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Former Loop Restauranteur Opening New Burger Joint in Tower Grove South

Michele Coen-Racanelli, formerly of Big V's Burger Joint, is opening The Dam this spring.

A new burger restaurant called The Dam is opening in Tower Grove South this spring, according to Riverfront Times' Gut Check blog.Β 

The restaurant will be helmed byΒ Michele Coen-Racanelli, who University City residents may know as the former co-owner of Big V's Burger Joint, according to the blog.

The Delmar Loop space was known for the triple patty "The Animal," Gut Check reports. (The publication even named it "Best Restaurant to Die in the Past Year" in 2008.)

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