July brought legal action to the St. Louis restaurant scene — and a publication, not an eatery, was at the center of it all.

Halfway through the month, Sauce Magazine announced that it had been acquired by STL Bucket List , an Instagram influencer turned marketing agency, and would be expanding. Founded in 1999 by Allyson Mace and Catherine Neville, the food magazine was purchased by former Riverfront Times owner Chris Keating in late 2023 and saw layoffs last September . The acquisition looked to be positive, with the new owners saying that they would expand operations.

Then the old owner came knocking on Keating’s door. Mace filed a lawsuit against Keating on July 28, alleging that he’d never finished paying for the publication and still owed her $168,333 plus interest. Mac

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