Robert | Robert St. John

Rosedale

To be in the restaurant business and to live only 115 miles from one of the top three restaurant cities in America (#1 in my […]

Wandering Westward Vol. III

Life on the road is all about attitude. I have never minded road travel. I was raised by a single mom who funded our very […]

Notes from the Road: Westward Wandering Part II

JACKSON HOLE, WY— The wife and I have been on the road for nine days. Just two people, one truck, and way too much luggage. […]

Wandering Westward Vol. I

“Go west young man.” – Horace Greely ST. LOUIS— For the past several years I have spent three months each year touring guests and friends […]

Restaurant Mornings

“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” –Pablo Picasso Mornings are magical in an empty restaurant dining room. There is a different energy in […]

A Red Revival of the First Order

Birdwatching seems like a strange hobby to me, but I have friends who do it, and they are fine people. The appeal of knitting, origami, […]

Farewell. Thank you. Onward.

Last week was one of the most surreal, yet rewarding, weeks I have spent in my 38-year restaurant career. Tuesday through Saturday nights we said […]

A Heartfelt Farewell to An Old Friend

Today I am grateful. Some would think that closing a restaurant one has owned and operated for over 32 years would be grounds for despair […]

The Panhandle in the Pandemic

WATERCOLOR, FLA— When one reaches a certain age it’s easy to look back on life and see where periods of time— even moments in a […]

The Closing of K-Paul’s

Yesterday we lost a legend. No one died, but one of this nation’s most important restaurants closed permanently. The legendary New Orleans restaurant K-Paul’s will […]