Today is a Choose Your Own Adventure! St. Louis has more to offer than you'd think, so choose from some of the options and create your best itinerary.
For breakfast, go to City Coffee & Creperie in Clayton. Pro tip: get 1 sweet and 1 savory crepe and split with someone else to make sure you get allll the flavors! OR, you can head to Kirkwood for their Farmer's Market on Saturday mornings.
After breakfast, head downtown to see the St. Louis Arch! You'll want to get tickets ahead of time, but it's well worth it for the history and the views. This will take a little over an hour, but feel free to explore the grounds afterwards and take great pictures here!
After, you can make your way to Busch Stadium to see the St. Louis Cardinals play at home OR the adjacent Ballpark Village for lunch and watch any games of any sports on their big screen. Alternatively, check out the St. Louis Blues nearby at Enterprise Center!
If sports isn't your thing, instead go to Laclede's Landing directly north of the Arch. This historical area has many restaurant choices including the local-famous Old Spaghetti Factory.
When you're done, you have a few options.
First, you can go just south to Anheuser-Busch Brewery and do any of their tours. If you're around in the holiday season, highly recommend their Christmas lights. You can follow it up with a trip to Tower Grove Park and the adjacent Botanical Gardens which has great exhibits year round! OR if you want to keep the party going, head just north to Soulard (home of the 2nd largest Mardi Gras in the country) with great bars like Molly's and McGurk's (this area also has a great farmer's market that I would highly recommend!)
If you want to drink but beer isn't your thing, head to Missouri wine country in Defiance, MO, just around 40 min from downtown. I would recommend Chandler Hill Vineyards for great views. Please note the roads in this area are windy - so be smart and safe and plan to leave with a designated driver before dark.
If you're not a drinker at all, head to the historic Grant's Farm. This is the former Busch house and directly next to President Grant's old home. Now, it is home to farm animals including the famous Anheuser-Busch clydesdales! There are plenty of activities for people of all ages here.
No matter your choice earlier, I'm sure you'll be hungry for dinner, and there's no better option than St. Louis renowned Imo's Pizza. Did you know STL has it's own type of cheese? Well now you know!
You'll want to get their regular thin crust pizza and a side fo toasted raviolis that will change your life. Whether dine in or take out for a picnic in Forest Park or at your hotel's patio, you literally cannot go wrong here.
