Thursday, April 3, 2008

Travel to St. Louis!

This is for my friends Jeff and Patrick, who (hopefully) will be returning the favor and coming to visit the Gateway to the West soon. Since St. Louis is pretty spread out and favors the over-21 set, our options are limited, yet exciting. I'm going to give as comprehensive of a list (St. Louisans please add on) as I can for them for them to choose from when they come to visit:

The Obvious:
- the Arch (w/ ride to the top)
- Cardinals game (schedule)
- Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (menu)
- The City Museum (crucial)
- Westminster Christian Academy

Neighborhoods:
- the Hill (Italian neighborhood) (restaurants)
- East St. Louis (guided tour)
- North County (guided tour)
- The Loop (shopping/bars)
- Central West End (shopping/bars)
- Laclede's Landing (mostly bars, some restaurants - kind of seedy)
- South Grand (shopping/restaurants)
- Downtown walkabout
- the Fox/Moolah theater area (SLU)?

Restaurants not by anything else:
- Carl's Drive-In (not actually a drive-in, just a tiny diner kind of like Town Topic in KC) (City of Manchester)
- Crown Candy (for the milkshakes) (Old North St. Louis)

Forest Park:
- St. Louis Art Museum (free)
- STL Zoo (free)
- general running around (map)

Places I've never been:
- St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum

Other necessities:
- riding on the Metrolink
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7 comments:

  1. SharonApril 3, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    Other neighborhoods:
    Lafayette Square
    downtown Clayton
    Tower Grove
    Washington Avenue (is that what you meant by walkabout?)
    Dogtown
    Maplewood

    Specific restuarants/bars/coffee shops (which I'm sure you know most of these:
    Olympia
    Chocolate Bar
    1111 Mississippi
    Momos
    Coffee Cartel
    Kaldis
    Blueberry Hill
    The Majestic
    BARcelona
    Vin de Set
    Pho Grand
    Favazzas
    Cafe Balabans
    Club Viva
    The Pepper Lounge
    Atomic Cowboy
    Ritz Carlton
    Lucas School House
    Venice Cafe

    Those are some of my favorites. Feel free to post whatever you like. Love, SB

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  2. Rachel SwetnamApril 4, 2008 at 6:27 AM

    actually, the gateway to the west is Kansas City. But since we declined the arch in our city, they had to settle with the next best thing. St. Louis.

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  3. MartaApril 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM

    sharon - thanks for the restaurants!

    rachel - i take back all previous positive comments about kc because of you.

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  4. colleen marie.April 5, 2008 at 9:07 PM

    the chocolate bar is one of my favorites... also, sky zone! :)

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  5. ClaireApril 7, 2008 at 4:33 AM

    Don't forget about skyzone. I've never been there but any place with tons of trampolines can't be bad.

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  6. Jeff KieslichApril 8, 2008 at 9:54 AM

    No custards. I'm lactose intolerant.

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  7. jvanmaterApril 8, 2008 at 12:31 PM

    where is Cunnetto's on the restaurant list!? Best Italian in St. Louis bar NONE. Probably best in Missouri and the Midwest.
    Other stuff:
    1. The Muny (free seats)
    2. Forest Park in general
    3. Skyzone for SURE
    4. Blues game (if in season)
    5. Laumeier Sculpture Park
    6. Kirkwood
    7. Skip the Landing and actually go play down on the riverfront in front of the arch / stick your feet in the river.
    8. Historic St. Chuck

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