St. Louis day trip with kids recommendations?

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Clark: That’s the St. Louis Arch. The gateway to the west. It’s over 600 feet tall, and there’s an elevator all the way to the top. That’s 60 stories to you and me.

Russ: Wow, dad, can we go up on it?!

Clark: No.

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[DavidS]

I'm surprised no one (including myself) mentioned taking them to the Anheuser-Busch brewery. -D

[OWC Jamie]

yeah, I know.
What's up with that ?!.
and with the clydesdales being so popular and everything.

[Uncle Wig]

DavidS wrote:
I'm surprised no one (including myself) mentioned taking them to the Anheuser-Busch brewery. -D

Except then they would have to drink Budweiser or Busch or some other god-awful Anheuser-Busch swill. :barf:
Luckily there are alternatives!

http://www.schlafly.com/

http://www.buffalobrewingstl.com/

http://www.squareonebrewery.com/

http://www.morganstreetbrewery.com/

http://www.sixrowbrewco.com/

[The UnDoug]

Awesome suggestions, everyone, THANK YOU!!!

[haikuman]

Have fun Doug take pic's and share with us how the trip went. Naturally take a First aid Kit a high calibre weapon and the number of a good BailBondsman :devil::jest:

[Acer]

For a different angle on the region, http://cahokiamounds.org/

[STL]

BBQ
Tremendous and award winning. Has been on Man v Food.
A few blocks east of St Louis U
Be sure and get there at 11 when it opens.
http://www.pappyssmokehouse.com/

[cbelt3]

Oh... and for a sweet treat, Ted Drewe's !

http://www.teddrewes.com/www/sitecontent...spx?pid=92&uid=1FA7B06F-39EC-4A8E-8A31-23EE0B783705

This is THE St. Louis Frozen Custard stand. All of us who grew up there know about it. And used to make command runs there weekend nights in the summer.

... Side story: My sister was getting her Master's on the east coast. Her boyfriend knew she was stressed and working on her thesis research, comps, and all that. So he sent her a large package. It was a large Ted Drewe's concrete, packed in dry ice. Which had just finished sublimating when it arrived at her door.

She said she knew right then she HAD to marry him. And they've been married 28 years now.

[Mike Johnson]

volcs0 wrote:
This is the most amazing kids' (and adults') museum I have ever been to. Period. And I've been to a lot.

http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp

Ditto. City Museum should be at the top of your list, right after the arch -- if not before it. We've taken our 8yo to 30 states and half a dozen countries and we've never found anything like City Museum anywhere else. It is a marvel, one you have to experience firsthand. You'd be making a huge mistake if you don't go. I wouldn't take a trip to Orlando to visit Disneyworld, but we'll probably return to St Louis in the next year or two just so we can revisit City Museum. It will be the highlight of your trip.