St Louis Nightlife - St. Louis Dive Bars

Super cheap happy hour deals will keep money in your wallet unless you end up betting on a game of shuffleboard at Cotters Lounge. The low-key atmosphere and friendly St. Louis service make this no frills bar a great hang out spot. Cotters Lounge offers karaoke every night of the week to show off vocal stylings at the bar but really does not attract a younger crowd. Nice people, good drinks and a fun time await people at Cotters Lounge.

Drinkers who are tired of paying high prices don't need to look any further. The Hi-Way Bar is Soulard's most dive-y dive bar. Hungry bar-goers should get a bite to eat before they go to Hi-Way bar or they'll be stuck with the beef jerky and toaster oven pizzas the bar serves, not that they're bad. The bar has plenty of character including a full-length shuffleboard on a timer. Bring friends or go alone and make new friends at the Hi-Way Bar.

St. Louis locals go to J&A's Bar and Grill to hang out and catch up on the latest neighborhood news. J&A's Bar and Grill has all the quintessential bar things like TVs, video games, a jukebox and shuffleboard and the St. Louis bar and grill also has a great selection of beer and classic American bar food to go along with the libations. Weekend nights and sports teams make the bar packed and show that traditional can be a good thing.

If there were a way to be the premiere hole in the wall or the crème de la crème of dive bars, then the award would have to go to McLain's Corner Bar and Grill. The regulars seem to have been sitting on their bar stools since the stone age of St. Louis, but they welcome new blood too. The happy hour at the bar goes from 3pm to 6pm Monday through Friday and McLain's bar features karaoke on Thursday nights. The drinks are cheap, the buffalo chicken wings are delicious and the jukebox has only classic rock and oldies. An electronic dartboard makes it easier to drink and throw sharp objects around people. Probably the highlight of McLain's Bar and Grill in St. Louis is the drive-thru. That's future technology right there! You don't even have to change out of our pajamas to get a drink from McLain's drive-thru.

Neon lights on the outside sign and inside walls of the Missouri Bar and Grille make it seem like it could be a little classier than it is. In terms of dive bars though, there really isn't a "classy," but if there were, this downtown St. Louis joint would be it. In the middle of the neon ringed room, a disco ball hangs from the ceiling over wood tables for that special little touch of dive bar ambiance. A dance floor on one side of the room hints at the live blues the Missouri Bar brings in sometimes. The Missouri Bar and Grille sticks to the basics with bar food and beer, and all for a low price, not bad for downtown St. Louis.