The Flying Saucer - St. Louis, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 38° 37.401 W 090° 11.745
15S E 744128 N 4278710
Opened in 2013, this is the latest of sixteen Flying Saucer locations, and the second in Missouri. This one is located at 900 Spruce St, St. Louis, MO, just a couple of blocks from Busch Stadium. Phone is 314-932-1456.
Waymark Code: WMMJ0T
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 1

Hours:

Sunday: 12 PM - 12 AM
Monday - Thursday: 11 AM - 12 AM
Friday - Saturday: 11 AM - 2 AM

This Saucer is inside a restored old building, and is up there with the Nashville Saucer for its looks. The point of the exercise here is fine beer, and the Flying Saucer does it well, with a good number of beers on tap (with regular rotators on cask), and plenty in the bottle. There is a small selection of wines if beer isn't your thing. Seating is at the bar or at one of the many tables or booths. There is also a nice outdoor patio, and given the Saucer's proximity to Busch Stadium, this is a good place to go before and after the Cards games.

Sundays are $3 local Missouri pint nights, Mondays are $3 pints for most everything on draft that isn't high octane. Wednesdays are brewery nights, where you purchase that night's beer in a glass provided by the brewery, and sometimes, the brewery's representative will be on hand. Thursdays feature the tapping of some kind of rare beer.

The food menu has been changed and then tweaked in recent days. Gone are the wraps and the limited choices in pizza and wings, as you can now select your own toppings on your pizza, pick from a variety of sauces for your wings -- I hear they use ghost peppers in the Atomic ones -- and there are plenty of pub grub sandwiches (including some terrific burgers) and salads. Beer and food menus are always online at their website.

They do offer free WiFi service, and all you need to do is ask for the password.

You will see a large number of personalized plates along the wall and ceiling. This is your payoff for joining the UFO club, in which you pay for a shirt and a card that you run through their computer every time you visit any FS location. You can log up to three beers a day, and once you hit 200, they'll have a party for you and put your name on a plate on the wall/ceiling. Depending on how many times you go through the Ring of Honor, you may get a bigger party (in terms of $$$) or a prize like a shirt, a stein, or even a trip to GABF (at ten times through). You'll also get rewards at 50, 100, and 150 beers, something of a carrot to keep you moving along.

There are semi-regular beer tastings, where the representative from a given brewery comes in and pairs their beers with a variety of foods, and there are also festivals for beer tasting (visit a themed beer tent, get your card punched), Oktoberfest, and anything else on the minds of the folks at corporate.
Real Ale: yes

Bar Food Available: yes

Restaurant: no

Children Allowed: All areas

Dogs Allowed: no

Garden: yes

CAMRA Listed: no

Accommodation: no

Beer brewed on site: no

Website: [Web Link]

General comments:
According to their website, parking can be interesting here: Parking is available daily in nearby pay lots and on the street. The parking lot behind the Flying Saucer in the Cupples 9 parking lot is free of charge after 6:00pm M-F, starting at lunchtime on Saturdays, and all day Sundays EXCEPT when there are Cardinals games.


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