Other places in St. Louis to Drink

Other Places to Drink in St. Louis

The President Casino is the Place to Drink in St. Louis

Like everyone else in St. Louis on Friday night, we wanted to check out the new Downtown St. Louis casino. Lumiere Place was packed Friday night at around 9:30 pm. The line to get a card for the place was about 75 deep. So we skipped the line, walked around the outer part of the casino, saw that drinks were $4.50, and decided to go down to the President Casino.

The President Casino was not packed at all. There were seats at $5 blackjack tables everywhere. I have never seen this. While the President is not the classiest of all of the casinos, it is usually hard to get a $5 blackjack seat. The President has $1.50 drinks, and these drinks are strong. The crowd at the President is probably not the classiest group, but who cares when you want to hang out with some friends, drink and gamble anyways. Maybe this is Pinnacle's plan. Keep all of the undesirable gamblers who don't have a ton of money to throw away, or don't pretend to have a ton of money away from Lumiere Place, but keep the President open for these people to gamble.

Go to Lumiere Place if you want to be with the crowd, pay high prices for drinks and struggle to find a table to gamble. Go to the President if you want to have cheap drinks, and gamble at $5 blackjack tables.

Skyview Drive-in Movie Theatre

5700 N Belt W

Belleville, IL 62226

Phone: 636-223-4400

One of the last drive in movie theatres in St. Louis, this place allows people to bring their own beer and watch a movie outside on one of their two screens. We went on a Saturday night in July and the place was packed. The movies started at 9 and there were cars lined up for a half mile at 8. We parked our car, set our lawn chairs up, and opened up our cooler full of beer that we brought along. I don't think this place has changed since it has opened. Skyview has a concession stand in the middle of each screen that serves fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, and popcorn. This place is great because it stayed true to it’s roots. You just go see a movie, drink some beer, and hang out with a bunch of people.

Prices: $8.50 for two movies, per person

Oktoberfest
8th and Lafayette in Soulard

Oktoberfest is a St. Louis tradition in Soulard. It is Located just south of the Soulard Farmers Market and is free to everyone. There are beer tents food tents and live music. There were people dressed up in their best German attire and dancing all around.

Oktoberfest is a big party with big beers and live music everywhere. At the end of the night we almost got to see a chick fight. We were sitting under the big tent and out of nowhere these two chicks start yapping at each other. I don’t know what it was about, but I wish I would have seen a chick fight. So close.

The beers were huge. They were served in the giant mugs and they were delicious. The mugs did cost $12 for the first one and $8 refills after that.

I may have had one of the best bratwurst that I have ever had. The brat that I had at Oktoberfest was great. The brat was huge and it was good. I don’t know how they cooked it and I don’t know how much it was. I couldn’t really remember the end of the night, because I was smashed from the monster beers.

Go to Oktoberfest if you have a chance next year. Get the big beers and a brat, you will not be disappointed