St Louis
 

OK. suppose someone was going to St Louis for a work related trip and had a approx a week to kill while they were there. What would that person have available to them in terms of entertainment?

They've already been told about a museum, but that was from someone who races monster trucks. So.any non-monster truck racers who know the place that can give any advice?

the record exchange on hampton
delmar blvd for hipster-watching, record shopping @ vintage vinyl and the restaurant pi has the best fucking pizza in the whole world
the art museum is fabulous
the city museum is really fun but not by yourself

i might also be in town soon, PM me

Pi was packed. Everybody wanted Obama's favorite pizza.

Get some provel pizza, instead.

i do not race monster trucks.

you know what i want? i want to come pick you up in st louis and then bring you here for a few ... then you can continue your travels.

srsly.

only if you pick me up in your monster truck

pi's always packed. and for good reason. it's HELLA FIRE.

provel pizza is delicious/the taste of my childhood

really? i'll find one.

do we get to stop at every denny's along the way?

yes! you'll have a dozen cups/mugs. you really prefer denny's to ihop?

denny's >>>>>>>> ihop

demonrail i know the best diner ever. courtesy diner on hampton. beats the shit out of denny's which is incidentally right down the street.

i think denny's is better than ihop, but neither are actually very good. i hear he's got a thing for denny's.

Yeah!
I live in St. Louis so maybe I can help out a little bit.
First of all, which museum where you told about? The City Museum is like a giant playground built into an eight-story old city building. The art museum is farther out of the "downtown" area, but still centrally located.

1. Downtown (as in close to the arch) pretty much sucks. There is the ballpark, hotels, and resturants, but besides that, there's not really much to do as far as "entertainment" goes.

2. I would recomend the University City Loop. "The Loop" is a stretch of about seven blocks of unique stores and restaurants. There are two independent book stores, and independent theater, a record store, ethnic cuisines, and coffee shops. You should really check out Vintage Vinyl records. I go there around five times a week, so yeah. The STL "walk of fame" is also located on Delmar, the street which is considered "the Loop." The Delmar loop was voted as one of the "top streets in America" in 2007.

2. The "Central West End" is also pretty cool. This area is between forest park and downtown and offers a variety of resturants, coffee shops, and stores. I consider it a little more sophisticated than the loop. It would be an ideal place for dinner. Very cool old archetecture and a great local vibe.

3. Crown Candy is a really legendary diner in St. Louis that has been around almost as long as the city has. Unbelievable sundaes, cements, candies, burgers, and BLTs. Classic Americana in a really old resturant.

4. Forest Park- probably my favorite palce in St. Louis. Forest park is 50% larger than Central Park and has some really great attractions. This time of year it is really really beautiful! The art museum and the zoo are both located in forest park, and they are both FREE!

5. In a couple of weeks there is going to be a massive art fair that is thorughout the streets of Clayton, anotehr suburb.

Record Store Page Links:
http://vintagevinyl.com/
http://www.euclidrecords.com/
http://apoprecords.com/

Vintage Vinyl is my favorite, but Euclid has a much better selection as far as vinyl and used is concerned. Apop pretty much solely expirimental/noise as well as zines and tapes. Fucking cool place.

I would be glad to help and tell you anything else you need to know.

^ dude have you ever been to the record exchange? 10x better than all those stores. vintage vinyl sucks ass in comparison. i used to work there and tom ray is a prick.

yeah i was there very briefly.

dude when did you work there?

i worship denny's.

shit. i'm all excited now.

3 years ago. before i got smart and left that godforsaken town.

im leaving the minute i can

there are a fuckload of hipsters that go to washU, so be prepared

it sucks doesn't it?
i admit i do still have a lil soft spot for it.

monster trucks?!