South City STL Blog

It seems like 2010 is the year of new beginnings.  Entrepreneurs are taking chances on some great locations right here in South City St. Louis.  Here are a few new places set to open soon (or already opened).  Please leave a comment if you have any more information about these places or other Continue Reading...

I’ve added a few more reviews to the site. They’re mostly quick impressions on Yelp, but as I take more photos and visit those places again, I’ll add a fuller review to the blog. I wanted to use this post to mention a few city pet shops that we love and support.  Four Muddy Continue Reading...

This year was our first Mardi Gras in the city.  2.5 miles from all the action.  We ended up parking as close as we could, about a half mile away, and started walking.  We kept home base at a friend’s place on Menard, and ventured out to see the parade and people watch.  Overall, we had Continue Reading...

I know that the Arch Rival Roller Girls league isn’t “south city” but I wanted to write about them for multiple reasons (and I have an “Outside the City” category for a reason, right?). First, I’ve been a fan for a long time.  I got into it back in 2006 when Continue Reading...

The highlight of my weekend was most definitely the People of Walmart party on Friday night at the Tin Can (Morgan Ford).  The premise of the party was simple — pick a photo from peopleofwalmart.com and dress like that customer.  They judged all the costumes at midnight and gave prizes to Continue Reading...

Last Saturday was the Poker Pub Crawl on the Morgan Ford strip.  It was $10 to play, you got seven cards, and had to make the best (or worst) five card poker hand.  The highest and lowest hand of the night received a percentage of the buy-in. We arrived at Colorado Bob’s around 2pm and Continue Reading...

Zack and I were searching for someplace new for dinner last Thursday night and I remembered reading some pretty mixed reviews about Lafayette Fire Company No 1.  I wanted to judge for myself, so we headed over there around 6pm. The atmosphere was cute and somewhat cheesy, which I guess matches Continue Reading...

Hope you all had a great weekend! Zack and I went to Friendly’s and Nick’s Pub, mostly to play pool and that little bobble poker game in the picture. I can’t believe we’re almost half way into January and it’s one month until Mardi Gras!  I’m just counting the Continue Reading...

Have you seen this gnome?  He’s hiding out somewhere in St. Louis and this picture is the only clue I have to his whereabouts.  And no, it’s not a Travelocity ad campaign, it’s the Hannah Games Runaway Gnome!  Every month they’ll be posting a new picture of the gnome, Continue Reading...

I hope you had a great holiday!  I spent some time with my family in Atlanta (and went geocaching with my nephew, but that’s another blog post) and now I’m looking forward to New Year’s Eve and the start of 2010.  Last year at this time, Zack had a mohawk, we were renting (in Continue Reading...