- 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.