App Store Disappeared, how to get it back?

The story: I've had an iPhone 3G since February 2009. The computer I synched it to was an old but functional iBook g4. Alas, the G4's hard drive died without backup in late July (silly of me but there it is). So I bought a shiny new MacBook Pro 13" at the beginning of August. Hooked phone to MBP but didn't allow synch just yet. 1st downloaded all my purchased iphone apps to the MBP , then finally synched iPhone to it, doing a backup in the process. It was a lengthy process, a couple hours while I slept. Upgraded to 3.01 at same time.
Now I had all my apps, preserved all my contacts and calendar etc. I had a feeling of safety and accomplishment followed quickly by growing unease BECAUSE: The app store icon is missing. Gone. Nada. Zilch. Can't find it with the search tool. Just ain't there. When trying to invoke app store from another application (PandoraBox), Safari pops up instead, and it tries to go to http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/yaddayaddayadda.... and I get an error message: "Cannot Open Page: Safari cannot open the page because too many redirects occurred."
Tried another reset and restore, still not there. Flipped through all pages, in regular mode and shakey-move-around mode. gone gone gone.
So many variables, hard to be sure what caused it, but more important want it back. Any and all suggestions welcome. Reset without backup and restore? Scream and shout? Hire a witch doctor? help please?

*slaps forehead*
I saw those settings, might have set it thinking "I don't want my kids trying to download new apps when I let them play games on my phone," which is an unnecessary worry since they don't have my rather complex iTunes/App Store password anyway...
thanks for your help.

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