Saint Louis:

Good places to eat:
Shu Feng chinese/taiwanese (some vegetarian, no vegan thought) 8485 Olive Bl University City, MO 63132

Eternity Vegetarian: 33 N Euclid Ave, all vegan soul food

Mangia: 3145 S Grand, cheap, good Italian, and the bar is open til 3am

Mokabe's: S Grand and Arsenal, vegetarian Sunday brunch, coffee shop and cafe open late all week

Thrift stores: Don't even bother with the Goodwills, check out "Unique Thrift" Old St. Charles Rock Rd and Highway 70, and the other thrift stores in that area.

Venues: The Creepy Crawl (tucker and locust) and also The LEMP Neighborhood Arts Center (lemp-arts.org)

Record Stores: Vintage Vinyl (6610 Delmar St. Louis MO 63130) and Slackers (1566 W Us Highway 50 O Fallon, IL 62269)

Stuff to do:
Forest Park: everything is free, including a zoo, art museum, and history museum

South Grand area: lots of shops, cheap eats, and bars

Hi Pointe: Clayton and McCausland, a movie theater and a bar/venue right next to each other

City Museum: downtown, you have to see it to believe it really, www.citymuseum.org open til 1am on weekends

Hang out on delmar st. "the Loop". Look at the Arch.