The Best Bars in St. Louis

Updated November 2026

St. Louis dates the first cocktail party to a Central West End home in 1917, and the city still drinks with a sense of history. The best bars in St. Louis run from South Grand and The Grove to Midtown. On South Grand, Natasha Bahrami opened The Gin Room in 2014; it keeps more than 300 gins and teaches through flights and classes, and Bahrami is the only American in the Gin Hall of Fame. Planter's House, at the corner of Chouteau and Mississippi, takes its name from a hotel that stood from 1817 to 1922 and pours a cucumber and dill gin drink called In a Pickle from a list of more than 350 spirits. Good Company on Manchester Avenue in The Grove began with custom ice and now pairs craft cocktails with burgers. Under City Foundry in Midtown, None of the Above switches on a red light outside its Foundry Way door during service, and Lazy Tiger on North Euclid prices every cocktail at $15. These are the bars we would start with.