Best Dive Bars

ynot · Dec 03, 2006#212006-12-03T02:58+00:00

ThreeOneFour wrote:
STLgasm wrote:I've been to Friendly's many times. My friends like it more than I do. It's an interesting mix of South City hipsters and local hoosiers. One time a brawl broke out and a pregnant girl was trying to break it up. Ahh... I think that qualifies as a dive bar!

I'd say that's an accurate description, and for me at least, that's part of the place's appeal! I can't say I'm surprised by the incident you described!

Anyway, here are some more places off the top of my head:

- Black Thorn Pub, Wyoming at Spring, best known for its thick-crust pizza.

- Skip's Place, South Broadway at Osceola Street

- Windy's (on the Wedge), Virginia Avenue at Bates Street

- Ferguson's, Mount Pleasant Street at Pennsylvania Avenue. (The fried chicken dinners are insanely cheap!)

- The Bull Tadpole (lovely name, eh?), Grand Boulevard just south of Iron Street.

blackthorn had some really good deep dish pizza... too bad it took them 2 hours to make it. that is not the place to go when you're looking for food fast.

framer · Dec 03, 2006#222006-12-03T06:45+00:00

There used to be a place called (I think) The St. Louis Pub on Gravois right by Bevo Mill. Somehow, they had a 3 AM license, so they always drew a late crowd. They also had live music by really cheesy "hair band" wanna-be's.

threeonefour · Dec 03, 2006#232006-12-03T13:20+00:00

ynot wrote:blackthorn had some really good deep dish pizza... too bad it took them 2 hours to make it. that is not the place to go when you're looking for food fast.

Yeah, it's a lousy place to go when you're starving! It's never a good idea to drink much on an empty stomach, and it takes a lot of time for the pizza to arrive. It's definitely worth the wait IMHO, though.

FYI, Lemmons on Gravois Avenue north of Christy Boulevard serves the same pizza.

framer · Jan 08, 2007#242007-01-08T07:43+00:00

Some folks may consider Hair of the Dog on Washington to be a dive, but they offer a great down-to-earth alternative in the Loft District. They draw a friendly, cross-cultural mix of clientel, and nobody's trying to impress anybody. I wish they had openned their kitchen like they had planned to, though.

jeff707 · Jan 08, 2007#252007-01-08T17:13+00:00

I wish HOTDog would have put, you know, a little money into the place. I feels like you are hanging out in a bunker. Or a construciton trailer. No character whatsoever. And the smoke is a HUGE problem there; instead of opening the back door to air it out and therfore freezing out everyone, why not invest in a better venilation system? Oh yeah, because they don't believe in investing in their business...

the central scrutinizer · Jan 08, 2007#262007-01-08T17:27+00:00

Framer wrote:Some folks may consider Hair of the Dog on Washington to be a dive, but they offer a great down-to-earth alternative in the Loft District. They draw a friendly, cross-cultural mix of clientel, and nobody's trying to impress anybody. I wish they had openned their kitchen like they had planned to, though.

It looks like a hoosier bar, so I haven't gone in.

matt · Jan 08, 2007#272007-01-08T18:03+00:00

HiWay bar is a great little place.

Anyone been in that One Night Stand place on Gravois? I've heard stories about it that I don't know are true or not.

Really frightening dive is Grandma's on Manchester.

Gladstone's has become quite a dive and kinda frightening too.

stlmike · Jan 08, 2007#282007-01-08T18:58+00:00

A disppointed customer arriving at Moe's Tavern in Springfield (The Simpsons):

"Pshh.. This isn't a faux-dive... This place is a dive!"

debaliviere · Jan 08, 2007#292007-01-08T19:22+00:00

Matt wrote:Anyone been in that One Night Stand place on Gravois? I've heard stories about it that I don't know are true or not.

Is that the place with the confederate flags out front?

threeonefour · Jan 08, 2007#302007-01-08T19:26+00:00

Matt wrote:Anyone been in that One Night Stand place on Gravois? I've heard stories about it that I don't know are true or not.

If they're rockin' the Confederate flag, then I'll bet the stories you've heard are true.

I thought you had to drive to Arnold to see a bar with one of those. How sad.

matt · Jan 08, 2007#312007-01-08T19:31+00:00

yep, that's it.

tb1000 · Jan 08, 2007#322007-01-08T19:31+00:00

Double D lounge on Brentwood.

brickandmortar · Jan 08, 2007#332007-01-08T19:32+00:00

ThreeOneFour wrote:
Matt wrote:Anyone been in that One Night Stand place on Gravois? I've heard stories about it that I don't know are true or not.

If they're rockin' the Confederate flag, then I'll bet the stories you've heard are true.

I thought you had to drive to Arnold to see a bar with one of those. How sad.

That's been gone a couple years now.

threeonefour · Jan 08, 2007#342007-01-08T19:41+00:00

^ Somehow I missed out on the place, yet I get the impression that its demise was probably a good thing.

debaliviere · Jan 08, 2007#352007-01-08T19:44+00:00

St.Louis UAB alumni wrote:Double D lounge on Brentwood.

Good karaoke, and you gotta love the blind lady who serves jell-o shots.

downtown2007 · Jan 09, 2007#362007-01-09T02:25+00:00

I have never seen any confederate flags there. I dont think the neighbors would like that.

threeonefour · Jan 09, 2007#372007-01-09T04:42+00:00

^ I didn't think it would go over well in South City...at least not these days. JeffCo, well, that's probably another story.

dweebe · Jan 09, 2007#382007-01-09T16:03+00:00

Downtown2007 wrote:I have never seen any confederate flags there. I dont think the neighbors would like that.

Aren't there a few dives along Gravois and Broadway that have Confederate flags hanging in the front windows?

downtown2007 · Jan 09, 2007#392007-01-09T17:55+00:00

I have never seen any. Broadway and Gravois do not even cross.

dweebe · Jan 09, 2007#402007-01-09T18:21+00:00

Downtown2007 wrote:I have never seen any. Broadway and Gravois do not even cross.

I never said the intersection of Broadway and Gravois.

There's one place on Gravois in South City that had a confederate flag. As you're going southwest on Gravois it's on the left about a 1/2 to 3/4 mile before Grand.

The place on Broadway is just south of the Lemp before the merge with Jefferson.

bonwich · Jan 09, 2007#412007-01-09T18:23+00:00

^

I think you're referring to the aforementioned One Nite Stand, corner of Gravois and Ohio, which has a confederate flag as part of its logo. Others here seem to think it ain't in business anymore.

dweebe · Jan 09, 2007#422007-01-09T18:27+00:00

bonwich wrote:^

I think you're referring to the aforementioned One Nite Stand, corner of Gravois and Ohio, which has a confederate flag as part of its logo. Others here seem to think it ain't in business anymore.

Bingo: that's it.

brickandmortar · Jan 09, 2007#432007-01-09T18:28+00:00

I drive by it everyday and it appears to still be open. I've never been inside, but the awning on the outside was a Confederate flag. This awning was replaced with a plain green one a couple years ago.

lolololori · Dec 01, 2007#442007-12-01T00:09+00:00

it's still open, and the karaoke on fri and saturday nights is awesome. I always assumed it was too frightening/closed, but I was wrong. It's a real diverse crowd, too...and the bathrooms are clean! No 3am though, sadly.

timeforguinness · Dec 01, 2007#452007-12-01T00:16+00:00

DeBaliviere wrote:
St.Louis UAB alumni wrote:Double D lounge on Brentwood.

Good karaoke, and you gotta love the blind lady who serves jell-o shots.

Double D's Den on South Hampton is awesome...definitely within stumbling distance.

Cheers,

TFG

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