Guidebook for St. Louis

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Guidebook for St. Louis

Drinks & Nightlife

Not the most amazing space ever, but a great neighborhood dive sport's bar just a half a block a way. It does indeed have a friendly crowd. Amazing fried chicken. Affordable drinks and bar food. Specials on days that St. Louis sports teams are playing.
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Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill
3503 Roger Pl
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Not the most amazing space ever, but a great neighborhood dive sport's bar just a half a block a way. It does indeed have a friendly crowd. Amazing fried chicken. Affordable drinks and bar food. Specials on days that St. Louis sports teams are playing.
Genuinely our favorite local brewery... amazing that it is in our neighborhood and within walking distance! Very casual, but popular space. Limited menu but amazing pretzels and some sandwiches. A lot of fun for a couple or a group. Even some kids toys in the outdoor seating. Board games, darts, giant jenga, etc. The bartenders are super knowledgeable and excited to share their beer knowledge. $5 pints and $2.50 half pints so easy to try all their brews. They don't stay open late.
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Civil Life Brewing Co.
3714 Holt Ave
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Genuinely our favorite local brewery... amazing that it is in our neighborhood and within walking distance! Very casual, but popular space. Limited menu but amazing pretzels and some sandwiches. A lot of fun for a couple or a group. Even some kids toys in the outdoor seating. Board games, darts, giant jenga, etc. The bartenders are super knowledgeable and excited to share their beer knowledge. $5 pints and $2.50 half pints so easy to try all their brews. They don't stay open late.

Food Scene

Amazing bbq. Not the most beautiful of locations, but a great patio if the weather is nice. They smoke everything in house out back. Good drink selection too.
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Southtown Pub
3707 S Kingshighway Blvd
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Amazing bbq. Not the most beautiful of locations, but a great patio if the weather is nice. They smoke everything in house out back. Good drink selection too.
Great drinks, solid food. Great sunday brunch buffet. Very welcoming liberal activist vibe and owners (if you are a bigot or racist, then probably not your scene... Oh, and please don't book our listing either)
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MoKaBe's Coffeehouse
3606 Arsenal St
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Great drinks, solid food. Great sunday brunch buffet. Very welcoming liberal activist vibe and owners (if you are a bigot or racist, then probably not your scene... Oh, and please don't book our listing either)
Great lunch spot (works for dinner too). All vegetarian, but meat eaters won't be disappointed). Good for a quick bite. Serves limited (but good) selection of craft beer and I believe wine.
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Lulu's Local Eatery
3201 S Grand Blvd
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Great lunch spot (works for dinner too). All vegetarian, but meat eaters won't be disappointed). Good for a quick bite. Serves limited (but good) selection of craft beer and I believe wine.
Fantastic Ethiopian food. We recommend getting a platter or two depending on your party size so you can try several of their amazing dishes at once. So so good. One of our personal favorites by far.
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Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant
3210 S Grand Blvd
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Fantastic Ethiopian food. We recommend getting a platter or two depending on your party size so you can try several of their amazing dishes at once. So so good. One of our personal favorites by far.
Super tasty pan Asian fare... never taken anyone here who has been disappointed.
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Lona's Lil Eats
2199 California Ave
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Super tasty pan Asian fare... never taken anyone here who has been disappointed.
Really good coffee and select smoothies. Limited food options. Kids are welcome to visit the chickens kept just outside the back of the restaurant.
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Kitchen House Coffee
3149 Shenandoah Ave
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Really good coffee and select smoothies. Limited food options. Kids are welcome to visit the chickens kept just outside the back of the restaurant.
I think pretty indisputably the best Vietnamese food in St. Louis. Definitely a hole in the wall spot in all the best senses of the word.
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Banh Mi So 1
4071 S Grand Blvd
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I think pretty indisputably the best Vietnamese food in St. Louis. Definitely a hole in the wall spot in all the best senses of the word.
Really really good gelato. Highly recommend. Espresso bar as well. Has a nice historic vibe to it.
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Gelateria Del Leone
3197 S Grand Blvd
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Really really good gelato. Highly recommend. Espresso bar as well. Has a nice historic vibe to it.
Classic Ice Cream Shop. Cheap scoop for kids. Scoops of ice cream or frozen yogurt by weight.
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Tower Grove Creamery
3101 S Grand Blvd
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Classic Ice Cream Shop. Cheap scoop for kids. Scoops of ice cream or frozen yogurt by weight.
Our favorite Thai food spot.
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Basil Spice Thai Cuisine
3183 S Grand Blvd
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Our favorite Thai food spot.
Come here after playing at the city museum for some shakes at the classic old soda fountain. There are plenty of adult shakes as well. Good food as well if you need dinner (but Small Batch near by is where to go for nicer dining... and whiskey)
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The Fountain On Locust
3037 Locust St
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Come here after playing at the city museum for some shakes at the classic old soda fountain. There are plenty of adult shakes as well. Good food as well if you need dinner (but Small Batch near by is where to go for nicer dining... and whiskey)
Amazing whiskey selection and high quality vegetarian fare. A true spot where a meat eater won't even realize they didn't have a meat option available. So so so good. FYI the acoustics are not great so it can get a little loud.
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Small Batch Whiskey & Fare
3001 Locust St
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Amazing whiskey selection and high quality vegetarian fare. A true spot where a meat eater won't even realize they didn't have a meat option available. So so so good. FYI the acoustics are not great so it can get a little loud.
Really good food with a solid modern urban vibe. Great drinks and food. This is actually an acquaintance of ours that opened it up.
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Retreat Gastropub
6 N Sarah St
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Really good food with a solid modern urban vibe. Great drinks and food. This is actually an acquaintance of ours that opened it up.
Cherokee Street has all of the best Mexican food. Authentic, and delicious!
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Cherokee Street
Cherokee Street
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Cherokee Street has all of the best Mexican food. Authentic, and delicious!

Entertainment & Activities

Crazy cool play spaces to climb around on. Great for kids.
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Iziko Lomuzi WaseMntla
750 N 16th St
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Crazy cool play spaces to climb around on. Great for kids.
Great children's area outside. Keep an eye out for special events (they are almost always worth it).
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Isityalo saseMissouri Botanical
4344 Shaw Blvd
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Great children's area outside. Keep an eye out for special events (they are almost always worth it).
Free zoo!!! And a great one at that. Don't be afraid to try to find free parking if you are on a budget... it definitely exists if you are okay walking a little.
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Izoo yase-Saint Louis
1 Government Dr
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Free zoo!!! And a great one at that. Don't be afraid to try to find free parking if you are on a budget... it definitely exists if you are okay walking a little.
FREE!!! Yep. This is free too. Great spot to take the family.
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I-Center ye-Science ye-Saint Louis
5050 Oakland Ave
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FREE!!! Yep. This is free too. Great spot to take the family.
Historic movie theater...our favorite.
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Hi-Pointe Theatre
1005 McCausland Ave
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Historic movie theater...our favorite.
Chase Park Plaza is a gorgeous Hotel. With historic features, a movie theater, and a couple of great restaurants.
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Chase Park Plaza cinema
212 Kingshighway Blvd
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Chase Park Plaza is a gorgeous Hotel. With historic features, a movie theater, and a couple of great restaurants.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful park you can walk to. Really nice playground and fountain the kids can play in (right near the main traffic circle in the center of the park... you will see it). Farmers market on Sat mornings Spring into Fall.
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Ipharki ye-Tower Grove
4257 Northeast Drive
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Beautiful park you can walk to. Really nice playground and fountain the kids can play in (right near the main traffic circle in the center of the park... you will see it). Farmers market on Sat mornings Spring into Fall.
This park is one of the largest city parks in the country. Larger even than Central Park in NY. During the summer months, they have festivals, outside Shakespeare performances by a local Shakespearan acting group, and "Movies in the Park" on friday nights. Check out the parks facebook page to learn more about the events. The Art Museum, the History Museum, and the Zoo are in the park, and FREE!
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Forest Park
5595 Grand Dr
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This park is one of the largest city parks in the country. Larger even than Central Park in NY. During the summer months, they have festivals, outside Shakespeare performances by a local Shakespearan acting group, and "Movies in the Park" on friday nights. Check out the parks facebook page to learn more about the events. The Art Museum, the History Museum, and the Zoo are in the park, and FREE!

Arts & Culture

FREE!!! St. Louis knows how to provide some killer free stuff around Forest Park!
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Iziko lezobuciko ze-Saint Louis
1 Fine Arts Dr
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FREE!!! St. Louis knows how to provide some killer free stuff around Forest Park!
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Missouri History Museum
5700 Lindell Blvd
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Essentials

Fully stocked grocery store. Not the nicest one but certainly the closest.
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Shop 'n Save
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Fully stocked grocery store. Not the nicest one but certainly the closest.
Nicer grocery store.
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Schnucks Arsenal
5055 Arsenal St
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Nicer grocery store.
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ALDI
7369 Watson Rd
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Target
4255 Hampton Ave
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Sightseeing

Saint Louis Monument. Going to the top is so fun! The weird little elevator is an experience all on it's own. Then the view from the top is amazing!
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I-Gateway Arch
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Saint Louis Monument. Going to the top is so fun! The weird little elevator is an experience all on it's own. Then the view from the top is amazing!