Our local independent businesses provide much more than just good prices:

Better Service
Local owners and employees really know their businesses and their customers — and can offer you more personalized service and relevant advice.

Superior Quality
Many locally owned independents provide higher-quality products and services to you than the average national chain business.

Unique Choices
Independent local businesses bring their own creativity to their businesses — offering selections you won’t find elsewhere.

Real Commitment
As residents and fellow St. Louisans, local independent business owners have a genuine vested interest in your community's schools, our local environment, and other qualities of life.

Local Character
Local independents help create the many distinctive neighborhoods St. Louis is known for. Buying from your locals helps preserve the St. Louis area's unique culture and prevents it from becoming just another generic Anytown.

 
 

Our City and County local independents are just a click away.

Our members are local independents who’ve taken a stand to help spread the word about locals, by joining the BUILD St. Louis business alliance. Please patronize their businesses – and refer friends and family to them, as well.
  
Accounting Construction Legal Services
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Arts & Craft Supplies Education Music Stores
Artisan Crafts Environment Nonprofits
Automotive Entertainment Office Supplies
Bakeries Financial Services Performing Arts
Beauty & Hair Care Fine Arts Pets' Needs
Blogs Florists & Nurseries Pharmacies
Bookstores Food & Produce Photography
Beer & Wine Gifts & Jewelry Printing
Business Development Health & Well-Being Publications
Cafés & Coffee Home Furnishings Pubs & Restaurants
Catering & Events Home Improvement Real Estate
Cigars & Tobacco Home Services Retail Store Supplies
Clothing Housing Resources Sporting Goods
Computers Internet Services Telecommunications
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+ symbols indicate BUILD St. Louis' founding member businesses.
Inactive index links are some of the categories still under development.

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Beer & Wine
Click on web addresses to visit members' sites.

Breweries

Schlafly Beer +* | Schlafly.com
314 241 2337 | The Tap Room: 2100 Locust St in Downtown West (63103) Map
314 241 2337 | Bottleworks: 7260 Southwest Ave in Maplewood (63143) Map
St. Louis' largest independently owned brewery, brewing more than 34 styles of beer annually (six available in bottles year-round and eight seasonally.) Available at hundreds of stores, bars, and restaurants in the St. Louis area and at our two brewery-restaurants. Tours on the hour daily at the Bottleworks — call for info.
* A Saint Louis Originals member.

Wine Merchants

Robust Wine Bar | RobustWineBar.com
314 963 0033 | 227 W. Lockwood in Webster Groves (63119) Map
The Wine Shoppe at Robust covers a breadth of international and domestic wines, gourmet foods, and distinctive gifts – a world of hospitality through the art of entertaining. Wines are focused primarily on boutique and family-owned premium wines from around the world, hand-selected by Owner/Certified Sommelier Stanley Browne. All wines served in our wine bar are available for purchase in the Shoppe. Characterized by Robust Factor, wines are displayed in a friendly, easy-to-use format, based on the wine’s body style, to help you navigate through the vast world of wines.

Wine Events

Robust Wine Bar | RobustWineBar.com
314 963 0033 | 227 W. Lockwood in Webster Groves (63119) Map
Need a sommelier for your dinner party or for your corporate event? Impress your guests with an "At Your Service" Sommelier. Whether it's a formal dinner party, a women's wine club, an investment club, or an informal book club, we can provide an engaging and lively experience in the privacy of your home or business. Our staff of certified sommeliers and wine experts is available for private and off-premise gatherings. Please contact us for more information. Follow us at http://Twitter.com/RobustWineBar. Become a fan at http://www.Facebook.com/RobustWineBar

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