Taste of St. Louis Today Through Sunday, Tours of Peabody Opera
The annual Taste of St. Louis kicks off today and runs through Sunday, from their press release:
The Taste of St. Louis is a celebration of food, art, music, and the culture of the great city of St. Louis. The 2011 Taste will feature celebrity chefs, 45 of St. Louis’ best restaurants along Sauce Magazine’s Restaurant Row, the Chef Battle Royale on the Lumiere Place and River City Casino Culinary stage, The Kids’ Kitchen, free music concerts on the Main Stage, and the Art & Wine Walk.
This year is a bit different because the main stage will be west of 14th — in front of the new Peabody Opera House. I attended the Taste of St. Louis press conference a few days ago at the Peabody. Wow, unbelievably impressive. Hats off to the generations before us that built such a magnificent structure during the Great Depression. It’s amazing what $79 million can do for a building that has been vacant for more than 20 years.
The official opening performance at the new Peabody isn’t until October 1st but this weekend you can see inside for free as part of the Taste of St. Louis weekend.
Last year Taste introduced EGS – Event Greening Services:
With a current attendance of more than 300,000, the Taste was the first event in the region to pioneer aggressive, eco-friendly practices in multiple areas of our operations. We’ve received a lot of media attention for our greening efforts, and, with the help of our community, plan to continue to build on these efforts each year.
I thought it worked well last year, even more waste should be recycled this year.
The event is held in the Gateway Mall’s “Civic Room” (aka Soldiers Memorial) at Chestnut & 13th. Thankfully their site doesn’t give driving directions but suggests using Metro. Unfortunately, they only mention MetroLink, not MetroBus. Â Everyday in St. Louis more people are transported via MetroBus than MetroLink but everyone acts like it doesn’t matter. Â If you live in the region you have public transit options to get downtown for this great event. They might include MetroBus, MetroLink or both. North, south, east or west of downtown there is public transit that will get you to the event.
Some MetroBus options:
- From North city: 4, 30, 32, 41, 70, 74, 94, 97
- From North county to downtown:Â 74; to Hanley MetroLink :Â 35, 44, 47, 61, 75
- From West city: 10, 32
- From West county to MetroLink: 56, 57, 58, 91
- From South city: 8, 10, 11, 40, 70, 73, 80
- From South county to downtown: 73 to MetroLink: 17, 21, 46
Many options! For everyone, except those in Madison County, can use Google Maps or Metro’s Trip Planner to determine your route options. Those in Madison county see Madison County Transit for various bus routes to 5th & Missouri MetroLink. Note that some bus lines use Market and/or 14th, they will be rerouted slightly due to Taste, but you will still get closer than if you drove.
Got bike? Bike parking will be at Tucker & Chestnut.
Have a great weekend — see you at the Taste of St. Louis!
– Steve Patterson
Hard to believe that at one time they considered tearing this beauty down. And then to let it sit idle for all those years. THANK YOU Peabody Coal for stepping up to the plate and staying committed to St. Louis City!
Hard to believe that at one time they considered tearing this beauty down. And then to let it sit idle for all those years. THANK YOU Peabody Coal for stepping up to the plate and staying committed to St. Louis City!
The food was fantastic! I had ribs, wings and pizza! Speaking of pizza,
you know who I missed? Villa Farotto! These guys have the absolute best
pizza in the STL area. My wife and I always get the Black & Blue. Sooooo good! Try ’em out!
The food was fantastic! I had ribs, wings and pizza! Speaking of pizza,
you know who I missed? Villa Farotto! These guys have the absolute best
pizza in the STL area. My wife and I always get the Black & Blue. Sooooo good! Try ’em out!