Best of St. Louis 2008
Arts & Entertainment
Best Local Impresario
Joe Edwards
With his impressive lineup of current destinations (Blueberry Hill, the Pageant and Pin-Up Bowl, to name a few) Joe Edwards could be the perennial winner of this category just by resting on his laurels. But that's not Joe's style. In the past twelve months, our town's favorite promoter/developer has opened the impressive Flamingo Bowl on Washington Avenue downtown and commenced construction on his largest project to date: the $23 million Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop. When completed in April, the seven-story structure will feature 125 rooms, a first-floor restaurant and a rooftop bar complete with a ten-foot-high rotating moon. When the American Planning Association named Delmar one of the "10 Great Streets in America," everyone knew the one person without whom it wouldn't have been possible.
Previous Winners
- 2014 Best Local Impresario - Mike Cracchiolo
- 2013 Best Local Impresario - Joe Edwards
- 2012 Best Local Impresario - Em Piro
- 2011 Best Local Impresario - Jimmy Tebeau
- 2010 Best Local Impresario - Joshua Grigaitis
- 2009 Best Local Impresario - Jim Dolan
- 2007 Best Local Impresario - Matt Strauss
- 2006 Best Local Impresario - Steve Schankman
- 2005 Best Local Impresario - Steven Fitzpatrick Smith
