Laclede’s Landing

Aside from the maze-​like streets on the Landing I enjoy it for dining, biking the trail, running the Arch steps, watching the 4^th of July fireworks show or simply relaxing on the Arch grounds. They also offer helicopter tours, food trucks and carriage rides.
The cobblestone streets are such a cool piece of history; annoying to drive on but cool nonetheless.
Park in the garage to avoid tickets and congestion when strolling the area.

Laclede’s Landing is a historic part of Saint Louis taking you back to the days when the river played an important part in our cities economy. Today, little is left of our old riverfront, except for a few small blocks known as Laclede’s Landing. All of the buildings here (except the casino) are 100+ years old, and showcase some of our historic architecture and great brickwork. The streets here are cobblestone, which make getting around by car a bumpy experience, its best to park and walk to some of the local businesses. There are a variety of bars and restaurants, along with a few tourist stops which might peak your interest. Another great way to experience the Landing is to take in the Mighty Mississippi, which is only a few blocks east. I only wish that Saint Louis would had preserved more of its historic riverfront!

This is the only intact piece of St. Louis’ 19^th Century riverfront. A great place if you like history.
All the buildings are at least 100 years old. Go to the Laclede’s Landing Association website and they have a walking tour on the website, which will heighten your appreciation of the old buildings.
There are a number of bars and restaurants. Plus a mcrobrewery, a wax museum, a dinner theater with Henry VIII, and even a dental theater.
And walk all the way down to the riverfront and you can look directly up at the magnificent Eads Bridge (our first) and you can look upriver at the Stan Musial Veterans Bridge (our newest).

Really cool place to be for all the festivals. They have parties every Friday and Saturday night near the arch… it’s a really cool place to be and it’s far from where I live on that is on Washington Avenue and 10^th Street and the fact is the Blues Festival was their last weekend exactly one week and two days ago and brought many thousands of people there in a weekend. it is next to Lumiere casino and hotel and next to Four Seasons Hotel. its just a really nice area but when its hot out it hurts and as super poverty is down there or up there you could say is right next to the water. cobblestones. bring walkable padded shoes or it will hurt.

Whoa. I feel so misled, St. Louis. You’ve been bullying this place till you are breathless, telling me how worthless it is, and insisting you will ditch our friendship if I hit this place up.
So I’ve stayed away. I can’t believe I’ve spent Saturday nights at home actually watching SNL while it’s LIVE, chalking it up to living in a boring city.
The Landing is enough to give me at least a few months of entertainment. It so does not deserve the bad rap it gets. Are there a lot of young people down there? Yeah. Because young people actually like to go out, you dipshits. There were plenty of old farts too, don’t get it twisted.
Cobblestone streets, people. I can practically hear your ankles snapping and your clearance-​rack Payless shoes being ruined now while I become moist over each individual stone that paves the way to glorious bars, food, and music.
When you’re spent for the night, St. Louis’ version of lookout point is just a stone’s throw away. Because nothing is more romantic or arousing than the Mississippi River. You’ll get so hot you won’t even notice it when someone dumps a corpse in it.

Wow, I was really shocked when I saw and experienced this place. It’s on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis and I suppose the idea was to attract tourists. It actually looked like it was on the verge of Ghetto.
We were passing through St. Louis after arriving on our flight. This was the first leg of our vacation to Bass’ River and Kentucky Lake for a week of water soaked fun. We were hungry and needed something to eat and that’s when we found Laclede’s Landing, just a stone’s throw from The Arch. You could tell almost immediately that this was a thriving part of this area of town which had somehow been abandoned, leaving you with a handful of restaurants and the occasional shop. It looked like a virtual ghost town.
I really hope the city can do something to revive this place, even if just for the tourists. St. Louis has the dubious honor of being the nation’s 2^nd most dangerous city (at one point they wrestled the title from Detroit), so maybe this place would go a long way in at least making it look like they’re trying.
It’s not very likely that I will be returning to St. Louis anytime soon, but for the sake of survival and with an ounce of luck, maybe they can pull this off. Good luck.

It is a neat historical part of St. Louis, but quite lackluster. Again, I was hit dead-​on with the downturn of our country’s economy because of all the vacant business spaces and for sale signs.
We ended up walking the entire landing in under 30 minutes and did not experience much. We decided to get lunch, but quickly realized that there was little to no variety of ethnic choices. There where several bars/​pubs, one Italian joint, and a sushi joint that was closed. We decided on an Irish pub that was alright, but nothing to write home about.
I can not help, but wonder what this area was/​would be like if the economy was different. Would I make it a point to visit again? No. There are many other destinations on my bucket list.

Laclede’s Landing is an area with so much potential yet each time I visit it just seems that it’s never really got the spark it needed to take off. The place is steeped in history, the cobblestone streets take you back in time, it’s got easy access to Metrolink and yet… it’s just blah. Which is a real shame too.
The last time I had fun here was when Mississippi Nights was still open. I sure miss that place as do a lot of others. I’m sure that St. Louis’s Finest that worked that area don’t all share my point of view though.
2 Stars: Even with festivals and pithy efforts to make it special, it’s still not anywhere near what it could be.

The Laclede’s Landing Merchants Association is doing an amazing job to revitalize an important and historic part of our city.
For those of you who remember «The Landing» a few years back: Live music, outdoor festivals, horse-​drawn carriages, buskers, restaurants and, of course, Mississippi Nights! The Landing thrived on local music blasting from many bars and venues and we all walked across the cobblestones and parking areas to see our favorite bands.
Then the Landing became known as a «tourist trap» in our city and it was no longer «the thing to do on a Friday night».
This past weekend I went to «Rocktoberfest II», which was organized by the Laclede’s Landing Merchant’s Association. Six of the venues/​restaurants participated and five bands performed on two different stages. The venues sold food and beverages outdoors and the event was extremely successful — for the Colt’s fans in town for the big game.
St. Louis — you missed out! 200 Colts fans roamed the streets, danced to the music, drank beer and sang along to the bands. The weather was perfect (almost 70 degrees) and everyone had a blast.
It is time we reconsider the Landing as a part of our nighttime entertainment plans. The LLMA is working hard to provide quality events and entertainment in this area and they are doing a great job!