The Sauce - A St. Louis Restaurant Show

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Drew Jameson — Atomic by Jamo

2026-09-2234:00

On this episode of The Sauce Podcast, host Lauren sits down with Drew Jameson, managing partner of Atomic by Jamo in the Grove, for a conversation about bringing one of St. Louis's most iconic music venues back to life. Drew was a talent buyer at the space (then Atomic Cowboy) from 2015 to 2020, and after the pandemic shut it down, he came back to reopen it under a new name and a new mission: eat, drink, dance, repeat. Drew walks through everything that's changed since the Atomic Cowboy days...

Tassia Rezende — Tre Cuori

2026-09-1519:31

On this episode of The Sauce Podcast, host Lauren sits down with Tassia Rezende, owner of Tre Cuori, for a conversation about competing on the world stage of gelato — and how her small, family-run shop just brought home Missouri's first-ever Gelato World Ranking crown from a ceremony in Rome. Tassia walks through how she got into gelato in the first place — growing up in Brazil with an Italian grandfather, surrounded by gelato and ice cream shops on every corner, before moving to St. Louis a...

Spencer Strode & Trey Stevenson - Aubrey

2026-09-0841:21

On this episode of The Sauce Podcast, host Lauren sits down with Trey Stevenson and Spencer Strode, who run Aubrey, the new hospitality-driven fine dining restaurant in Midtown, for a conversation about how two former rivals became best friends and business partners, why every detail at Aubrey — from a folded napkin to a champagne toast — is built around making guests feel like VIPs, and what's coming next as the restaurant heads into its first fall season. Trey and Spencer walk through how...

Kimberly Pitliangas - The Thaxton

2026-09-0115:20

On this episode of The Sauce Podcast, host Lauren sits down with Kimberly Pitliangas, owner of The Thaxton in downtown St. Louis, for a conversation about running a speakeasy and event venue inside a circa-1927 Art Deco building that was once the Eastman Kodak Building, and why the space has stayed a hidden gem for locals even after nearly two decades in business. Kimberly walks through how The Thaxton came to be — she originally just wanted to open a low-key cocktail lounge in the building...

Cory Jobe — Great Rivers & Routes

2026-08-1127:21

On this episode of The Sauce Podcast, host Lauren sits down with Cory Jobe, President and CEO of Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, for a conversation about the only place in America where Route 66 and the Great River Road intersect, why Alton, Illinois is known as the most haunted small town in North America, and everything travelers can plan into a 3-to-5-hour road trip through southwest Illinois. Cory walks through what the Bureau covers — six counties, the city of East St. Louis, a...

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The Sauce - A St. Louis Restaurant Show