WEBVTT - Top Sports Bars and Restaurants in St. Louis 0:00:03.259 --> 0:00:06.409 Hello again and welcome to Arch Eats. I'm George Mahe. 0:00:06.639 --> 0:00:09.569 And across from me is, hi, it's Cheryl Bear. And 0:00:09.579 --> 0:00:12.680 today we're gonna talk about, well, we've got March Madness 0:00:12.689 --> 0:00:15.229 on the doorstep. So we thought we'd suggest some of 0:00:15.239 --> 0:00:18.450 our favorite sports bars in town. But also what items 0:00:18.459 --> 0:00:21.079 would be on our table if we were tasked to 0:00:21.090 --> 0:00:25.200 host a college basketball watch party or any sports watch party, 0:00:25.209 --> 0:00:26.229 they all are the same. 0:00:26.325 --> 0:00:29.784 Let's be honest here, maybe a master's party or a, 0:00:29.805 --> 0:00:32.365 you know, maybe an opening day party, a Derby Day party, 0:00:32.375 --> 0:00:34.444 all these are coming up and we have ideas. All 0:00:34.455 --> 0:00:37.075 these will work, I think for those just because party 0:00:37.115 --> 0:00:39.055 and we will end up as we always do with 0:00:39.064 --> 0:00:41.775 a rant. And this one is about menu pricing and 0:00:41.784 --> 0:00:44.955 a recent development that we are less than enthused about. 0:00:45.194 --> 0:00:49.263 This episode of Archie is presented by Explore Saint Louis. 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.138 But first, as we always do, it's what we can't 0:00:53.150 --> 0:00:56.830 stop thinking about this week. Let's, let's talk about the 0:00:56.840 --> 0:01:01.049 basque cheesecake at Bar Moral. We, we've touched on that before, uh, 0:01:01.069 --> 0:01:04.080 basque cheesecake for those that don't know, it's cooked in 0:01:04.089 --> 0:01:05.059 a super hot oven. 0:01:05.470 --> 0:01:08.980 And, uh, consequently the top gets kind of caramelized and 0:01:08.989 --> 0:01:12.720 almost burned and the inside is almost, uh, it's really 0:01:12.730 --> 0:01:15.169 not quite cooked. It's kind of like a mousse inside 0:01:15.870 --> 0:01:18.899 and it's just, it's incredible in some places they call 0:01:18.910 --> 0:01:20.440 it burned. Busk cheesecake. 0:01:20.699 --> 0:01:23.650 But I think that's, I don't think that's fair because 0:01:23.660 --> 0:01:27.220 it's caramelized. It's burned in a sense that blackened fish 0:01:27.230 --> 0:01:30.098 is burned or burned in a sense that, uh, Neapolitan 0:01:30.110 --> 0:01:32.738 pizzas are burned. I don't think it's fair. Let's just 0:01:32.750 --> 0:01:35.559 say it's caramelized. It adds some flavor 0:01:35.940 --> 0:01:39.889 and it's, it's incredible because there, it's, it's a little 0:01:39.900 --> 0:01:42.010 crispy on the outside and the inside is like eating 0:01:42.019 --> 0:01:45.229 a cloud. It's just so magical. You've had that I have. 0:01:45.239 --> 0:01:47.819 It's lovely and I've actually had it, it, it seems 0:01:47.830 --> 0:01:49.860 to be like a very hot dessert right now. I 0:01:49.870 --> 0:01:52.639 would say like, if we were doing something on dessert trends, 0:01:52.650 --> 0:01:55.220 I would definitely put that on the list. Um, I've 0:01:55.230 --> 0:01:57.300 had it at bar Mro, I've actually had it right 0:01:57.309 --> 0:01:59.900 across the street as well at Bistro La Flore Song. 0:02:00.180 --> 0:02:01.760 So I didn't know they had it. Yeah, 0:02:01.879 --> 0:02:04.800 they do. And it's excellent there as well. You're right. It's, 0:02:04.809 --> 0:02:07.349 it's almost custard like, like creme brulee or something in 0:02:07.430 --> 0:02:09.990 the center. And, and what I like about it, this 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.519 is maybe the best part. It was paired with a, 0:02:12.529 --> 0:02:15.570 a madea that said you've got to have this Madea 0:02:15.779 --> 0:02:18.539 and I go madea, I cook with, I make chicken madea, 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.020 you know, is that a cooking wine? No, this is 0:02:21.029 --> 0:02:23.880 a 10 year old madea by Henrique and Henrique. I've 0:02:23.889 --> 0:02:26.660 never had it. It was the best dessert pairing I've 0:02:26.669 --> 0:02:28.580 had in a long time. This 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.820 madea had the same kind of Carly notes that the 0:02:32.830 --> 0:02:36.699 cheesecake had, it, had some, you know, kind of nut and, 0:02:36.710 --> 0:02:39.660 and dried fruit. Back notes to it anyway, 0:02:40.339 --> 0:02:42.589 I had this a while ago and I'm still thinking 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:46.179 about it. The basque cheesecake at bar moral. Don't forget 0:02:46.190 --> 0:02:48.419 the madeira. That sounds great. I'm such a huge dessert 0:02:48.429 --> 0:02:51.220 wine fan. Anyway, I'm usually a port drinker, but I 0:02:51.229 --> 0:02:53.440 will definitely try it with the madeira. It's in the 0:02:53.449 --> 0:02:57.410 port family. It's those oxidized wines that are so, you know, 0:02:57.419 --> 0:02:59.538 they don't go bad because they're oxidized. That's what I 0:02:59.550 --> 0:03:00.198 like about them. 0:03:00.550 --> 0:03:02.889 I'm going to cheat today and I'm going to have 0:03:02.899 --> 0:03:06.289 two things. I can't stop thinking about that are very different. 0:03:06.300 --> 0:03:09.229 And the one I will just mention very quickly, I 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.369 finally got the chance to go out to root food 0:03:11.380 --> 0:03:15.240 and wine in Augusta and you have not been there, 0:03:15.250 --> 0:03:17.660 but you know about it, right. I know about it. 0:03:17.669 --> 0:03:20.240 We've written about it. Dave Lowry has been there and 0:03:20.250 --> 0:03:23.070 raved he loved it. He just loved it. Uh Yeah, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.970 it's out in Augusta. The chef there. Philip Day has been, 0:03:26.979 --> 0:03:30.198 I believe it was he nominated for his place, was nominated, 0:03:30.282 --> 0:03:33.262 the place the place is nominated for a Beard award 0:03:33.272 --> 0:03:35.703 this year. So, um I felt like I had to 0:03:35.712 --> 0:03:39.203 go check it out and it's absolutely delightful. Everything is 0:03:39.212 --> 0:03:42.783 well executed, but the service is just, and just the 0:03:42.792 --> 0:03:45.542 approach to everything. It's so earnest, you know, there is 0:03:45.552 --> 0:03:48.223 not some sort of air that they are, you know, 0:03:48.233 --> 0:03:51.343 putting on or looking down on you as a diner or, 0:03:51.352 --> 0:03:55.593 you know, anything. It is just this earnest, lovely, warm 0:03:55.602 --> 0:03:58.473 inviting place and it's rustic. I mean, it's 100 plus 0:03:58.483 --> 0:03:59.263 year old home. 0:04:00.016 --> 0:04:02.485 It's a house. It's not like you would miss it 0:04:02.496 --> 0:04:05.406 if you were driving by. So highly recommend that they 0:04:05.416 --> 0:04:08.356 had this mushroom dish. It was like a mushroom soup 0:04:08.365 --> 0:04:10.695 and I can't stop thinking about the flavor. It was 0:04:10.705 --> 0:04:15.475 just this intense distillation of smoked mushroom. So that was fantastic. 0:04:15.725 --> 0:04:17.545 But the other place I went to this week, I 0:04:17.555 --> 0:04:20.026 guess it was a decadent weekend. This is the one 0:04:20.036 --> 0:04:22.865 that has just blown my mind. Do you know of 0:04:22.876 --> 0:04:26.246 Sarah's cake shop? And this place is actually called Sarah's 0:04:26.255 --> 0:04:29.555 on Central, which is in downtown Eureka. 0:04:29.950 --> 0:04:32.619 You know, she makes great like cakes and desserts, but 0:04:32.630 --> 0:04:36.250 she has this darling little restaurant. It's so wonderful. I mean, 0:04:36.260 --> 0:04:40.010 great breakfast. Like they do a biscuit sandwich, but she 0:04:40.019 --> 0:04:42.970 makes the biscuits from scratch and she's a pastry chef. 0:04:42.980 --> 0:04:46.308 So they're perfect. But let me just tell you this 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.910 cinnamon roll is the cinnamon roll to end all cinnamon rolls. 0:04:51.579 --> 0:04:56.130 I can't get over the sink. Them words, my friend. Oh, boy. 0:04:56.630 --> 0:04:59.529 I, I can't even, like, describe it to you. It's 0:04:59.540 --> 0:05:02.529 kind of one of those massive square shaped ones. It 0:05:02.540 --> 0:05:04.809 almost looks like a Zarro or whatever. I wouldn't call 0:05:04.820 --> 0:05:07.619 it a pyramid. But, um, you know, it's kind of 0:05:07.630 --> 0:05:10.579 like peaked at the top a little bit. They have 0:05:10.589 --> 0:05:12.329 a lot of white icing. Oh, my gosh. 0:05:12.529 --> 0:05:14.669 It's not cream cheese. It's that, you know, just very 0:05:14.678 --> 0:05:18.679 classic white icing and it soaks into every corner because 0:05:18.690 --> 0:05:21.350 that's always my big problem with it is I feel 0:05:21.359 --> 0:05:25.600 like you get pockets of like goo and sugar and cinnamon, 0:05:25.609 --> 0:05:28.309 but it's not distributed throughout this. You had it 0:05:28.980 --> 0:05:32.559 generously on every single bite. I love it. 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Some of the ones on my list, I'm, 0:06:49.769 --> 0:06:51.760 I'm recommending because the food's so good. I don't know 0:06:51.769 --> 0:06:54.000 what your parameters are, but that's where I started. What, 0:06:54.010 --> 0:06:56.208 what do you got to start? Good food is definitely 0:06:56.220 --> 0:06:57.480 key but 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.279 find good food to me. You know, if I'm soaking 0:07:00.290 --> 0:07:03.019 up a little too much amounts of beer, a little 0:07:03.029 --> 0:07:06.868 too much at the bar, then, uh, I guess maybe my, uh, 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:10.440 definition of good food changes. I, I get it. Yeah, 0:07:10.570 --> 0:07:13.140 I've been there and, uh, it was a very difficult 0:07:13.149 --> 0:07:15.380 one for us to research. Let's just say that, you know, 0:07:15.390 --> 0:07:18.260 we had to go and, uh, go to places like 0:07:18.269 --> 0:07:19.299 one of my favorites. 0:07:19.380 --> 0:07:22.320 Should we just go ahead and jump in and get started? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 0:07:22.329 --> 0:07:25.200 I was going to say, let's, let's get started because this, 0:07:25.209 --> 0:07:28.410 there's just too many and I'm, I'm, I'm excited about this. 0:07:28.420 --> 0:07:31.589 These are great places and you know, it's TV S 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.170 and beer and good food. And you go first. This 0:07:34.179 --> 0:07:38.459 place is iconic. It's the Village bar out in De Pair, 0:07:38.529 --> 0:07:40.880 an absolute West County institution. 0:07:41.290 --> 0:07:43.859 Uh It has the character to it. It's the kind 0:07:43.869 --> 0:07:47.519 of place where you're watching your burger get cooked and 0:07:47.529 --> 0:07:50.500 your onion rings, which their onion rings are fantastic. And 0:07:50.510 --> 0:07:53.350 you're watching that all get dropped at the little station 0:07:53.359 --> 0:07:56.059 behind the bar. That to me, the mark of a 0:07:56.070 --> 0:07:58.989 great bar, the extension of the bar. That's, that's the 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:00.019 quintessential 0:08:00.459 --> 0:08:03.980 sports bar joint. You've got the flat top right next 0:08:03.989 --> 0:08:07.160 to the bourbon. It, what more do you want? It's 0:08:07.170 --> 0:08:10.519 just great. So, I love the Village Bar for that reason. 0:08:10.529 --> 0:08:12.920 And I've got one at the Village Bar. This is 0:08:12.929 --> 0:08:17.040 the only place in town that I order mushrooms, fried 0:08:17.049 --> 0:08:20.640 mushrooms because they're like the onion rings. They hand 0:08:20.790 --> 0:08:23.350 them to order and they fry them to order and 0:08:23.359 --> 0:08:25.390 it's a whole lot different than any other mushroom. So 0:08:25.420 --> 0:08:28.820 they don't have that mushy. It's not like, you know, 0:08:28.829 --> 0:08:31.420 the ones you get in most other places come from 0:08:31.429 --> 0:08:35.140 other places. These are really noticeably better. I'm not a 0:08:35.150 --> 0:08:37.989 fried mushroom guy, except when I go there. Now I 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.320 was talking to the manager out there the last time 0:08:40.330 --> 0:08:41.000 I was there 0:08:41.409 --> 0:08:43.549 and I said, you know, I, I tend to slip 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.619 into the same crack. You know, I, I, I'll have 0:08:46.630 --> 0:08:49.229 myself a burger. I'll have some mushrooms and a beer. 0:08:49.260 --> 0:08:53.030 What would you suggest? And his suggestion, he didn't even hesitate. 0:08:53.179 --> 0:08:54.559 And I don't know if you've had this out there 0:08:54.570 --> 0:08:58.309 or not. They're pork tenderloin sandwich, which they fry and 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.809 then they crisp up on that flat top. So they 0:09:01.820 --> 0:09:02.309 start 0:09:03.083 --> 0:09:06.522 and then he adds jack cheese and bacon and he 0:09:06.533 --> 0:09:09.392 just gives me that look like, thank me later. Yes. 0:09:09.403 --> 0:09:11.752 So anyway, that's on my list of things to do 0:09:11.763 --> 0:09:13.941 for the Village Bar. I thought you were going to 0:09:13.953 --> 0:09:17.392 say they're chili, which is also really good there. I mean, but, 0:09:17.403 --> 0:09:20.301 you know, you can't go wrong with chili. So Village 0:09:20.312 --> 0:09:23.083 Bars on my list. I love it. I do love 0:09:23.093 --> 0:09:23.583 the shuffle 0:09:23.835 --> 0:09:26.216 word out there. I love, you know, the old, I 0:09:26.226 --> 0:09:28.444 think we all know my love of the old Clydesdale 0:09:28.466 --> 0:09:31.455 chandelier at this point. It just has that feel to it. Well, 0:09:31.466 --> 0:09:33.125 and they've got that new room now. It's a whole 0:09:33.135 --> 0:09:35.435 lot bigger than it used to be. So it's, it's, 0:09:35.445 --> 0:09:38.944 it's bigger and brighter in that second room. So, what's on, 0:09:38.955 --> 0:09:41.976 what's on yours? Do you have one that you're particularly 0:09:42.476 --> 0:09:46.145 excited about? Let's see, I think, let's see. I'm going 0:09:46.155 --> 0:09:48.015 to start with one of the newer places. It's the 0:09:48.026 --> 0:09:52.195 pitch athletic club in Tavern, downtown corner to City Park. 0:09:52.469 --> 0:09:58.728 It's this giant uh sports bar. And soccer bar. And, uh, it's, 0:09:58.940 --> 0:10:03.309 it's really hard to describe. It's like a, it's like 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:07.820 a very well maintained Irish pub. Uh, but it's new, 0:10:07.830 --> 0:10:10.299 but all their wood in there is distressed. You know, 0:10:10.309 --> 0:10:13.319 it came in distress. So it looks old, looks weathered 0:10:13.820 --> 0:10:16.520 and that's all by design. And there's, you know, there's 0:10:16.530 --> 0:10:20.210 green wood, uh, uh, green painted wood and there's some, 0:10:20.489 --> 0:10:24.580 some, some beautiful, uh, tile white, uh, subway tile above. 0:10:24.590 --> 0:10:27.349 It's got this, this classic lines and classic look. But 0:10:27.359 --> 0:10:30.190 the coolest thing about the place is around the perimeter, 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:31.830 they've got little seating groups 0:10:32.150 --> 0:10:35.789 and the seating groups are leather couches, leather chairs, nice 0:10:35.799 --> 0:10:40.280 carpet below. And you've got a customer control TV for 0:10:40.289 --> 0:10:43.140 you just for you. And it's, you know, groupings of 0:10:43.150 --> 0:10:46.760 46 and eight and it's, it's just really cool and it's, it's, 0:10:46.770 --> 0:10:49.659 you know, your own little private party there, there is 0:10:49.669 --> 0:10:52.489 one area behind, directly behind the host to stand. They've 0:10:52.500 --> 0:10:56.199 got this massive walnut back bar. It's the Tony Faust 0:10:56.210 --> 0:10:59.200 restaurant back bar from back in the day. And it 0:10:59.210 --> 0:10:59.409 is 0:10:59.474 --> 0:11:02.174 ornate and it's beautiful and right where all the liquor 0:11:02.184 --> 0:11:05.364 bottles were stored, they've cut it out and they put TV. 0:11:05.375 --> 0:11:07.664 S in there. Again, customer control TV. S again, these 0:11:07.674 --> 0:11:10.484 are reserve areas. Takes it to a whole different level. 0:11:10.494 --> 0:11:14.353 I mean, that sounds like a fancy sports bar. It's 0:11:14.385 --> 0:11:16.994 not a, it's not a dive sports bar. And I 0:11:17.005 --> 0:11:19.854 think we talked about this, this the other day, the, uh, 0:11:19.864 --> 0:11:23.174 they've got a frozen Irish coffee that's just, it's just 0:11:23.184 --> 0:11:25.875 really good made with real, it's made with soft serve 0:11:25.885 --> 0:11:26.695 ice cream and 0:11:27.059 --> 0:11:28.799 it is, and they're not telling you what's in it, 0:11:28.809 --> 0:11:30.969 but it's really, really good. That sounds like if we 0:11:30.979 --> 0:11:33.659 were compiling like the best frozen drinks in town, I 0:11:33.669 --> 0:11:37.419 think that has to be high on that list there. 0:11:37.450 --> 0:11:40.069 It's right there. So that's from the LHM Guys, 0:11:40.409 --> 0:11:43.440 you know, their other sports bar which is really kind 0:11:43.450 --> 0:11:45.468 of the opposite end of the spectrum is out in, 0:11:45.479 --> 0:11:49.119 in Westport, Westport social. I mean, it's this massive, this 0:11:49.130 --> 0:11:52.169 place is really huge. It's like 13 or 15,000 square 0:11:52.179 --> 0:11:54.909 feet and they've got every game that you can ever 0:11:54.919 --> 0:11:56.739 want to play and it's, I don't know if you've 0:11:56.750 --> 0:11:59.659 seen it but it's, it's uh they could have probably 0:11:59.669 --> 0:12:00.760 put twice as many seats 0:12:00.881 --> 0:12:03.223 in there, but it's this kind of generously seated place. 0:12:03.232 --> 0:12:06.412 So everybody's not crammed in there. They do a really 0:12:06.422 --> 0:12:08.463 good job with food out there. They've got a smash 0:12:08.473 --> 0:12:12.723 burger that's killer. They do some wings that are brined 0:12:12.732 --> 0:12:15.442 smoked and then flash fried. Those are my three favorite 0:12:15.453 --> 0:12:18.552 things to do to wings and it's just, it's just 0:12:18.562 --> 0:12:20.872 AAA superlative experience. 0:12:21.306 --> 0:12:23.966 Mathis did all the cocktails out there before he joined 0:12:23.976 --> 0:12:26.616 up with Tim Wiggins and did the bangers only. Those are, 0:12:26.625 --> 0:12:29.596 these guys are like the 22 cool cocktail dudes in town, 0:12:29.684 --> 0:12:31.665 you're gonna get a good drink, you're gonna get a 0:12:31.676 --> 0:12:33.935 good drink in there. That's what it means. So, anyway, that's, 0:12:33.945 --> 0:12:37.116 that's Westport social. Staying out in West County, the corner 0:12:37.125 --> 0:12:39.995 pub and grill. There's several of those out there. One 0:12:40.005 --> 0:12:41.596 reason I like that place 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.830 is it appeals to families and there's a gluten-free menu 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.559 on there and not just a couple of gluten free items. 0:12:47.570 --> 0:12:49.820 They've got the biggest, I think gluten free menu in 0:12:49.830 --> 0:12:53.739 town that the owner's daughter is a celiac has celiac 0:12:53.750 --> 0:12:57.559 disease and thought it was important to do that part 0:12:57.570 --> 0:12:58.500 of it, right? And it's 0:12:58.890 --> 0:13:02.619 that menu is called Hannah's at Corner Pub after Hannah. 0:13:02.799 --> 0:13:06.059 That's sweet. So that's very sweet. But what I, what 0:13:06.070 --> 0:13:08.559 I like about this place is they've been doing this 0:13:08.570 --> 0:13:10.229 a while and I was talking to the owner and 0:13:10.239 --> 0:13:12.919 he said, oh, you're doing, you know, something on March Madness. 0:13:12.929 --> 0:13:15.099 Let me give you some March madness, etiquette. 0:13:15.940 --> 0:13:18.718 Oh, there's etiquette for Mark. Well, I didn't know there 0:13:18.729 --> 0:13:22.280 was until I talked to him. So he says, he says, 0:13:22.289 --> 0:13:24.669 you know, cheer on your team, you know, go crazy. 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.590 We want you to get there early and have a 0:13:26.599 --> 0:13:29.520 good time. The first weekend is the craziest, which I 0:13:29.530 --> 0:13:32.359 didn't realize all those games were going on. 0:13:32.940 --> 0:13:35.199 You know, there's how many games the first night they're, 0:13:35.210 --> 0:13:39.210 they're everywhere. And he said, what happens is everybody wants 0:13:39.219 --> 0:13:42.109 to watch their game and they have to kind of, 0:13:42.510 --> 0:13:44.599 you know, be the traffic cop here. So, if you, 0:13:44.609 --> 0:13:47.049 here's the rules, if you want to watch the game, 0:13:47.059 --> 0:13:49.400 you want to watch, get there early because the first 0:13:49.409 --> 0:13:52.750 guy gets to control the remote. So don't come in 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:54.968 in the middle. Yeah. Yeah. Don't come in in the 0:13:54.979 --> 0:13:55.719 middle of the game 0:13:56.065 --> 0:13:58.424 and say, I'd like to watch this because somebody has 0:13:58.434 --> 0:14:01.344 already come in and said they want to watch that. Well, that's, 0:14:01.494 --> 0:14:03.864 I mean, it's only fair. That might be a rant 0:14:03.875 --> 0:14:07.614 for a later episode. But the TV, changing in the 0:14:07.625 --> 0:14:11.424 middle of, of games. That's a, that's a pet peeve. Yeah, 0:14:11.434 --> 0:14:14.575 I just think that's, uh, it just makes sense. So, 0:14:14.585 --> 0:14:17.594 uh again, at Corner Pub, the Sleeper Dish, Mahi mahi 0:14:17.804 --> 0:14:18.574 tacos 0:14:18.890 --> 0:14:22.000 really good. Again, you think, let's have a burger, let's 0:14:22.010 --> 0:14:24.429 have some fries. Let's have some, no, no, go with 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:28.570 the mahi mahi tacos. So there you go. Another similar 0:14:28.580 --> 0:14:31.830 place like that out in West County is Three Kings Pub. 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:33.760 There's several of those around. The one in the loop 0:14:33.770 --> 0:14:36.219 is getting rebuilt and that's gonna be opening, I think 0:14:36.229 --> 0:14:38.679 in a couple of months. What I like about that 0:14:38.690 --> 0:14:40.299 is kind of the same thing. It's upper level. It's 0:14:40.309 --> 0:14:43.599 Gastropub fair. It's just a step above. They do everything 0:14:43.609 --> 0:14:46.429 in house, homemade, which I appreciate most. A lot of 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.190 bar and grills don't, they don't have to. 0:14:48.619 --> 0:14:52.340 So these guys have taken it up a level and, um, 0:14:52.369 --> 0:14:55.059 the the, the hot item there, the sleeper item, there's 0:14:55.070 --> 0:14:57.609 a muffaletta. Would you ever order a muffaletta at a 0:14:57.619 --> 0:15:02.099 sports bar? No, probably not. You should at Three Kings Pub. Oh, wow, 0:15:02.109 --> 0:15:05.119 that sounds great. Well, I'm going to go a little 0:15:05.130 --> 0:15:08.840 bit further west as well, but this time I'm going 0:15:08.849 --> 0:15:11.919 to go west of the Missouri River. There is a 0:15:11.929 --> 0:15:16.080 little place out in the Cottle area called J P's Hideout. 0:15:16.359 --> 0:15:18.299 I guess I shouldn't call it a little place. It's, 0:15:18.309 --> 0:15:21.390 it's not, it's not divey at all. In fact, the 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.739 name does make it seem like maybe it's some like 0:15:23.750 --> 0:15:27.030 little dark dive bar and it's not kind of like 0:15:27.039 --> 0:15:30.710 what you were saying. It has this gastropub type fare. 0:15:30.719 --> 0:15:33.940 They have everything from these really great Sicilian meatballs as 0:15:33.950 --> 0:15:38.309 an appetizer. They do a fantastic Monte Cristo sandwich, their burgers, 0:15:38.526 --> 0:15:42.606 great. They do smoked meats. Uh They usually do a 0:15:42.616 --> 0:15:46.526 brisket and I feel like they've done ribs and stuff 0:15:46.536 --> 0:15:48.176 in the past. It kind of just depends on the 0:15:48.185 --> 0:15:51.736 day out there, but I just love it. They have 0:15:51.745 --> 0:15:57.296 plenty of tvs that dark wood bar. Just a festive atmosphere. 0:15:57.306 --> 0:16:00.065 They have a cute little outdoor covered patio with a 0:16:00.075 --> 0:16:00.325 television 0:16:00.432 --> 0:16:03.271 vision. You were talking about corner pub. I also like 0:16:03.281 --> 0:16:05.312 that about them where when you can sit on the 0:16:05.322 --> 0:16:08.132 patio but you still have TV. Si love that. That, 0:16:08.142 --> 0:16:11.090 that's so important on a nice day. There's nothing better, right? 0:16:11.101 --> 0:16:14.432 The corner pub has that and JP does too. They do. Exactly. 0:16:14.442 --> 0:16:17.481 So that is definitely, if you're in the Saint Charles area, 0:16:17.492 --> 0:16:22.331 that is my pick for, uh, places out there for sure. 0:16:22.729 --> 0:16:27.309 You were talking about Westport Social. And, uh, the pitch, 0:16:27.450 --> 0:16:31.190 the other place on my list is the armory. I mean, 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.570 the armory is just this sprawling. 0:16:34.309 --> 0:16:39.109 It is the biggest sports bar in town. I want 0:16:39.119 --> 0:16:42.440 to say it's 250,000 square feet, which is head and 0:16:42.450 --> 0:16:46.179 shoulders above anything else. That's just staggeringly huge. They have 0:16:46.190 --> 0:16:50.659 six bars, they have good food, they have those massive TV. S. 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.450 Do you know who has the biggest TV in town? 0:16:53.770 --> 0:16:56.950 The armory get out. I was going to say maybe 0:16:56.960 --> 0:17:00.239 the district, but you're right. I think the Armory is bigger. That's, 0:17:00.250 --> 0:17:03.630 that's what I've been told. The biggest in town and 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.619 the second biggest is at ballpark Village, which is on 0:17:06.630 --> 0:17:09.359 my list. It can hardly not be. I mean, you 0:17:09.369 --> 0:17:11.510 have to put that on your list like these major 0:17:11.599 --> 0:17:14.050 complexes like that. I mean, it's, it's a complex, 0:17:14.469 --> 0:17:18.099 it's, it's like a bullpen in there with, with everybody watching. 0:17:18.250 --> 0:17:21.379 But what's interesting is that TV, they have increased the 0:17:21.390 --> 0:17:24.260 size of the TV. So there are so many screens 0:17:24.270 --> 0:17:26.458 in a row now that I'm told you can watch 0:17:26.469 --> 0:17:29.839 every March Madness game. Everyone that's played at the same time. They, 0:17:29.900 --> 0:17:31.810 you know, the first weekend they're playing them all at 0:17:31.819 --> 0:17:33.750 the same time. Well, you can watch them all at 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:34.479 the same time 0:17:34.849 --> 0:17:37.968 at ballpark Village. Wow, that sounds like a good time. 0:17:38.229 --> 0:17:40.139 You know, everybody goes there, they think about it. Yeah, 0:17:40.150 --> 0:17:42.369 we'll go there before and after the Cardinal game. But 0:17:42.489 --> 0:17:47.810 they also televised the, the UFC fights for free, which 0:17:47.819 --> 0:17:49.419 I didn't know that a lot of bars will charge 0:17:49.430 --> 0:17:51.708 you for that. I'm not a big fight fan but 0:17:51.719 --> 0:17:53.739 I thought there's a lot of people that are. So 0:17:53.839 --> 0:17:57.439 that's kind of interesting, the, the, the Blues Battle Hawks 0:17:57.449 --> 0:17:58.569 and city games, 0:17:58.959 --> 0:18:01.609 you know, there are free shuttles. That's another thing that 0:18:01.619 --> 0:18:03.589 a lot of people don't know about park there. You 0:18:03.599 --> 0:18:05.239 can usually park there for free if you have a 0:18:05.250 --> 0:18:08.140 beer and get your, you get validated, you know, have 0:18:08.150 --> 0:18:09.760 a beer, have a burger, do whatever you want to 0:18:09.770 --> 0:18:11.599 do and then you can take a free shuttle to 0:18:11.609 --> 0:18:13.810 any of these things. The shuttles are here, parking can 0:18:13.819 --> 0:18:16.599 be as, you know, a pain downtown and very expensive. 0:18:16.609 --> 0:18:19.339 So don't forget about that if you're a ballpark village 0:18:19.569 --> 0:18:22.540 and then there's, there's sports and social which is part 0:18:22.550 --> 0:18:24.339 of ballpark village, but it's kind of, 0:18:24.910 --> 0:18:26.609 I want, it's kind of a respite. It's not as 0:18:26.619 --> 0:18:29.369 wild and crazy. It's not this kind of scrum which, 0:18:29.380 --> 0:18:32.020 which is fun, but if you want something a little quieter, 0:18:32.030 --> 0:18:34.629 a little more sedate sports and social is the place 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.319 for you. It's, it's in that same complex and overlooked 0:18:38.329 --> 0:18:39.920 by a lot of people because they, they just, they're 0:18:39.930 --> 0:18:42.729 just not in that zone. Exactly. No, that is, that's 0:18:42.739 --> 0:18:46.010 a definite place to put on the list to watch games, 0:18:46.020 --> 0:18:48.770 for sure. I'm going to head the opposite side of 0:18:48.780 --> 0:18:51.540 the stadium here. I'm going to go to SARD because 0:18:51.550 --> 0:18:52.329 have you, 0:18:52.569 --> 0:18:55.750 have you been to Duke's Sports Bar yet? I have 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:57.780 not been to Duke's Sports Bar. You talk about our 0:18:58.569 --> 0:19:01.420 good time. Duke's is just the place to go. It's 0:19:01.430 --> 0:19:06.129 kind of if you could combine the embodiment of a 0:19:06.140 --> 0:19:10.510 sports bar with this perfect caricature of a soulard bar. 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.819 So it's a sports bar, but it's got great Cajun 0:19:12.829 --> 0:19:17.270 food and they have dance parties and they have, you know, 0:19:17.290 --> 0:19:18.380 30 plus t 0:19:18.704 --> 0:19:21.244 they have three bars. They have two levels. They have 0:19:21.255 --> 0:19:26.823 a patio. It is this festive atmosphere. You're going to 0:19:26.834 --> 0:19:29.494 have a good time there and they do um like 0:19:29.505 --> 0:19:32.435