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Bill McClellan | Post-Dispatch
Hendrickson’s Cafeteria opened in 1931. It morphed into a catering business in 1969, and adopted a shortened, snazzier name — Hendri’s Catering. Mostly, it catered weddings on the south side of St. Louis. Ham, baked mostaccioli, salad and beer were the staples. Parish halls were the venues.
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