Blues City Deli is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Blues City Deli
2438 McNair
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone Number: 314-773-8225
Website

Blues City Deli is a great little deli that is close to Gravois and Highway 55. From the minute I walked into this place I knew this was a good deli. The feel of Blues City Deli encompasses what a deli should be. A deli should be simple. And this place is simple. There is a counter to order sandwiches and about 10 tables for customers to sit.

I arrived at about 11:30 and there was not a line and about 2 tables that were open. I walked right up to the counter and ordered my sandwich. But, by the time I left the place was packed and there were no seats available at all. The staff was friendly and brought my sandwich to me when it was ready. Blues City Deli has all of the sandwiches that you would expect from a deli. They have roast beef, turkey, salami, ham, meatball, and they have some original sandwiches like pulled pork.

I ordered the Italian beef and a salad with the house dressing. The salad was good. It was a bed of lettuce, provelone cheese, and tomatoes. The house dressing was an Italian dressing that was pretty good. The Italian beef was very good. The roast beef was very tender and the peppers were spicy. Blues City Deli is a great place to eat lunch in St. Louis. I can't wait to go back.

Prices: $4.95 for an Italian beef and $2.95 for a house salad.

Norton's Cafe is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Norton's Cafe
808 Geyer
St. Louis, MO 63104

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Norton's Cafe is a restaurant in Soulard that serves Louisiana, and Cajun types of dishes. The following is a description of Norton's from their website:

Norton’s Café, located in Historic Soulard, provides a warm and cozy dinning atmosphere. The Café is known for award-winning American, Creole, and Cajun cuisine.

The restaurant features cozy fireside dining throughout, guaranteeing an enjoyable experience. During the summer months, Norton’s Café boasts a large New Orleans style courtyard that seats 200 guests.

Inside of Norton's there are plenty of places to sit. We went for lunch and the place was not even close to full for the whole time we were there.

For lunch I ordered the Cajun Combo. This was a dish with chicken, sausage, a crab cake and jumbalaya. It was very good, although a little pricy for a lunch dish. The chicken had some great spices on it. The sausage was spicy. The crab cake was fried and topped with some sort of lemon sauce, and the jumbalaya was very good. The menu is posted on the walls, so there are no actual paper menus. Overall the place was good, but the price was a little too high for lunch.

Prices: About $11 for the Cajun Combo.

Broadway Oyster Bar is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Broadway Oyser Bar
736 S Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102

The Broadway Oyster Bar is a small little place with a nice patio on Broadway close to Busch Stadium. The Broadway Oyster Bar's menu is loaded with southern Louisiana cajun style favorites. The menu is filled with Jambalaya, and southern favorites. The inside of the Broadway Oyster Bar is a small place with a bar. The outside patio is covered and enclosed in the winter. This looks like a nice place to hang out on a chilly fall evening.

I ate at the Broadway Oyster Bar for lunch. We arrived there at about 11:45 a.m. and we the only ones in there for the whole time we were eating. But, the food here was great. I ordered the shrimp grinder. This was a loaf of soft french bread filled with cajun style shrimp. This was a very good sandwich and came with fries. I wanted to try the Jambalaya and I will the next time I eat there. I would definitely go back to the Broadway Oyster Bar.

Prices: About $8.50 for a Shrimp grinder and fries.

Seamus McDaniel's is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Seamus McDaniel's
1208 Tamm Ave
St. Louis, MO 63139

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Seamus McDaniel's is a bar and grill located in the heart of Dogtown. Seamus McDaniel's is a pretty big place with three different rooms and an outside patio. We went for lunch around 11:45 and we were able to get a table, but by the time noon rolled around the place was packed. Seamus McDaniel's has all of the bar food favorites like the potato skins, nachos, burgers, sandwiches and plenty of other great food. Seamus McDaniel's is also a great place to hang out and drink some beer.

I ordered the philly sandwich. The philly sandwich was piled high with roast beef, peppers, onions, and cream cheese. The cream cheese makes the sandwich. I wish more places would put cream cheese on their philly. The sandwich was huge and it was on of the better philly sandwiches that I have had in a while. This thing was good. The sandwich came with a side of fries. All of the sandwiches at Seamus McDaniel's are huge. I definitly got my monies worth at Seamus McDaniel's. I would go back and order the same thing again. The sandwich was great.

Prices: $7.50 for a huge philly sandwich and fries.

October 8, 2007: Oktoberfest is the Place to Eat and Drink in St. Louis

Oktoberfest
8th and Lafayette in Soulard

Oktoberfest is a St. Louis tradition in Soulard. It is Located just south of the Soulard Farmers Market and is free to everyone. There are beer tents food tents and live music. There were people dressed up in their best German attire and dancing all around. Oktoberfest is a big party with big beers and live music everywhere. At the end of the night we almost got to see a chick fight. We were sitting under the big tent and out of nowhere these two chicks start yapping at each other. I don't know what it was about, but I wish I would have seen a chick fight. So close.

The beers were huge. They were served in the giant mugs and they were delicious. The mugs did cost $12 for the first one and $8 refills after that.

I may have had one of the best bratwurst that I have ever had. The brat that I had at Oktoberfest was great. The brat was huge and it was good. I don't know how they cooked it and I don't know how much it was. I couldn't really remember the end of the night, because I was smashed from the monster beers.

Go to Oktoberfest if you have a chance next year. Get the big beers and a brat, you will not be disappointed.

October 3, 2007: Ted Drewe's is the Place to Get Ice Cream in St. Louis

Ted Drewe's
6726 Chippewa St.
St. Louis, MO 63109
or
442 S. Grand Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63111

Ted Drewe's is was a great place to eat along the American highway, Route 66, and it is still a favorite among many St. Louis people. The place is constantly packed with people lined up waiting to get a taste of some of the best ice cream St. Louis has to offer. Ted Drewe's has been a summer time favorite for families after Cardinal baseball game, a trip to the zoo in Forest Park, or just a great place to get a good desert on a hot St. Louis summer night. Ted Drewe's is famous for making their concretes so thick than you can turn them over an you won't lose a drop of goodness. Ted Drewe's also has great traditional favorites like banana splits, hot fudge sundaes, or any ice cream concoction you can think of they can make it.

I ordered the chocolate chip and cherry concrete. It had their frozen custard mixed with chocolate chips, and cherries. This is the best thing they have. If you want something good to cool you off then make your way to one of the Ted Drewe's.

October 1, 2007: The Boathouse in Forest Park is the Restaurant in St. Louis for Today

The Boathouse in Forest Park
6101 Government Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone number: (314) 367-2224

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Here is a description from The Boathouse website.

The menu at the Boathouse is designed to be family-friendly, featuring angus burgers, chili, hand-tossed pizzas, and delicious salads, along with some signature dishes such as flank steak rarebit and salmon BLTs. When the weather turns and there is a chill in the air, our housemade soups and hearty stews will be sure to warm your spirit. On the weekend, come by with the morning newspaper and enjoy a relaxing brunch by the lake. Parties of 10 or more may make reservations by calling Ann at: (314) 961-7588 Ext. 251. Reservations are not accepted for Sunday Brunch (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).

We feature live entertainment outside in the beer garden Friday and Saturday evenings, weather permitting.

The above description sums up what The Boathouse has to offer. The Boathouse is a great place to sit outside for lunch or dinner, and look over the lake in Forest Park. The Boathouse is a great place to start off a day in Forest Park with a little lunch, or it is a great place to end the day with a nice dinner outside on the dock. The Boathouse is perfect if you are looking for a nice dinner or just a place to enjoy the weather.

Our experience at The Boathouse was a long one. We at about 7:30, put our names in and they said it would be about a two hour wait. That was fine with us, because we were in no rush, and we knew the wait would not take two hours. It was a great night and the band outside was very good. While waiting for a table, we were able to order drinks at a window, and sit on the various rocking chairs and benches that are set out on the patio. We ended up waiting for a table for about an hour.

We were then seated outside over looking the lake, it was very nice. We waited about 15-20 minutes before anyone acknowledged our table and took our drink order. We saw that our server was also serving a pretty big party, and a few other tables. We knew this was going to take a while.

So, when our waiter finally got around to our table we were ready to order. We ordered the nachos for an appetizer and I ordered the Salmon BLT for dinner. The nachos came about 30 minutes later, and they were huge. They are made on a 12 inch pizza dish and are covered in toppings. A very good appetizer for four people. When the nachos came out, one of the four salads that we ordered came out with it. This waiter was getting annoying, I know he was taking good care of his big table, but we would not even look at our table when he walked by. After we ate the nachos we were ready for our food. The waiter struggled to keep our drinks full, and it was getting old.

There was a table that sat down about 45 minutes after us and got their food about 20 minutes before we did. They did not have the same waiter as us. When our food finally did come it was very good. The Salmon BLT was done perfectly, and I had a bite of pizza which was good as well. The food at The Boathouse was excellent, but the service was not so great. I think the bad service we had was the exception, because there were other people there that got their food in a timely fashion. After we received our food the waiter cam up to us and explained what happened. He said he forgot to put our order in because the other table had him do a bunch of stuff. The computer where every waiter was putting in orders was two feet from our table. I hate when waiters try to make excuses to tables. I was a waiter once and I can understand a lot of thing, but I hate when waiters make excuses.

Prices are very reasonable and the outside deck is great when it is nice out like it was on Saturday.


Prices: Nachos - $6.95, Salmon BLT - $7.50, Pizza - $8.95, Beers $3.50, Mixed drinks $5.75

September 21, 2007: Taste of St. Louis Will be the Place to Eat in St. Louis this Weekend

Taste of St. Louis
8th and Market

This weekend is the Taste of St. Louis. From browsing the website it looks like there is a lot to eat and drink. I am looking forward to doing a lot of both. I will give you a report on the experience on Monday.

Skyview Drive-in Movie Theatre.

Skyview Drive-in Movie Theatre
5700 N Belt W
Belleville, IL 62226
Phone: 636-223-4400

One of the last drive in movie theatres in St. Louis, this place allows people to bring their own beer and watch a movie outside on one of their two screens. We went on a Saturday night in July and the place was packed. The movies started at 9 and there were cars lined up for a half mile at 8. We parked our car, set our lawn chairs up, and opened up our cooler full of beer that we brought along. I don't think this place has changed since it has opened. Skyview has a concession stand in the middle of each screen that serves fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, and popcorn. This place is great because it has stayed true to it’s roots. You go see a movie, drink some beer, and hang out with a bunch of people.

Watch out for the hoosiers, there are alot of them there. There were a ton of people walking around without a shirt on thinking they owned the place.

Prices: $8.50 per person, for two movies

Have you ever been to this place, what do you think about it?