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 Commercial Recycling Kitchen & Housewares
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Architectural Services Design & Marketing Legal Services
Arts & Craft Supplies Education Music Stores
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Automotive Entertainment Office Supplies
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Beauty & Hair Care Fine Arts Pets' Needs
Blogs Florists Pharmacies
Bookstores Food & Produce Photography
Beer & Wine Gifts & Jewelry Point of Sale Systems
Business Development Health & Well-Being Printing
Cafés & Coffee Home Furnishings Publications
Catering & Events Home Improvement Radio & Media Arts
Clothing Home Services Real Estate
Computers Kids Restaurants & Bars
    Sporting Goods

+ symbols indicate BUILD St. Louis' founding member businesses.
Inactive index links are some of the categories still under development.

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Catering & Events
Click on web addresses to visit members' sites.

Bryan Young’s Catering Plus | CateringPlusStLouis.com
314 781 0243 | 7118 Oakland Ave in Richmond Heights (63117) Map
We serve small dinner parties, weddings, wine dinners, buffet dinners, cocktail parties, brunches, fundraisers, barbecues, and much more. Seasonal menu specials for breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizers, and desserts. A full array of services.

Companion | CompanionSTL.com
Visit one of our two unique neighborhood cafés:
314 352 4770 | 8143 Maryland Ave in Clayton (63105)
Map
314 352 4770 | 9781 Clayton Rd in Ladue (63124) Map

Save at our Early Bird Bakery, 7:00 AM to noon, Friday-Sunday
314 352 4770 | 4555 Gustine Ave in the Dutchtown neighborhood (63116)
Map
Can a loaf of bread be a catalyst for a great conversation? We think so. With three St. Louis-area gathering places – for customers to pop in or linger, to sit quietly or share in conversations and a meal. We treasure our St. Louis roots and are a vital member of the neighborhoods and communities we serve. The collective “we” of Companion is what makes it all possible. At Companion, the foundation of who we are is bread baking. But we’re also in the business of supporting small growers and producers, encouraging sustainability, pushing culinary limits, even fostering friendships. To us, the creative process and the many people it touches along the way are as important as the loaf itself!

Hollyberry Baking and Catering | HollyberryCatering.com
314 968 9239 | 284 East Ave in Webster Groves (63119) Map
We provide creative, contemporary menus for both large and small events including corporate functions, social gatherings, and weddings. Since our founding in 2001, we’ve become the preferred caterer at over 22 top venues in the St. Louis area and have grown to become one of St. Louis’s top 10 catering companies. Hollyberry specializes in “small-plates” menus and sources ingredients, breads, and produce from local vendors and farmers’ markets whenever possible.

Local Harvest Café and Catering | LocalHarvestCafe.com
314 772 8815 | 3137 Morgan Ford Rd in Tower Grove South (63116) Map
Whether it’s a wedding, business meeting, or private party, we can make your event a memorable one! We offer full-service catering and "green" event planning. For smaller affairs, or meetings try our boxed lunches. Our fresh, local offerings make our boxed lunch truly outstanding. Check out our website to order your boxed lunches online. Delivery available. See why we made the 2009 St. Louis Magazine “A List” for Best Boxed Lunch!

Local Harvest's Environmental Practices
We do our best to reduce our impact on the environment through the following practices:

  • Buying locally from small farmers and ranchers and food artisans who practice sustainable farming and production methods. This also reduces the amount of fossil fuels required to bring the food to the table.
  • Buying organic ingredients that are free of pesticides and chemicals. They are better for the body and it reduces the amount of chemical run-off into our country's streams and waterways.
  • Supporting fair-trade practices and small-scale coffee and tea farmers.
  • Using biodegradeable plastics and packaging whenever possible. Most of our packaging will completely biodegrade within a few years. Styrofoam and petroleum-based plastics will be around for generations.
  • Saving food scraps for use as chicken feed for chicken farmers in the city.
  • Recycling plastic, aluminum, paper, cardboard, tin, and glass. We reduce our waste by 50% daily through our recycling efforts.
  • Installing bamboo flooring, water aerators, efficient HVAC systems, and low-e glass.
  • Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. We preach it, we practice it!

Mangia Italiano | DineAtMangia.com
314 664 8585 | 3145 S. Grand Blvd in the South Grand district (63116) Map
We can host events in our private party room for up to 40 people, or larger parties in our main dining rooms. We also offer party trays and to-go items for off-premise events. We can create special menus just for your event! Everything we serve is made fresh in our kitchen or local pasta factory. We also offer 13 draught beers, 60 bottled beers, 60 wine bottles, and an expanded liquor selection featuring classic and signature cocktails. Host your next birthday party, wedding rehearsal dinner, or business meeting in style at Mangia!

The Schlafly Tap Room +* | Schlafly.com
314 241 2337 | 2100 Locust St in Downtown West (63103) Map
Schlafly Bottleworks
+* | Schlafly.com
314 241 2337 | 7260 Southwest Ave in Maplewood (63143) Map
Are you throwing a reunion party or a corporate event, or hosting a wedding rehearsal dinner? Book your next event at one of our two brewery-restaurants! We have two private party rooms at The Schlafly Tap Room in Downtown St.Louis, which, with its traditional St. Louis architecture, adds a piece of history to any special event. We thrown great parties and put on events in this building for twenty years. We have one party room at Schlafly Bottleworks which looks directly into our brewery. At both buildings, we serve beer and food that is unique to the space. All food is freshly made in house at both locations, with the exceptions of a handful of specialty items that we bring in from local independent purveyors such as Companion http://www.companionstl.com/ and Hank's Cheesecakes http://www.hankscheesecakes.com/ Visit our website for the latest information about events and live music, our beer, restaurant menus, tours, and more. Join us on Twitter and Facebook: www.Twitter.com/Schlafly and www.Facebook.com/Schlafly.Beer.Fans.
* A Saint Louis Originals member.

 

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