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finally a late night diner downtown - by DT standards "latenight" food might mean that it closes at 6.



if they put in wifi I'm there

markofucity wrote:finally a late night diner downtown - by DT standards "latenight" food might mean that it closes at 6.



if they put in wifi I'm there

I could have used this place around 11:00 last night! Or a Steak n Shake.

Any of you guys remember Jimmy's Diner? It was located on Locust & St. Charles, directly across from the American Theatre. It was cleared to make way for that parking garage. Jimmy's was open 24 hours, 7 days a week, including holidays. Jesus, you would not believe some of the characters in that place. I remember I went there with some of my friends when I first got my drivers license and there were ho's and pimps just like in the movies. One woman was wearing semi-transparent leopard skin tights and a pink fur coat. Her pimp daddy looked like Dolemite.



I love St. Louis.

JivecitySTL wrote:Any of you guys remember Jimmy's Diner? It was located on Locust & St. Charles, directly across from the American Theatre. It was cleared to make way for that parking garage. Jimmy's was open 24 hours, 7 days a week, including holidays. Jesus, you would not believe some of the characters in that place. I remember I went there with some of my friends when I first got my drivers license and there were ho's and pimps just like in the movies. One woman was wearing semi-transparent leopard skin tights and a pink fur coat. Her pimp daddy looked like Dolemite.



I love St. Louis.

Locust & St. Charles? I don't think so. Those streets run parallel!

9th and St. Charles, I think it was.

^oops. I meant 9th & St. Charles. My bad.

Jimmy's... awe - I miss that place. It was just like a true NYC 24hr diner. The waitresses were rough and sometime "rude" and the jukebox was filled with great blasts from the past and actually played records. The food was greasy as it gets. The old man cook (most of the time the owner) was like AL from Alice as well. That place was a little "scary", "crazy" and "fun" too. It closed right after I had started going there. Jimmy's could have been a great accent to the downtown landscape today.





I really like OT Hodges Chili Parlor downtown too. I just wish it was open late. I know that the diner near Ralston's tower (EAT-RITE) is open 24 hours - and there is always White Castle downtown on 7th/24 hrs. MMMM greasy spoons are so good! LOL

Where is OT Hodges at?

Jimmy's was open 24 hours, 7 days a week, including holidays.

Almost. It was closed for about 12 hours a week, Sunday afternoon until early Monday a.m. Cleaning? Re-greasing? Whatever. When I first moved downtown in 1991, the phone company wouldn't put a phone in my (otherwise empty) building. Jimmy's pay phone was my home phone for about six months.



The patty melts were pretty spectacular, especially in context. Try White Knight, then imagine it being the middle of the night and crowded with representatives of both sides of the law.

Never even heard of this Jimmy's place. Definitely sounds interesting though.



No phone in your building for six months! Crazy!



As far as I know, OT Hodges is no longer downtown. There is, however, an identical establishment that took over its physical location, which is on Pine sandwiched between Jimmy John's and StL Bread.

steve wrote:As far as I know, OT Hodges is no longer downtown. There is, however, an identical establishment that took over its physical location, which is on Pine sandwiched between Jimmy John's and StL Bread.

Yep, Chili Mac's diner. Now that the O.T. Hodges name has been brought back to life, we need one downtown.

DeBaliviere wrote:

steve wrote:As far as I know, OT Hodges is no longer downtown. There is, however, an identical establishment that took over its physical location, which is on Pine sandwiched between Jimmy John's and StL Bread.

Yep, Chili Mac's diner. Now that the O.T. Hodges name has been brought back to life, we need one downtown.

Am I the only one who was never impressed by OT Hodges? I always thought the chili was no better than what you could get out of a can.



A lot of places claim to have good chili, but very few actually do.

I'm glad to see this building being reused. As I continue to explore St. Louis I become more and more of an advocate for building reuse. There are so many opportunities to build new on vacant lots, etc., that reuse should be even easier than in many other cities. It's fantastic that we have the historic tax credits to help preserve a lot of what we have.

Chili Mac's diner

Woops, you are right... I still think of it as OT's.



I am talking about the diner located next to National City Bank and Jimmy John's Subs on Pine Street.



There is the All Star Diner in Union Station as well - they are open pretty late if I remember correctly.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:Am I the only one who was never impressed by OT Hodges? I always thought the chili was no better than what you could get out of a can.



A lot of places claim to have good chili, but very few actually do.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. I had good memories of the place though.



Skyline Chili in Cincinnati is the same way - everyone makes a big deal out of it, but it's nothing special really.

DeBaliviere wrote:

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:Am I the only one who was never impressed by OT Hodges? I always thought the chili was no better than what you could get out of a can.



A lot of places claim to have good chili, but very few actually do.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. I had good memories of the place though.



Skyline Chili in Cincinnati is the same way - everyone makes a big deal out of it, but it's nothing special really.

I guess the drunks couldn't tell the difference!



O'Connell's and Duffy's have good chili locally.

Isn't there a diner on Tucker just north of Washington?

stlmike wrote:Isn't there a diner on Tucker just north of Washington?

Missouri Bar & Grill?

So they said a wood and glass facade, thats a european design. I wonder if it will look anything like the Belmont Street Lofts in Portland?

That, I could live with. I just worry, because that building is so ghastly.

Something along the lines of either of those would be awesome. In my opinion something modern using completely differnt materials would much more suitably complement the historic buildings on Washington than a pseudo-classical masonry building.