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By Matt Sorrell // May 5, 2021
With St. Louis city and county green-lighting a return to full capacity and the public raring to get back out and hit the restaurant scene, the issue of securing enough staff to make it all happen is at the front of every restaurateur’s mind.
Scrolling through social media posts from area restaurants begging for applicants shows how desperate restaurant owners are to rebuild their staff and the extreme measures some are taking to do so. Some places are bumping up pay rates or offering signing bonuses. A dozen Central West End restaurants, including Yellowbelly, Pi Pizzeria, Salt + Smoke and Drunken Fish, even banded together for a neighborhood job fair, held on Monday, May 3, in an effort to attract applicants.
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Price: $$$ All of Drunken Fish s St. Louis locations have online ordering and pick up. Free delivery on oders over $50. Order at drunkenfish.com or call the location closest to you.
Audacious sushi creations in a mod lounge setting: The Drunken Fish is like one giant experiment to see just how sexy raw fish (and other Japanese food styles) can go. The house rolls throw together everything but the sushi mat: crab meat, radish sprouts, scallions, carrots, eel sauce, avocado, baked scallops, asparagus, tempura, mayonnaise and, oh yeah, sometimes rice too. Simpler preparations excel here, like the clean tuna tataki and steak teriyaki, the tempura vegetables and the ice cream-based desserts. As St. Louis latest stab at a bona fide sushi lounge, the Drunken Fish may prove the start of a whole new dining trend. See listing for second location under Midtown/West End.