Local pour · checked 2026-09-03

St. Louis drinks like an Italian neighborhood that never stopped frying. The local pour is a plate of toasted ravioli and a cold draft, then a cheap cocktail. Both halves have a street: t-ravs lean The Hill and Washington Avenue, beer leans South 8th — and the Grove and Central West End rooms bridge them.

Toasted ravioli is the plate

The dish belongs to one neighborhood. Toasted ravioli exploded in popularity from The Hill and its home is on The Hill, per the neighborhood's own business directory — the fried, breaded ravioli the neighborhood made famous. Downtown orders it by the plateful: The Over Under Bar & Grill at 911 Washington Avenue posts dine-in only Monday 4 PM–6 PM and Tuesday–Friday 2:30 PM–6 PM, with $2 OFF pints, glasses of wine, and specialty cocktails, and toasted ravioli $5.99 alongside $5.99 mozzarella sticks, pot stickers, and nachos. That is the local math: fried pasta, cheap pint, Washington Avenue.

Beer is the pour

St. Louis is a beer town and the tasting rooms price like it. 4 Hands Brewery & Tasting Room at 1220 S. 8th Street posts happy hour pricing at the original tasting room: $2 off draft offerings and $4 off specialty cocktails from 4pm to 6pm Monday–Thursday. No food dollars on that page — drink the discount, eat before or after.

The Hill and the West End do it for $9 and $6

Dominic's on the Hill at 5101 Wilson Avenue posts Happy Hour Tuesdays–Fridays 4:00 PM–6:00 PM with $9 Appetizers, $9 House Wines, and $9 Cocktails — the tidiest deal board in the neighborhood. In the Central West End, Brasserie by Niche at 4580 Laclede Ave posts Cinq à Six Sunday–Thursday, 5pm–6pm, with house wine $6 glass, beer $5, aviation $10, and cured olives $5.50 plus a $12 single / $16 double brasserie cheeseburger. French clock, St. Louis prices.

How to drink it like a local

  • Afternoon: t-ravs and a $2-off pint downtown (Over Under), Monday 4–6 PM or Tuesday–Friday 2:30–6 PM.
  • Golden hour: tasting-room drafts on South 8th (4 Hands), Monday–Thursday 4–6 PM.
  • Dinner-adjacent: the $9/$9/$9 board on The Hill (Dominic's, Tuesday–Friday 4–6 PM) or Cinq à Six in the Central West End (Sunday–Thursday 5–6 PM).

Windows and prices move — confirm on the venue's own page via Deals or On now before you go. Home-bar versions of the aviation and the house cocktail are measured out in six cocktail recipes.

Sources

Poured here: The Over Under Bar & Grill · 4 Hands Brewery & Tasting Room · Dominic's on the Hill · Brasserie by Niche