Reply to Maryland Yards

I have lived in St. Charles my whole life and I just discovered a restaurant that has been in the area for a few years. I thought it was just another Main street bar, but boy was I pleasantly surprised! The restaurant area has an open floorplan which gives it an air of spaciousness. They offer the best Happy Hour in the entire St. Louis metro area and the steaks are fantastic. The prices were very reasonable and the atmosphere was fun. They also have the best servers and bartenders around! Do yourself a favor and stop in.

Is there some reason an obvious spam like this hasn't been deleted by the webmaster?

Hey Webmaster, Wake Up--you let these ads go through and you ruin this Forum. What!!!!! This has been on since Jan. 7. I hope you delete this by tomorrow. Thanks and keep the clutter off the web site.

It's a constant struggle to keep out spam - this forum gets several messages a day for gambling sites, "enhancement" drugs, etc. The vast majority of these never even make it onto the website, and I apologize for the few that have slipped through in the past.



However, notes like the one above are a little different, because they really do relate to a business on the Katy Trail. If you read through the forum, you'll see a lot of glowing recommendations for various businesses. Although some of these may be spam, most of them truly are legitimate messages from real trail users who had a good experience somewhere, and want to spread the word about a good restaurant, B&B, etc.



If a message relates to a business on the trail, I generally let it go through, because there is really no way of knowing for sure whether it's a legitimate note from a genuine trail user, or "spam". You, the reader, can decide whether you believe it or not. The great majority are legitimate, and it's probably pretty easy to pick out the ones that aren't, but I'll let you make the call. If a message strikes you as "fishy" (yeah, the one above just might cross that line), then you may want to steer clear of the business. But maybe the guy above really is a legit customer who discovered a restaurant that he thinks is the best thing since sliced bread - I dunno - again, I'll let you make the call.



So far, this open format has worked well and not too many people have tried to abuse it. If people do start abusing it in the future, we may have to tighten things down a bit. By all means, let me know if you feel the "noise factor" is getting too high.

Although I tend to tire of some of these posts.....I've been known to boast about places....things along and relevant to the trail that I like. I wouldn't class anything that I've posted as spam.

If I visit this site to glean info about Booneville....everything else here is just "noise" no matter what it is. I skip those posts that are of no interest to me. Simple solutions to simple problems.

Keep up the good work Ray!

While the post looks to be genuine spam, I've been to the place on several ocasions. Its been open about three years and its patio overlooks the trail. Its in the old Waterworks building. The food is good and the beer is cold. Its a sports bar upstairs and a resteraunt on the lower level.

Big Rick

It's nice to know that my posting sounded so professional that some thought it was "spam". I'll take that as a complement. I have also given praise to other local establishments that I thought were worthy of praise, and have yet to be considered "spam", so I must be getting better. If you must know, the only thing I did not like about Maryland Yards is they have yet to put in a bike rack. With spring around the corner maybe they'll take that into consideration.