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2303 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
(314) 762-9722

RFT: Best Vintage Store (2006)
"At every good vintage store, there's that thing. A hey-wait-how-weird item that everyone comments upon but no one ever buys. At Retro 101, that thing is a Brooke Shields doll, circa The Blue Lagoon. The doe-eyed, Barbie-size Brooke lives out her tiny days in her original packaging, in a small niche next to Retro 101's basement stairs. We enjoy spending time on all three of the store's floors. Up top is a Grandma's-attic-style wonderland that houses gorgeous retro duds; the main level boasts everything from mid-twentieth-century furniture (think mod couches and chairs) to '60s costume jewelry to kitschy barware. And Retro 101's basement looks like a post-WWII time capsule constructed by the coolest moms on the block: seafoam-green ice cream machines, yards of pretty fabric, cookbooks untouched by politically correct hands (we love Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls), old Life magazines, colored-glass salt <\#213>n' pepper shakers. You'll rarely see the same thing twice at Retro 101—except for the Brooke Shields doll, but her presence is a comfort. In fact, consider her the patron saint of the finest vintage store in town."
 

Shops - Indiana to Missouri

Tomorrow's Heirlooms, "The Jackson Press"
Fine furniture, Antiques and Home Accessories, D.R. Dimes,
Tom Seely Furniture, Knock On Wood.

Hours: Wed-Sat 10:30-4:30PM, Sun 12:30PM-4:30PM

2214 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
(314) 772-1505
http://tomorrowsheirlooms.biz/
 

2201 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
(314) 772-8308
http://www.theshangriladiner.com/
 

RFT: Best Sunday Brunch (2005)
"If Holly Golightly had practiced her insouciant brand of hedonism just a few years longer -- waiting out the goody-two-shoes good times of the late 1950s and early 1960s and helping herald in America's groovy, post-JFK counterculture -- she wouldn't have had any more breakfasts at Tiffany's. She would have enjoyed brunches at Shangri-La, a trippy time capsule of a diner nestled among the vintage stores of Cherokee Street's quaint Antique Row. The place screams acid trip, from the Pucci-inspired hanging beads to the Yellow Submarine poster at the counter. Shangri-La is only open four days a week, serving breakfast Thursday through Saturday and an all-you-can-eat buffet brunch on Sunday that brings out south city's artsy-fartsies in droves. Shangri-La is a vegetarian (not vegan) restaurant, so the food can be hippy-dippy: scrambled tofu, multigrain toast, fake bacon. But there's also a gluttonous cr�me brélée French toast, fruit pie and sprightly fresh-squeezed strawberry-lime-orange juice. As the Archies would have sung (probably in a place much like this one): aw, sugar sugar!"
 

2111 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
(314) 353-1400
 

Editors Choice 2002 in St. Louis Magazine
 

O'Malley's Irish Pub

Great Irish Food. Corned Beef & Cabbage - Shepherd's Pie
A Traditional Irish Pub, Live Irish Music - Irish Blarney Nonstop
Where the Celts Drink

Hours: Open Daily 11AM-1:30PM

1900 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
(314) 762-9308
http://www.omalleysirishbar.com
 

Driving Directions:

From 55, exit West on Arsenal, travel one block,
turn Left/South of Lemp, travel approximately 4 blocks/0.26 Miles
turn Right/West on Cherokee.
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From 44, exit South on Jefferson,
travel approximately 15 blocks/1.4 Miles,
turn Left/East on Cherokee.
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From 64/40, exit South on Jefferson,
travel approximately 2.4 Miles,
turn Left/East on Cherokee.
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Taxi:
Laclede Cab operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Major credit cards accepted. To call a cab, dial (314) 652-3456.

Public Transportation:
For information call the Metro Transit Information Center at 314.231.2345
 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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