An award-winning St. Louis food tour through the Central West End, led by locals with deep neighborhood roots. Breakfast to dessert in one afternoon — a slinger, toasted ravioli, gooey butter cake and more — with the stories of the neighborhood St. Louis built at the peak of the Gilded Age.
An entertaining and delicious 1.75-mile walk through St. Louis history.
The Food
A slinger, toasted ravioli, gooey butter cake, and St. Louis-style pizza with Provel — dishes genuinely invented here — pulled from neighborhood mainstays across the CWE, and every tasting is an air-conditioned sit-down stop. Most guests leave full and skip dinner.
The Story
The CWE is the neighborhood St. Louis built at the peak of the Gilded Age — beer barons and shoe magnates, a World's Fair next door, the check that bought the Spirit of St. Louis, and the mansion where the cocktail party was invented.
Who It's For
Photo: Missouri Historical Society
You'll love this tour if you want the real St. Louis — wealth, redlines, resilience, and the uncomfortable parts included. If you're looking for a sanitized Chamber-of-Commerce version, this isn't it. Locals and first-timers equally welcome.
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Mike is the consummate storyteller. A very balanced view of history. No punches pulled. Every part is human, beautiful and ugly.