St. Louis Food + History Tours

(+ picnics!) by TourCWE

Come get to know the Central West End - St. Louis' most populous neighborhood, listed among the "Great Places of America".

Combining architectural decadence of the Gilded Age with hidden history featuring:

unique foods and local lore

literary giants & civil rights heroes

Nobel laureates & the real "Masters of Sex"

Social injustice & the Delmar Divide

murderous gangsters & crooked cops

Chinese princes & European kings

American presidents & English slave traders

brewing magnates & real estate tycoons

international art smugglers & the Ottoman Empire

much more!

Enjoy a walk through the St. Louis history - good, bad, and ugly - that made it the city it is today.

Unique St. Louis Experiences

Welcome!

Welcome to the Central West End! During the Gilded Age, the CWE was the wealthiest enclave in Saint Louis, which was America's fourth largest city at that time. Much of that wealth-flexing grandeur remains and has lived many lives since. I'm Mike Nichols, a local armchair historian and natural storyteller who has spent years researching the eclectic places, characters, and events around the CWE that have made this storied neighborhood such a quintessentially unique place. My partner and I have experienced many amazing food + historical tours around the world, now borrowing from those experiences to offer the best St. Louis food tours we could imagine combined with unforgettable yet nearly-forgotten stories about St. Louis and the many lives of the magnificent CWE.