A domestic partnership registry approved in Clayton last week has been greeted with tepid response from the local community. The legislation passed by the city’s board of aldermen on Wednesday entitles monogamous partners, regardless of sexual orientation, to the same rights as married couples at all city-owned facilities.

The city of Clayton recently took a step forward in equal rights and opportunities, passing an ordinance that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. While we commend this change and the future similar legislation, we wish that other St. Louis County municipalities had similar ordinances.

Looking for a step up from St. Louis Bread Co. or Crazy Bowls and Wraps that won’t break your budget? Pomme Café & Wine Bar is the place for you. A neighbor of its more elegant, and more expensive, parent establishment Pomme Restaurant, Pomme Café & Wine Bar offers a simple but delicious menu of salads, small plates and sandwiches that are sure to please any palate.

You may think a “Wash. U. Roll” will satiate your sushi cravings, but you shouldn’t settle for it. Just a few minutes’ drive away in Clayton are three decidedly different takes on raw fish.

One of St. Louis’s most popular local lunch destinations has a new business model. At one St. Louis Bread Co. in Clayton, customers now take as much as they need and pay what they can afford. The bakery, which is known nationally as Panera and specializes in pastries, coffee and salads, is offering all items [...]

Off-campus safety has been at the forefront of students’ minds this year. With a jump in crime last spring and the recent violent attack on a graduate student, students have appropriately questioned the safety surrounding their off-campus living quarters.

Early this morning a truck driving near Washington University’s West Campus became wedged under an overpass spanning Jackson Ave. in Clayton.

Following the introduction of a tobacco ban on all its campuses, effective July 2010, Washington University is endorsing a St. Louis County Council bill that would put a countywide, public indoor smoking ban on the November 2009 ballot.

A freshman female student walking across the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive at 12:45 a.m. this past Sunday morning was struck by an eastbound vehicle traveling on Forsyth through the intersection, according to Washington University Police Department Chief Don Strom.

Jennifer’s Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe peeks out unassumingly from the line of restaurants on Central Street in Clayton.