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.  
 

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Bookstores Gifts & Jewelry Photography
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Business Development Health & Wellness Printing
Cafés & Coffee Home Furnishings Publications
Catering & Events Home Improvement Radio & Media Arts
Clothing Home Services Real Estate
Computers Kids Restaurants & Bars
Consignment Shops Kitchen & Housewares 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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Restaurants & Bars
Click on web addresses to visit local independent restaurants & bars online.

Bars

The Gramophone | TheGramophoneLive.com
314 531 5700 | 4243 Manchester Ave in The Grove neighborhood (63110) Map
We’re a fun and comfortable place to enjoy your favorite genres of music, along with music that’s new to you. Because we’ve designed a space that accommodates shows of any type – from laid-back jazz sessions to lively funk jams, and from St. Louis blues to garage-band rock – no two nights are ever the same at The Gramophone! What you can consistently expect, however, is great service, tasty beverages, and outstanding music. We offer a full bar, including draft, bottle and can beers; wines by the glass and bottle; and classic and signature cocktails. We’re a non-smoking 21+ venue with free parking on the street and nearby. Visit our website for our hours and show calendar. Let us know the music you’d like us to feature! Follow us at http://Twitter.com/TheGramophone.

Restaurants

Local Harvest Café and Catering | LocalHarvestCafe.com
314 772 8815 | 3137 Morgan Ford Rd in Tower Grove South (63116) Map
At Local Harvest Café, you’ll find the same dedication to locally grown and produced foods as you will at the store where we started — Local Harvest Grocery. Opened in July, 2008, we have expanded on our original idea and now offer a full espresso bar using Goshen Coffee, hot breakfasts, a wide variety of house-baked goods and Companion baked goods, our popular weekend brunch, full lunch menu, and full-service dinner. We also offer a wonderful selection of regional and local beers and wines as well as a variety of organic wines from around the world. Enjoy a mimosa with brunch or a lovely bottle of wine with your meal. Everything we serve is made with the highest quality ingredients available, including organic produce and local meats from farmers who pasture raise their animals. Our baked goods contain organic grains and we always have vegetarian and vegan options available. We believe in making food that is fresh, seasonal, healthy, and delicious. Come see why we were recognized by The New York Times as the place to eat dinner if you only have 36 hours in town. Also voted Best Vegetarian Restaurant by Sauce Magazine Readers 2010.

Mangia Italiano | DineAtMangia.net
314 664 8585 | 3145 S. Grand Blvd in the South Grand district (63116) Map
"One word — wonderful! Service was attentive, wine selection was great, food was fabulous and well presented, and the ambiance was eclectic and fun! Jazz music was great." — Guest review, SauceMagazine.com. Fresh pasta, retail and wholesale! Dinner: Sunday – Thursday,  5:00 – 10:00,  Friday & Saturday, 5:00 – 10:00. Lunch: Monday – Saturday, 11:30 – 5:00. Lunch buffet: Monday – Friday, 11:30 – 2:30. We’re smoke-free and open every night, 365 days a year, until 3 AM! Enjoy FREE, live entertainment 7 nights a week starting around 11 PM. Join us on Twitter and Facebook: www.Facebook.com/pages/Mangia-Italiano. and www.Twitter.com/Mangia_STL.

Schlafly Bottleworks +* | Schlafly.com
314 241 2337 | 7260 Southwest Ave in Maplewood (63143) Map
Schlafly Bottleworks has been described as the "local home of beer" and one of the best places in St. Louis to arrive hungry and thirsty. It's fun, friendly, warm, and inviting and has become a gathering place for the local community and their families. As St. Louis' first new production brewery to open since the end of Prohibition, the free weekend tours are not to be missed (11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, on the hour, Friday – Sunday). Schlafly Beer is proud to be St.Louis' largest locally owned independent brewery. Each year, we brew about fifty unique styles of fresh beer, roughly half of which we bottle and half of which are exclusively available on draft at our two brewery-restaurants. We have a unique beer style for every beer lover. Visit our website for the latest information about events and live music, our beer, tours, and more. Join us on Twitter and Facebook: www.Twitter.com/Schlafly www.Facebook.com/Schlafly.Beer.Fans.
* A Saint Louis Originals member.

The Schlafly Tap Room +* | Schlafly.com
314 241 2337 | 2100 Locust St in Downtown West (63103) Map
The Schlafly Tap Room first opened its doors in 1991 and holds the distinction of being the first new brewpub to open in Missouri since Prohibition. Housed in a beautifully restored wood and brick building on the National Historic Register, The Schlafly Tap Room enjoys a reputation as a casual, earthy place to drink, dine, listen to great live music, or host a special event. Schlafly Beer is proud to be St.Louis' largest locally owned independent brewery. Each year, we brew about fifty unique styles of fresh beer, roughly half of which we bottle and half of which are exclusively available on draft at our two brewery-restaurants. We have a unique beer style for every beer lover. Visit our website for the latest information about events and live music, our beer, 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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