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St. Louis pizza

>>13568755
Get a soft pretzel and a pretzel-wrapped sausage at Gus' Pretzel Shop.

It's right across the highway from the Budweiser factory, and they make the best soft pretzels in the country.

>>13568766
looks like a regular pizza
what makes it unique?

>>13568777
It's the complete inverse of regular pizza:
thin crust instead of real crust
party cut instead of real slices
government cheese instead of real cheese

>>13568755
>business conference
You mean pokemon go?

>>13568782
>government cheese instead of real cheese
you know how I know you've never had this?

>>13568755
>whats there to try?
Barbecue from Pappy's Smokehouse.

>>13568784
Came here to post this.

>>13568784
yes and no
I already have to go, but pokemon go having an event there is just another plus

I had to go to East St Luis for work once. For lunch my coworker and I looked at a few restaurant names in the area and decided on some "fish hut" restaurant that was close by. We were driving there and as we got close we turned down this road full of burned down and condemned buildings. I saw two black kids wearing bandanas over their faces walk by on the sidewalk, and that's when we arrived at the fish hut. We decided to go to the McDonalds 25 minutes away instead.

>>13568796
>going to East St. Louis
You're lucky to have escaped with your life, anon.

>>13568794
I see. Well, if you like Thai check out The King and I restaurant. Depending on the night you might have to call ahead.

>>13568796
>I had to go to East St Luis for work once
You mean a bachelor party?
>work lol

>>13568789
>he thinks velveeta is real cheese
You know how I know you don't know what a real pizza is?

>>13568796
Did you know that East Saint Louis is literally cursed by ancient dark gods?

True facts. The city was built over the ruins of a now-lost heathen civilization that built vast earthen pyramids and sacrificed maidens to appease the terrible hungers of their gods.

>>13568796
Why don't white people gentrify East St. Louis?
seems ripe for the plucking, it's not like blacks are gonna do anything to help make it vibrant

>>13568817
Oh sit down you basement-dwelling faggot. I don't even like the shitty pizza in St. Louis but it's obvious you're fucktarded.

>>13568834
It's on the Illinois side of the border, so the higher state taxes would eat up a lot of the financial benefits of gentrifying.

>>13568836
No u.

i like to go to sauce on the side and get a calzone and drink as many glasses of fitz black cherry soda as i can in the process

>>13568894
Go away you dumb faggot

>>13568816
God bless PT’s

Grace meat & three is probably my favorite restaurant. If you like coffee sump is good but beware of hipsters. Coma coffee is pretty decent. And if you like beer check out 4 hands and perennial

>>13569055
RIGHT ALONG WITH MEEMIE BEARDSLY
NOW WITH PRESIDENTIAL LOADS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtLcyR1vYw

How come you fags hate Trump so much but let the blue blood JFK get away with so much?

>>13568766
OP if you are still here do NOT try st louis pizza, it is terrible
DO eat the toasted raviolis though

>>13568755
It's a fairly large city, so you can get pretty much anything. If you're looking for something really particular to the city, give imos a shot. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't. I'd describe it as great garbage food. It's probably really good when you're drinking. There's a lot of hipstery restaurants if you go to the loop or the grove. I like seoul taco and mission taco joint, though the latter is cali mex, not a st louis thing. Otherwise I'd recommend barbecue. There's a lot of variety of southern/ midwestern styles, and it's all tasty. I like sugarfire, but I know there's some other pretty famous places that I haven't tried yet.

>>13568755
Drink the tap water and enjoy my turds.

St Louis is Chicago's cesspool.

>>13568755
Try literally any excuse to pass up this fucking dump

>>13568755
Everclear is made here, and we make pizza with provel cheese and have toasted ravioli. Thats about it.

>>13572189
Nice try, Rockford nigger

>>13572189
damn what is it about beautiful STL that keeps shitcongo nogs in a perpetual seethe?

>>13569055
Is that place still around? I actually did go to a bachelor party there lol

>>13568834
Are you retarded? East St. Louis is more dangerous than Africa.

>>13568755
Stlfag here. The pizza is good, but nothing worth writing home about. Imos is the standard, but Cecil whitikers is probably the more interesting, classic stl style pizza.
Toasted ravs are legit, but a lot of places make mediocre versions, so don't be dismayed if the random bar happy hour ravs are kind of blah.
We do pretty solid BBQ here. Salt and smoke is for hipster faggots and is incredibly overrated. Sugarfire is a good option for consistency across the several locations. If you're into saucy BBQ, you'll love sugarfire. If not, their smoked turkey is the best in the city. Pappy's is a great option too, but it's been so popular for so long, it's lost a bit for me.
Gioia's deli is a must for a sandwich. Don't want to oversell it, but they have the best sandwiches I've ever had in my life.
Mom's deli and psghettis are two other sandwich shops that offer unique stl style eats that locals love. Psghettis has this awesome sweet bread for their sandwich which is really unique. These two a little more blue collar but stl legends.
Syburgs wings is another somewhat unique regional flavor offering. Their signature wing sauce is a unique flavor and consistency that's worth checking out. It is somewhat similar to Buffalo wild wings medium or mild sauce in terms of consistency, instead of a buttery style wing sauce.
Don't go to the east side for anything. The other poster who talked about it being a bombed out shithole is right. There are really good nigger filled joints on the other side of the river, but I wouldn't recommend it to visitors. Anything not in the shithole portion of IL is just lame white bread chains and nothing special restaurants.

Any other questions, AMA.