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Originally Posted by cowboyy
Keep your head down and your eyes wide open. St Louis is a shit show. Couple weeks ago I was there visiting a lady, went to leave and was harassed by BLM just trying to get to my car! I won’t go to that shit hole again without a gun. Sorry if this offends anyone but what was once a great city is now an avoid at all costs city.
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Sorry you had such a bad experience. For anyone visiting, you should avoid North St. Louis City, North St. Louis County and South St. Louis. These are higher crime areas. Downtown, Clayton, Chesterfield and the airport areas are usually a safe bet. Avoid Maryland Heights and Westport due to aggressive LEO efforts. As far as to what to see and do depends a lot on your interests.Most places are open but with limited occupancy and may require masks and social distancing. I would check websites to see restrictions or if they are open.
Places to eat are numerous depending on where you are staying
The Hill area for Italian food - It's the old Italian neighborhood back when there were ethnic neighborhoods.
Downtown, Caleco's is a good choice as well as Charlie Giotto's
BBQ:
Pappy's
Bogarts
Sugar Fire
Adam's Smokehouse
Salt + Smoke
Breakfast and Lunch:
Osage Grill
List of a lot of good restaurants
https://graphics.stltoday.com/apps/stl100-2019/
Things to do:
St. Louis Zoo (world class and it's free)
Art Museum (Free as well)
Science museum(also free) These three are all in Forest Park. If you come in the summer there is also the Muny Opera which is the largest outdoor theater in the US. Mostly musicals.
If you like to Gamble, there is Lumiere downtown and Casino Queen right across the river. Hollywood in Maryland Heights and Ameristar about 2 miles from there in St. Charles.
Missouri Boatanical Gardens (also known as Shaw's Garden)
City Museum for the kid in you
About 2 hours southwest of St. Louis are some really great float streams if you are into canoeing or tubing.
The arch and the museum at the base of the arch
Of course we have the Cardinals and the Blues
The Old and New Cathedrals
And some other ideas:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti..._Missouri.html