ST. LOUIS • The demise of a beloved downtown restaurant may have had less to do with the opening of the 122,000-square-foot Ballpark Village entertainment district — and more with underage drinking and years of dipping revenues, according to city records.
Not two months ago, an auction house sold off the last of Harry’s Restaurant & Bar.
Its white tablecloths, foie gras and succession of top chefs had long disappeared. Still, Tim Pieri, co-owner and manager at the Market Street restaurant, blamed its death squarely on the sparkling new complex of sports bars, restaurants and nightclubs across the street from Busch Stadium.