Episode 28: Visiting St. Louis

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• Museums
  • Cahokia Mounds
  • Arch Grounds and Museum
  • St. Louis Art Museum– in beautiful Forest Park.
  • City Museum– hands on for kids and those who are kids at heart. Downtown. Giant climbing structures and lots of small caverns for little ones to play…and get lost.
• Concerts and Theatre
  • Fox Theater– concerts and Broadway theater series
  • St Louis Repertory Theater on the campus of Webster University. Multiple stages. Smaller venue. No bad seat in the house.
• Cardinals
  • Go early, grab a drink and eat something before going into the game.
  • Discounted day-of tickets for St. Louis Cardinals – First Pitch Tickets
  • St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame museum in Ballpark Village.
• Brewery tours – Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Schlafly Bottleworks, 4 Hands Brewery, and lots of local microbreweries. There’s even a local brewery tour where they transport you to 4 microbreweries – BrewHop STL

What else have you done that’s entertaining while in STL?

• Union Station – restaurants, new giant ferris wheel, aquarium, hotel
• Cathedral Basilica
• Magic House – children’s museum in Kirkwood, MO, not far from downtown
• Outdoors
• Forest Park – what do you recommend people do there?
  • Art Museum, mentioned already above, has a nice restaurant
  • The Boathouse Restaurant and ride the paddleboats.
  • The Muny for summer time musicals
  • The Zoo – one of the best in the US and it’s free
• MO Botanical Garden, Laumeier Sculpture Park, the Arch
• The Arch is a must see! It is now designated as a National Park and was recently completely renovated with a fantastic museum below ground. You should definitely take a ride up in the Arch, however, things to know before you do:
  • The “elevator” is the same that was initially installed.
  • It is small. We are big. It is a cramped and a bit of a confined space.
  • You will be up high! The windows are small.
• Local wineries –
  • Try the MO wine. There are some good ones, but you may have to try a few first.
  • Augusta/Defiance wineries: all good! Go in the fall (Sept/Oct) and enjoy outdoor drinking and live music.
  • Hermann, MO– great wineries (Hermanhoff and Stone Hill) with wonderful bed and breakfast options

Foodie recommendations –

• Iconic STL must do’s for food and drink – the Hill, Ted Drews, Imo’s, Crown Candy Kitchen if you have time to stand in line.
  • St. Louis Pizza and Toasted Ravioli
  • Gooey Butter Cake- Park Avenue Coffee Shop in Lafayette Square
  • Delmar Loop – Fitz’s

• The Hill: Favazza’s, Zia’s, Charlie Gittos, Rigazzi’s
• Best view: 360
• Another rooftop option: Vin de Set
• Cinder House rooftop restaurant at The Four Seasons
• Lafayette Square: 1111 Mississippi
• Dessert: Bailey’s Chocolate Bar
• Fountains on Locust
• Walking food tours –
  • Savor St Louis Food Tours– 3 available (Downtown, Central West End and Delmar Loop). Lots of food. Great history of the area. Eclectic bites and well-known stops.