I was in St. Louis the other day for a meeting at an office located on the Central West End (CWE). This area is a great mixed use area with shopping, dining, businesses and homes. You’ll see all types on the CWE from folks dressed to the nines to a grungy guy with multiple piercings walking his dog past the trendy types sitting at the sidewalk tables outside a restaurant.
On this trip, I noted a woman coming out of the local gourmet grocery putting her items in the basket of her bicycle. While I sat waiting on the light to change, she pedaled off. We were experiencing some of our hot and humid Missouri weather that day and I couldn’t imagine being on that bike. I would have liked to walk around after my meeting, but it was just too hot for me.
The CWE dates back to the 1800s and runs into Forest Park. It’s a vibrant area.
There is a cupcake bakery that calls my name Every. Single. Time. Bissinger’s chocolate, a St. Louis institution, is another temptation for me.
I remember my first trip to the Central West End. I was in college and was in St. Louis with friends. It was summer, and I think every college student in St. Louis was hanging out there that night. Over the years, I’ve dined there, shopped there and just hung out. We took some travel writers there a few years back for a festival and just let them wander around. We had a hard time getting everybody back at the appointed time because they were having so much fun.
It’s just that kind of place.
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