It’s been two years for 40 South News: top 30 posts

As of this October 40 South News has been reporting events of Brentwood, Maplewood and Richmond Heights for two years.

It’s obvious that food news is big: donuts, fried chicken (twice), sushi, hamburgers and tacos show up in the top ten.

The sometimes bare-knuckle world of Brentwood politics appears six times, though the fourth most-read post is about a homeless man in Brentwood who finds a home.

Maplewood city hall’s handling of Airbnb, QuikTrip and a proposed snuggling business made the list, and a New York Times visit to the Maplewood court, in relation to Ferguson, came in at number seven.

Here are the top read 30 posts over the past two years in 40 South News:

1. Strange Donuts moves to buy the Rams
2. Chick-fil-A to replace Macaroni Grill: Brentwood mayor
3. Sushi, ramen, yakitori bar set to take Church’s Chicken location
4. BJC Behavioral Health helps homeless man off the streets in Brentwood
5. Gus’s Fried Chicken signs Maplewood lease
6. Brentwood mayoral candidates face crowd, answer questions: video
7. New York Times: Maplewood part of legal system that led to Ferguson
8. McDonald’s announces plan for Manchester and Big Bend
9. Maplewood History: The Top Ten Things You Never Knew About Maplewood’s Big Bang
10. Fresh tacos, enchiladas soon at independently-owned shop
11. New shop: “Quality Goods for a Homegrown Life”
12. Maplewood McDonald’s to close Tuesday
13. Here comes Walmart; Value Village in Shrewsbury vacates
14. House remains at Menards site: under litigation
15. Airbnb ordinance defeated in Maplewood
16. QuikTrip: doesn’t have to tear down old location
17. McDonald’s meets Ellis Avenue residents: free-for-all
18. MRH football put on hold for a season
19. Applegate’s opening date unknown after accident
20. Missouri Ethics Commission to investigate Brentwood mayor, 3 aldermen
21. Church’s Chicken closes in Maplewood
22. MRH Prop K: cost to home owners
23. Reeds American Table in Maplewood set to open in July: “simple things done very well”
24. Maplewood Plan and Zoning rejects snuggling business
25. Maplewood gets first Tim Hortons in St. Louis
26. Patrick Toohey running for mayor of Brentwood
27. 4 running for mayor of Brentwood, 6 for alderman
28. Affidavit: Kelly not involved in sign switch
29. ‘Old-school’ butcher shop planned for Maplewood
30. Brentwood BOA approves dispatching move to ECDC