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Laclede's
Landing Bars &
Restaurants
The
Landing has the best bar scene in the city. It is on the
hill overlooking the Mississippi and the riverboat gambling
casinos. The Landing is about 5 blocks deep; if you walk in
the front door of a bar, downstairs and out the back door is
another block with more bars.
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Banana
Joe's
Tropical/Dance
118
E. Morgan St.
Banana
Joe's is a popular dance club with a tropical flavor to
it. Three bar areas surround the large dance floor,
and outside on the patio is another bar and live music is
often featured.
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Mississippi
Nights
Live
Music
914
N. First St.
Consistently
listed as the Best of St. Louis, Mississippi Nights is a
bar/concert hall featuring rising acts, with occasional
appearances by well known national bands and performers.
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Show
Me's
American
724
N. First St.
Show Me's is basically Hooter's, although maybe not quite as
good. The food is fantastic; great chicken wings and
burgers dominate the menu. There are plenty of seats,
TVs and bar space, and the waitresses show you as much as
they can in a family restaurant.
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Morgan
Street Brewery
Brew
Pub
721
N. Second St.
 Morgan
St. is a large pub that attracts plenty of business.
You will wonder how a place so big can get crowded, but its
packed on the weekend nights. Even with big crowds the
service is usually very good. Great music, and full of
people having a good time.
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Bar
St. Louis
Club
612
N. Second St.
Bar
St. Louis is a good place to go for early drink specials,
but the bar doesn't start filling up until around 11.
Top Forty hits past and present are played all night.
Female patrons are welcome to climb up on the bar and dance
for a free shot or two.
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Trainwreck
American
720
N. First St.
 There
are three Trainwreck locations in St. Louis; one in midtown,
one Northwest of the city in Maryland Heights, and the
Landing location here. Trainwreck on the Landing
features live music on the weekends and 24 draught beers.
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Downtown Bars
& Restaurants
There
are plenty of great places to go before or after a Cardinals game that
are just a short walk from Busch Stadium.
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Mike
Shannon's
Steakhouse/Sports Bar
100
N. Seventh St.
If
you are looking for a place to have a good steak, Mike
Shannon's is consistently rated the best place in the
city. After Cardinals games on Friday's and
Saturday's, a radio show is broadcast from the restaurant
with players and coaches from home and away teams there for
interviews and terrific food.
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Anthony's
Sports
Bar
10
S. Broadway
Located
in the lobby of the Equitable Building, Anthony's attracts a
lot of corporate business during the week, but on weekends
and game days, the place fills up with a more laid back
clientele. There's a great view of
downtown from the bar as well.
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Jack
Patrick's
Sports
Bar
1000
Olive St.
Jack
Patrick's is a typical sports bar with plenty to keep you
occupied even if there aren't any games going on. In
addition to good bar fare, and friendly service, there are
pool tables, shuffleboard, foosball and arcade games.
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The
Summit
Sinatra
200
N. Broadway
 The
Summit is a shrine to Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.
The TVs play Sinatra concert videos, the music is either
Sinatra on the jukebox or a live band playing
Sinatra songs all night.
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Union
Station/Scottrade Center Bars
& Restaurants
Just
outside of the downtown area, there are a few good places to check
out around Union Station and the Scotttrade
Center.
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The
Arena Club
Sports
Bar
315
S. Fifteenth St.
The
Arena Club is named for the former home of the St. Louis
Blues. There is an authentic scoreboard hanging from
the ceiling and a great draught beer selection. A must
for pre-gaming for a hockey game.
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Hooter's
American
301 St. Louis Union Station
Hooter's is pretty familiar to many sports
fans, and this one is no different than the others.
Excellent wings, good but greasy food, and plenty of beer,
among other highlights.
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Key
West Cafe
Tropical
1820
Market St.
The
name says it all; the decor is dedicated to Earnest
Hemmingway and Jimmy Buffet. There is a large
selection of frozen drinks and margaritas.
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