And then there were....???

Here's our recent list and here's our dilemma.    Note the question marks next to Giovanni's.


Places we have eaten:

• 2nd Shift Brewery

• Adrianna's

• Amaghetti's

• Anthonino's Taverna

• Cha,Cha,Chow

• Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate

• Dominic's

• Favazza's

• Five Bistro

• Gaslight

• Gelato di Riso

• Gioia's

• Guido's Pizza

• Joe Fassi's

• Joey B's

• J.Smugs GastroPit

• Leo Oldani Sausage (Eovaldi's Deli)

• Mama Toscano

• Mama's on the Hill

• Milo's

• Missouri Baking

• Mona's

• Rigazzi's

• Shaw’s Coffee

• Steve's Hot Dogs

• Vitale's Bakery

• Viviano's 

• Zia's

Places we have left to eat at:

• Charlie Gitto's 
• GianTony's
• Giovanni's ???
• Lorenzo's
• Marconi Bakery
• Pop's Blue Moon

On a recent visit to The Hill, Mel and I dropped by - Giovanni's.

This is because on January 25, just a few weeks into our Hill of a Year quest, Giovanni's caught fire.

Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com

So we decided to check on the progress this past week to gauge how soon we might be eating there.

And this is what we found.

Still boarded up with no real indication of opening anytime in 2017.






We saw a permit for a dumpster to be placed outside, posted in the window.

This, however, does not indicate if the restaurant will even open again.  It only indicates an attempt to clean things up a bit.

So, we shall see.  If Giovanni's opens prior to Dec. 31, 2017, we will include it.  But, things don't look good for this restaurant contributing to our 'Hill of a Year."