Recommendations
The essentials
schnucks
This is a local grocery store, with lots of selection at 6600 Clayton Rd. Click here to go to learn more. Contact them at 314 644-0510
Trader joe's
Is not a local grocery store, but as a wide variety of selection at 48 Brentwood Promenade Ct, Brentwood, Click here to learn more. Contact them at 314- 963-0253
Dierbergs
This is a local grocery store with lots of selection, including a soup and salad bar at Brentwood, 8450 Eager Rd. Click here to learn more. Contact them at 314-962-9009
Walmart super store
Is not a local grocery store, but is in a massive building with almost everything you could need at 1900 Maplewood Commons Dr, Maplewood. Click here to learn more. Contact them at 314-781-2165
Aldi
Is not a local grocery store, with not a large selection but has very cheap prices at 7725 Manchester Rd, Maplewood. Click here to learn more. Contact them at 855-955-2534
Whole foods
Is not a local grocery store, with a large selection and lots of organic and unique foods at 1601 S Brentwood Blvd. Click here to learn more. Contact them at 314-968-7744
Great things to know
Big Bend Auto Center
This is where we go to get our car serviced and repaired. Amazing people that do great work. Click to learn more here.
Honea Autobody
Honea AutoBody your one-stop shop for auto body repair. They have been in business since 1965. Great people to work with. Hopefully, you will not have to be going here anytime soon. Click to learn more here.
Telle Tires
Telle's has been providing service for over 82 years. Always able to get your tires taken care of very quickly. Click to learn more here.
The Gathering
The Gathering is a church for all, no asterisks. It is a great place to get involved in the community and to get to know people. Each week The Gathering has a meaningful service. Click to learn more here.
Walgreen's and Schnuck's
The Schnuck’s has a Red Box movie rental inside. If you want a cup of coffee then you can check out the first Kaldi’s coffee shop at 700 De Mun Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105.
Good Chow
Pan D'Olive
Pan D’olive offers Mediterranean cuisine with a California twist, in a stylish contemporary setting. We enjoy going to Pan D'Olive's happy hour Mon-Fri 4-7 pm. Great food at a good price. If you want to learn more click here.
Del Pietro's
Del Pietro's is a casual affordable Italian restaurant serving fresh pastas, pizza, salads, antipasti, entrees, local beers, and a diverse wine list. Great for a nice dinner and has very delicious food. If you want to learn more click here.
Olympia Kebob House and Taverna
Voted the best gyro in town consistently each year. They are stocked with a full bar and open patio reminiscent of an authentic European Greek restaurant. Great place for special events with a private back room. Click to learn more here.
Southwest Diner
Very homey, small menu but the amazingness of the food makes up for it. Not a great website so I would suggest just going there in person. Click to learn more here.
Hank's cheesecakes
Consistently ranked best cheesecake in St. Louis. Try their carrot cake! To learn more about other options of desserts they have click here.
Hi-pointe drive-in
Great burgers and very interesting place. Click to look at the menu here.
Fozzie's
Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium offers a plethora of sandwiches, fabulous gyros and great shakes. Click to look at the menu here.
Pointer's pizza
Pointer’s Pizza is open until 2:00 am for late night cravings. In addition to good pizza, they offer a full Italian menu including spaghetti & meatballs, lasagna as well as sandwiches. Click to see the menu here.
starr's
Starr's has wine, beer, and liquor and regularly offer free wine tastings. If you subscribe to their email list, they will provide specials every few months. Click to learn more here.
Gioia's Deli
Gioia's has some of the best sandwiches in Missouri and is always a treat to have. They make the sandwiches the way you want them, but options are here.
Missouri Baking Company
If you love bakeries and good options this is the place. They have so many good options in this store that you are almost tempted to ask for one of everything. This is in the Hill (Italian neighborhood).
Fitness
Forward fitness
The highly-skilled, impeccably trained staff are passionate about bringing the latest information about exercise and nutrition into your workout while supporting the idea that exercise should be fun to be sustainable. Click to learn more here.
Pilates + Yoga Studio St. Louis
They specialize in mindful movement, there is no memberships you just pay for each class this is the place for you if you do not like big body gyms. Click to learn more here.
The Heights
This is the health club we used to go to, it is a great gym with basketball courts, track above the basketball courts, with a family-friendly pool. Cardio training, strength training, and powerlifting are also available. Click to learn more here.
Tru Fusion
Yoga & Hot Yoga, Barre, Pilates & Hot Pilates, Bootcamp, Cycle, Kettlebell, Battle Ropes, and TRX are the classes at Tru Fusion. They offer over 65 class styles with up to 240 unlimited group classes per week. All instructed classes. Click to learn more here.
Big Shark
Big Shark is our local bike store with lots of new bikes to sell to you, great bike mechanics, group rides, races, and lots of other events. Click to see some of the events here.
Entertainment
Forest Park
There are 1,300 acres and over 6 miles of running and biking paths . They are forests, ecosystems, nature reserves, lakes and streams, as well as five of the region’s major cultural institutions which are the Missouri History Museum, The Muny, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis science center, and the St. Louis Zoo. Forest Park attracts 13 million visitors each year, making it the sixth most visited urban park in the United States. In 2016, Forest Park was voted the number 1 city park by readers of the US Today. Want to learn more click here.
Saint Louis Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo is free. About 3 million visitors a year get the opportunity to experience 17,000+ animals in the Zoo’s care; many of them are rare and endangered. The Zoo is renowned for its innovative approaches to animal management, wildlife conservation, research and education. Click to learn more here.
Oak knoll park
Has a walking path and bench seating by the pond and music during the summer.
The Hi-Pointe Theatre
This is a nearby movie theatre. Click to learn more about upcoming shows here.
The Hill
The Hill is a community of Italian restaurants that have amazing everything Italian - my two favorite places are Gioia's Deli and the Missouri Baking Company. Click to learn more about great restaurants here.
Washington University events
Washington University is a world renowned university, if you want to see upcoming events that are happening click here.
kids
CSP Tideriders
This is a great swim team for all ages and different levels of swimming. Lot of our kids in our community go to CSP and enjoy it. To learn more click here.
CITY MUSEUM
This is essentially a great play area for kids letting parents and kids have fun at the same time. This place has lots of art so it is fantastic to look at. Click to learn more here.