Date Spots in St. Louis, MO

Dating in St. Louis

A Saint Louis date can be simple and flexible. Start with coffee shop time at MoKaBe's Coffeehouse, Union Loafers, Hartford Coffee Company, Park Avenue Coffee, The mud house, Kaldi's Coffee, Shaw's Coffee, Fielder's Choice, La Mancha Coffee House, or Bo.co Cafe. For dinner, choose barbecue at Sugarfire Smoke House or Pappy's Smokehouse, Mediterranean at Medina Grill, Vietnamese at Saigon Cafe, Thai at Thai 202, Mexican at El Maguey Mexican Restaurant, Greek at Gyro Express, or dinner at Humphrey's Restaurant & Tavern, The Shaved Duck, or Taco Buddha. Then keep the evening going with drinks at Eat Crow, Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, ART Bar, Three Sixty, Trust, Bridge Tap House & Wine Bar, Tiny Bar, The Crack Fox, Stanley's Cigar Lounge, or Hi Hat.

For a daytime date, the outdoors list gives you Gateway Arch National Park, Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, Tower Grove Park, Lafayette Park, Saint Louis Place Park, Benton Park, Compton Hill Reservoir Park, Missouri Botanical Garden, Citygarden, and Memorial Plaza. If you want culture, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, World Chess Hall of Fame, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, The Griot Museum of Black History, Old Courthouse, Economy Museum at the St. Louis Fed, National Blues Museum, and Campbell House Museum are all ready. Entertainment dates can mean MX Movies & Bar, Stifel Theatre, Powell Hall at the Jack C. Taylor Music Center, The Fabulous Fox, Chase Park Plaza Cinemas, The Muny, Omnimax Theater, The Big Top, The Grandel, or The Sun Theater.

Neighborhoods in St. Louis

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Tower Grove Park This outdoor venue from the guide lets you build a walk into a coffee shop, barbecue, or dinner date.
• Lafayette Park Another outdoor spot in the list, it works for a stroll before or after coffee, dinner, or drinks.
• Benton Park Listed among the outdoor options, it gives you a simple park setting for a low-key date.
• Saint Louis Place Park This outdoor venue in the data is another walk-friendly date idea from the guide.
• Compton Hill Reservoir Park One more outdoor spot from the list, useful when you want a park date rather than a bar or restaurant.