25 Weird St. Louis Facts to Impress Your Next Date

By Riverfront Times Staff on Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:31 pm

Have some guests coming in town that you'd like to show around a bit? Don't just tell them about the Arch and the Cardinals; they deserve a bit more St. Louis flavor. As you drive your guests around town you can drop these facts on them and they'll think that you're an expert on your city instead of someone who just stays in and orders Imo's every night.

Wanna seem like a St. Louis pro? Drop these lines on your next date and they'll think that you're an expert on your city instead of someone who just stays in and orders Imo's every night.

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"We were on Oprah's cable network."

Sweetie Pie's, 9841 W. Florissant Ave.
"Remember that Welcome to Sweetie Pie's show, starring the former backup singer for Ike & Tina who'd opened a restaurant? This is the place!"

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Silverberg

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"We're so Catholic, we sometimes call this city 'the Rome of the West.'"

The Dome at America's Center, 701 Convention Plaza
"The pope once flew to town and held a mass here for 110,000 screaming fans."

Photo courtesy of Thomas Gehrke

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"We hosted the first cocktail party."

4499 Lindell Blvd.
"This corner used to have a house on it that hosted the first cocktail party ever. Now it's a parking lot for the Cathedral Basilica, the most beautiful church in St. Louis."

Photo courtesy of Google Maps

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"In Up in the Air, various St. Louis locations stood in for Omaha. And Milwaukee. And Chicago."

2340 Whittemore Place
"See that house on the left? That was the house where Vera Farmiga's character lived in Up in the Air. It's supposed to be in Chicago."

Photo by Sarah Fenske

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"Downtown St. Louis used to look so terrible, it stood in for post-apocalyptic New York in Escape from New York."

Union Station, 1820 Market St.
"This is an old train station where they shot a shitload of scenes for Escape from New York. Look how far we've come!"

Photo courtesy of Pete / Flickr

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