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Me and my bride are planning a trip to St. Louis in the summer to see the arc and 6 flags. can anyone who has been there or live there suggest a few places to go or things to see with the family> we have a 11 year old Daughter and the 15 and 14 year old Grand Kids are also coming...........
 
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OLDMAN5050 said:
Me and my bride are planning a trip to St. Louis in the summer to see the arc and 6 flags. can anyone who has been there or live there suggest a few places to go or things to see with the family> we have a 11 year old Daughter and the 15 and 14 year old Grand Kids are also coming...........
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You will all enjoy the Budweiser factory tour. Free, too. With free beer at the end. Free is a very good price.
 
I grew up there! The Forest Park area is great and offers a lot to do. The St. Louis Zoo is excellent, as is the St. Louis Science Center and Shaw's Botanical Gardens (Missouri Botanical Garden). Also if you can catch a Cardinal's game, that would be awesome. The new stadium is great and offers fantastic views of the downtown skyline and Arch.
 
Grants Farm, St. Louis City Museum, Museum of Transportation, Forest Park attractions (Science Museum, Art Museum, History Museum, Zoo), Missouri Botanical Garden, The Magic House.

Recommended Priority:
1. Science Museum in Forest Park
2. Botanical Garden, even kids will love it.
3. Transportation Museum, giant trains and other cool stuff
4. City Museum, very cool but the kids may be a close just a little too old.
 
Tony's

And for fine dining Tony's Restaurant at Four Ten Market Street in downtown St Louis. But.....only if you want to be separated from a lot of money. World Class but not low priced.
 
St. Louis

Dear Old Man 5050,

As a former Missouri resident I can add that you ought not miss seeing the "Museum of Westward Expansion" right across the street from the Arch. Can't miss it. The Green Dome. It's the courthouse where the Dred Scott Decision was handed down. Lots of interesting displays there.

Right off of I-270 at Barrett Station Road is the National Museum of Transportation. Loads of old steam locomotives, and some rather famous diesels too. You can climb up into the cabs of many of these. Count on at least half a day here.

Go southwest my friend. Springfield & Branson area. Southwest on I-44 a half days ride. Bass Pro Shops headquarters in Springfield, and only minutes south to Branson, MO, Loads of country music shows. A real don't miss is Shoji Tabuchi in his theatre on Shephered of the Hills Expwy. Also the Titanic right on 76 Country Music Boulevard is another don't miss. Nearby is Silver Dollar City, where you can visit a recreated mining town of the 1880's, experience many active crafts, ride a steam train, ride a log down a flume, one price and you're in for the day. Don't miss the "Fire in the Hole ride", line up as soon as you get there and remember this, that ride alone is worth the visit if you do nothing else. Season pass is a deal.

Hope I didn't overwhelm you.

Charlie
 
Go to eat at Pappy's Smokehouse for excellent barbecue. Go early, though. They only cook so many servings each day and once they're gone, they're done. Plan on standing in line. Reasonably priced and they don't care if you eat with your hands when you're sitting at the indoor picnic tables.

Truly an experience.
 
David,

These are all great suggestions. The Gateway Arch is a must see, besides riding to the top of the Arch there are some great documentary movies they show at the base, including the building of the Arch. Wit Kidd's 11 to 15 Six Flags is good, but while you're out there, it's only 30 miles farther west on I-44 to Meramec Caverns. It is quite a bit farther southwest, but there is something for everybody in Branson (sometimes referred to as Nashville West). But my own personal favorite for all ages is Silver Dollar City is a mid-1800's theme park with amusement rides, Entertainment, great food and my personal favorite 1800's crafts ie: wood carving, glass blowing, wood turning with steam powered lathes, candy making, furniture making, just to name a few of the several dozen crafts.
 
In addition to those other places mentioned:
I walked from the Arch to Union Station; the architecture displayed in St. Louis is awesome.
The Lemp Mansion is quite something to view.
The Morgan Street Brewery is pretty good and outdoor eating there is fun.
 
beck3906 said:
Go to eat at Pappy's Smokehouse for excellent barbecue. Go early, though. They only cook so many servings each day and once they're gone, they're done. Plan on standing in line. Reasonably priced and they don't care if you eat with your hands when you're sitting at the indoor picnic tables.

Truly an experience.
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That BBQ is REDNECK approved! Many West and Midwest states start by cooking the wrong critter. Pappy, not only cooked the right animule, he doesn't beat you to death with irrelevant spices. Not NC BBQ, but wonderful slow cooked meats, NOT swimming in catsup.
 
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PenMan1 said:
beck3906 said:
Go to eat at Pappy's Smokehouse for excellent barbecue. Go early, though. They only cook so many servings each day and once they're gone, they're done. Plan on standing in line. Reasonably priced and they don't care if you eat with your hands when you're sitting at the indoor picnic tables.

Truly an experience.
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That BBQ is REDNECK approved! Many West and Midwest states start by cooking the wrong critter. Pappy, not only cooked the right animule, he doesn't beat you to death with irrelevant spices. Not NC BBQ, but wonderful slow cooked meats, NOT swimming in catsup.
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Done properly a BBQ meadow muffin would taste great.....there is no "wrong" critter to barbeque just wrong ways to do it.
 
Smitty:
I'll take your word on the pasture patty, otherwise, I concur, completely.

Just different terminology. Throughout the south. Virginia to Lousianna, BBQ means pork. Otherwise, it's grilled chicken, slow cooked briscuit, low country grill, etc.
 
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Smitty:
I'll take your word on the pasture patty, otherwise, I concur, completely.

Just different terminology. Throughout the south. Virginia to Lousianna, BBQ means pork. Otherwise, it's grilled chicken, slow cooked briscuit, low country grill, etc.
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In this part of Delaware the BBQ pork is called NC Style by one of the popular restaurants. I don't know for sure that it is because I've never had authentic NC BBQ. I do know that it is different from the others and they do start with a whole pig and there is no tomato in the sauce.
 
Smitty:
In North Carolina, there are TWO different thoughts on BBQ, Western NC and Eastern NC. That particular fight over "who is RIGHT" divided more FAMILIES in the South than the Hatfield and McCoy fued ( a real feud, by the way, OVER BBQ!).

They are both excellent and both VERY different. I like the "Western" better, because I don't really care for cole slaw on my BBQ.
 
That's cute

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Smitty, you might find this funny. DOWN HERE, we take our BBQ as serious as we do the difference between second and third cousin:)

the bbq song youtube

http://www.rhettandlink.com/videos/bbq-song
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Cute song -- I'll have to take their word for most of the different methods....While I've eaten in all of the southern states except Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana I never had BBQ there. I did in San Antonio,Texas it was beef ribs and it was good
 
Did you notice that they used the California "state outline" for Florida, a DELIBERATE SMACK IN the face in BBQ land. They also used the Virginia "state outline" for Kentucky. Kentucky makes BBQ out of SHEEP...EEW! Another "southern thing"

If you are ever in GA, I promise BBQ that will "make your tongue beat your brains out".

If you want "authentic", I take you to the place with sawdust floors and REAL lemonaide by the "dipper" full.
 
Careful there

PenMan1 said:
Did you notice that they used the California "state outline" for Florida, a DELIBERATE SMACK IN the face in BBQ land. They also used the Virginia "state outline" for Kentucky. Kentucky makes BBQ out of SHEEP...EEW! Another "southern thing"

If you are ever in GA, I promise BBQ that will "make your tongue beat your brains out".

If you want "authentic", I take you to the place with sawdust floors and REAL lemonaide by the "dipper" full.
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Careful there ---- I have kin in GA (NC/SC/FL and KY too) and just in case you didn't know it DE is also Southern --- at least "Slower Lower Delaware" is. Of coure, I am not originally from DE (I'm not sure anybody is), I was born in PA and spent my working life in NY. Where we might not have known much about barbeque but we sure knew how to make Pizza.
 
That's a fact! Chicago can just shut up! When you need a "slice", no place better than NYC! When you need a "Coney" there is only one place!

I buy the Nathan dogs, make my own relish, even make my own curley fries.....BUT, it's still NOT a "Coney". Man, I'm gettin hungry!
 
Take the family to Woodcraft and Rockler while you are there:biggrin:. I am down in Springfield, as someone said Bass Pro is here. Sadly that is about it for a city of 200,000, oh we have an outlandish number of Chinese buffets.
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