Rosie's Place

There are only a few tiny dive bar experiences in the Central West End, and Rosie's Place is almost certainly the diviest. The bathrooms are only the second worst in St. Louis (first being the ladies' room at CBGB's, indubitably), the drinks are cheap, and it has none of the snooty entitlement found at most bars in that zip code. The bartender, an ex-UFC fighter, can drink an entire 12-oz bottle of Budweiser in three seconds without batting an eyelash, so you know the clientele are at Rosie's for the love of the sauce, not to see and be seen. Bar Louie patrons and drunk SLU students need not apply.