of the Research and Knowledge Group:
"The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its impact on the cost and availability of food arrives amidst a backdrop of already rising food costs for the restaurant industry. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, average wholesale food prices were up 7 percent in the 12 months ending March 2010, with individual commodities posting substantially higher gains: fresh vegetables (+85%), unprocessed fin fish (+48%), fresh fruits (+29%), pork (+19%), beef and veal (+11%), and dairy (+10%).
"With rising food costs squeezing already tight margins, most restaurant operators have been keeping menu price increases to a minimum, in order to compete for consumers' limited disposable income in the challenging economic environment. According to the Association's Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey, menu prices registered a 0.5 percent average increase in the 12 months ending March 2010, an extremely modest 12-month gain by historical standards.
"The impact of the oil spill on the restaurant industry will likely be two-fold. First, the closing of commercial fisheries along the Gulf Coast will impact the supply and price of seafood for restaurants nationwid the summer travel season, this impact could be serious for the communities that are directly impacted.
"Although it is too early to quantify what this means for the restaurant industry in dollar terms, the impact will grow with each day that the situation continues."
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