A conversation with restaurateurs Amy and Matt Herren
FOR THE PAST two decades, Amy and Matt Herren have been helping shape the Metro East into the vibrant culinary scene that it is today—at first, individually through their respective businesses, Fond and Goshen Coffee, and now through their collective efforts at Wood River's C&B Boiled Bagels and 1929 Pizza & Wine. At the latter, a rehabbed historic building they describe as “the worst building in all of Wood River,” before they got their hands on it, the husband-and-wife team are serving wood-fired food, wine, and some of Amy's greatest hits from Fond at a reservations-only chef's table. At the same time, they are helping spearhead a Wood River renaissance, similar to what they achieved in downtown Edwardsville in the early 2000s. —CHERYL BAEHR
Seriously, the two of you were archenemies when you first met?
