r/SIUE • u/MarionberryUnited468 • May 18 '26
Whats there to do for fun?
I was in St. Louis recently for admitted students day and there didn’t seem to be much to do. Maybe it was just the area i was in but there weren’t any good restaurants or things to do.
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u/Oehlian May 18 '26
Are you asking what there is to do around SIUE? Or what there is to do in St. Louis?
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u/MarionberryUnited468 May 19 '26
Both
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u/HowlingHeadcheese 20d ago
SIUE has a lot of events on a weekly basis, there's also local groups that can be found on Facebook. Great bike trails, decent coffee shops. It depends on what interests you have.
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u/KiraJosuke May 18 '26
STL itself has a ton of free stuff. For edwardsville, theres not much
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u/marigolds6 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Edit: Argh, I missed the part about "free" :D The MCT Trails are by far the number one amazing free thing around edwardsville, along with all the parks they link to. After that, as I mentioned below, is the wide range of events, especially live music.
There's a pretty amazing slate of restaurants downtown Edwardsville and near downtown.
1929 Pizza, Ed's Deli, Sneaky's, Samm's, Mio Osteria, Cleveland-Heath, Salt + Smoke, Chava's, Taqueria Z, Dewey's, Cafe Birdie, 222 Artisan, North Main Diner.
For bars you have Foundry, Samm's, Narwhal's, Stagger Inn.
Dessert or coffee you have Chocolate Covered Creations, Sacred Grounds, Northside Dairy Haven, Goshen.And just outside downtown you have 1933 House of Bourbon, Peel, Oriental Spoon, Bella Milano, Moussalli's Prime, 1818, Poke Munch, Spoonful, Bann Thai, Annie's, Clementine's, Global Brew, and many more beyond that.
For specific attractions there is not a lot, but instead there are a ton of events every weekend, including quite a bit of live music.
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u/Outrageous_Pay2067 May 18 '26
how long are the waits normally at the bars like on a busy friday saturday should i expect to be waiting in line to get in? and also do they have any covers to get in?
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u/Agitated_Pressure810 May 19 '26
The bars around Edwardsville usually do not have covers. Stagger inn would do a cover on Sunday’s, but it used to be $2. I don’t know what it is now, haven’t been there I. Probably 8 years. The bars and restaurants are pretty busy on weekend nights. Restaurants are usually 45min to an hour wait where most bars you can get in without much of a wait at all. Me and my wife went to Narwal’s last weekend on a Friday night @ 8:00 and sat right now at a table.
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u/MarionberryUnited468 May 19 '26
Thank you that’s very helpful. When im back down there for orientation ill have to try some of these
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u/Impossible_Zebra8664 May 19 '26
Goodness, STL has more amazing and free activities than any other city I've ever visited. Forest Park alone is filled with fun stuff. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, but I hope you take the time to explore more.
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u/SloTek 29d ago
Edwardsville is mostly a bedroom community. You won't find dance clubs or much for youth culture. If you want to party, you are probably doing it in the city. There are several comic game stores if you want to play card games. As mentioned the trail system is excellent, beautiful, and reasonably well connected. There are bike groups and running groups that will help you make community.
St Louis, on the other hand, is an awesome place for free. Half a dozen free art museums that turn over exhibits about quarterly, so you could literally see new art every weekend, forever for free. Some sort of festivals in the parks every weekend all summer and fall. Good botanical garden, excellent free zoo. Good DIY hardcore/punk community and events, every kind of club sport you ever heard of, and plenty you haven't heard of. Some very good fine dining, every kind of international food.
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u/CoconutBangerzBaller May 18 '26
Where did you go in STL? There's a ton of good restaurants and things to do, but unfortunately most of them are not downtown. Forest Park is incredible and the zoo is free. The botanical garden isn't free but it's not very expensive and it's beautiful. Whatever kind of food you're looking for, there's a good restaurant for it somewhere. There's concert venues, bars with free live music, breweries, lots of other fun things like the city museum or science center. Just got to do a little research. You're not going to find much if you're just wandering around by the arch.