The All Things St. Joseph Thread

[cmh6476]

I know many of you are already planning your 2010 summer trip to our wonderful city. I think we need a repository of all things St. Joseph from the locals. From hotels to restaurants to things to do or see, let's gather it all here and then for the next 5 years you'll all have some place to look before you plan your travels.

Doesn't have to be St. Joe either, can be the near vicinity. Of course we can't list everything to do in Elwood, otherwise this will just get a bit out of control.

So with that said, you guys throw out your thoughts/ suggestions, and I'll try and update the initial post and link to your reviews of certain restaurants, find links to the places you mention and try and post everything here in some kind of comprehenisble fashion.

Places to Stay:

• Candlewood Suites
• Holiday Inn Riverfront Hotel
• Nzoner's
• Ramada Inn & Monkey Cove Waterpark
• Shakespeare Chateau Bed & Breakfast
• Stoney Creek Inn

Things to Do:

• Cool Crest Garden Golf
• Glore Psychiatric Museum
• Historic Homes Tour
• National Military Heritage Museum
• Patee House Museum
• Remington Nature Center & Riverfront Walking Trail
• Terrible's St. Joe Frontier Casino

Places to Eat:

• Barbosa's Castillo
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
• Boudreaux's Louisiana Seafood & Steaks
• First Ward Houe & Pinzino's BBQ
• Galvin's Dinnerhouse
• Hoof and Horn Steakhouse
• Chain Restaurant's: Applebee's, Bandana's BBQ, Bob Evans, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cheddar's, Chili's, Country Kitchen, Cracker Barrel, Denny's, Famous Dave's, 54th Street Bar & Grill, IHOP, Le Peep, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Rib Crib, Whiskey Creek

Bars/ Nightlife:

• Big Shot's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Biggin's
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• Blondie's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Brown Bear Tavern
  
• Cafe Acoustic
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz, cmh6476
  
• Felix Street Pub
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• Foster's Martini Bar
  
• Hammerhead's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Hammerjack's
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• Hi-Ho Bar & Grill
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz, cmh6476
  
• Kelly's Pub
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz, cmh6476
  
• Legend's Bar & Grill
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Magoon's
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• Muny Inn
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Norty's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• The Rear View Bar & Grill
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• The Rendevous
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• Shaft Nightclub
  CP Reviews: BigCatDaddy, Demonpenz, cmh6476
  
• Snakebite Club
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz
  
• The Tap Room
  CP Reviews: Molitoth, BigCatDaddy, cmh6476
  
• Tremor's Night Club
  CP Reviews: Molitoth
  
• Tuck's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Uncle D's Sports Bar & Grill
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz, cmh6476
  
• Volley's
  CP Reviews: cmh6476
  
• Wiley's
  CP Reviews: Demonpenz, cmh6476

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Enjoy Arizona. I loved living in Tucson.

I'm in Flagstaff I haven't been to Tucson yet but hear it's pretty cool from my girlfriend.

My parents are gonna tape all the Chiefs games for me or I will go nuts. I don't have DirecTV yet and probably won't until later.

[Color Red]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

The starting point for the Pony Express

And the ending point for Jesse James...

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by Stewie

Everything in St. Joe is under $20, including a half-day's wage.

that's not entirely true, places like 36th Street and Galvin's are pushing the $20 mark...

[WilliamTheIrish]

.. And that's about it.




Although we could talk forever of inbreeding as it's a staple of the city.

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I would consider vacationing in St. Joseph if I knew the following were available:

1. A nice historic area with home tours or guided walking tours.
2. At least three world-class restaurants, with entrees under $20. Or alternatively, a Chili's.
3. An area of great scenic beauty, preferably with a large waterfall, but one that's not really noisy, just tall.
4. Some sort of large archaeological vestige of a lost civilization. It could be a pyramid or it could be something else like a Mahal or a Wat.
5. A bear viewing area, preferably grizzly or polar.
6. A large wargaming convention, but one in which less than 80 percent of attendees aren't kind of weird.
7. At least one cool gimmick hotel, like one made out of ice, or underwater, or in a big treehouse.
8. A high point that offers stunning vistas of the surrounding area. It could be a natural high point like a mountaintop, or it could be a manmade high point like a Space Needle or Washington Monument.
9. A museum that contains one or more of the following: suits of armor, tanks, a display on tribal migration patterns, or a professional football history wing.
10. A festival that nominally celebrates something like Spring or Tuesday, but which informally is a raucous display of female exhibitionism.

Please advise.

1. Actually, there is a historic homes tour. There's a lot of old money in St. Joe with some grand old houses and architecture.

http://www.stjomo.com/historic_homes.aspx

2. World class? I'm not so sure, but there are some fantastic restaurants specific to St. Joe. Many people traveling in to see family enjoy coming back to eat at these establishments, like Barbosa's, the Hoof and Horn, Galvin's and a handful of other great places to eat.

3. There used to be a waterfall at Krug Park, but it's all but dried up. Still a beautiful park with a pond and lots of ducks and geese. King Hill lookout and Wyeth Park are overlooks above the city and suounding area and provide great scenic views. Bluff Woods conservation area is a great place to visit in the fall, but might not provide much for viewing in the summer month of August.

4. Would Indian artifacts count? There's a nice collection at the recently built Remington Nature Center. The Native Americans are a lost civilization, simply because the English settlers simply murdered most of them upon settling in North America.

5. There are no longer bears in Northwest Missouri, unfortunately. There's a stuffed bear at the Nature Center though

6. I think there is some sort of society established in town that focuses on video gaming. I'm not that familiar with it. Slightly related, there are various civil war reenactments that take place throughout the area spread throughout the year.

7. umm, I guess the closest would be the Ramada Inn with a newly built indoor water park. However, I've heard it isn't the quitest place to settle in for the night.

8. see the King Hill lookout and Wyeth Park viewing areas referenced above.

9. There are a lot of great museums in the area. Not sure anything you request specifically, however we have the Glore Psychiatric Museum (old mental hospital turned museum), Remington Nature Center (displays on most of the native animals and native american, civil war and pony express memorabilia), Patee House Museum (an old motel turned museum, also the place the Pony Express was operated out of, lots of Jesse James and Pony Express history), the Pony Express Museum (old pony express stables with memorabilia from that period), Miliary Heritage Museum, and a couple other museums I'm not mentioning.

10. Mardi Gras parade

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

7. umm, I guess the closest would be the Ramada Inn with a newly built indoor water park. However, I've heard it isn't the quitest place to settle in for the night.

9. we have the Glore Psychiatric Museum (old mental hospital turned museum)

ok, #7. The Shakespeare Chateau may qualify as well, it's a B&B with stained glass and wood carvings depicting scenes from Shakepeare

and #9. the Glore is pretty amazing... one of the most unique museums in the US

[cmh6476]

Ok I'll start with the first restaurant review:

Barbosa's Castillo

Wonderful Mexican food, just not the typical Tex-Mex you might expect. Everything is cooked using flour tortillas, their tacos are delicious, light, crips deep-fried using flour tortillas. My favorite dish would be the Posk Burrito, rice, refried beans and their signature Pork Chili in a flour torilla smothered with Nacho Cheese sauce. The Chicken nachos are also killer, tortilla chips are also flour.

[cmh6476]

ok I've edited the initia; post a bit to see how it would look. Feel free to begin recommending things to be included

[AustinChief]

Don't forget the crappy casino in town! (I haven't actually been to the new one... so I shouldn't judge yet)

[cmh6476]

I think we would have a very solid list established rather quickly, if everyone from the area or familiar with the area, would take the time to list their favorite thing in town to do, their favorite place in town to eat, and maybe their favorite place to stay or where they would stay (for the locals) if they lived somewhere else and were in town visiting.

Then we'll have a solid list to look at, and can start plugging in some of the holes.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

I think we would have a very solid list established rather quickly, if everyone from the area or familiar with the area, would take the time to list their favorite thing in town to do, their favorite place in town to eat, and maybe their favorite place to stay or where they would stay (for the locals) if they lived somewhere else and were in town visiting.

Then we'll have a solid list to look at, and can start plugging in some of the holes.

Favorite places to eat...
Barbosa's (already listed), D&G(closed), Bucket Shop(closed) and Galvins

To stay...
Holiday Inn downtown, Ramada Inn, Shakespear Chateau B&B

To do...
That is hard to say... I would recommend the Glore, Krug Park and check out some of the architecture around town.. i.e. Twin Spires etc
(I would also go to Cool Crest if it is still open just for childhood memories)

[Saulbadguy]

Has it been verified that fans will have access to watch practices and such?

[AustinChief]

DOH! Forgot one place to eat...

Jerre Anne's

a MUST when in St Joe

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Has it been verified that fans will have access to watch practices and such?

yes, that's the point. County and City have both given funds to the facility in anticipation of tourism dollars. I'm not sure practices inside the "indoor practice bubble" will be open simply because there may not be enough room, but I've heard it said that the Chiefs plan to practice out in the open as much as feasibly possible.

[Demonpenz]

it's going to be hot as shit out this time of year, but out by the casino there is a river walk that is alright, nature center is out there too, dunno if it is open. I haven't been back to the mother land since memorial day