Clementine's

O tym miejscu Clementine's

Clementine's is the gay bar of Soulard — St. Louis's oldest continuously inhabited neighbourhood, a district of beautifully preserved 19th-century brick townhouses, cobblestone streets, and the Soulard Market, one of the oldest public markets in the United States. The bar's location in Soulard rather than The Grove gives it a distinct character: it serves the LGBTQ+ residents of south St. Louis who live in or near Soulard, and it draws visitors who come to the neighbourhood for its architectural and culinary pleasures and find the bar as part of the experience. Clementine's is not the destination bar that Just John is — it does not anchor a strip of gay venues and it does not host the production-level programming of the larger Grove bars — but it is a genuine and beloved neighbourhood gay bar in the tradition of bars that exist to serve their community rather than to compete on a citywide scale. The Soulard location is worth visiting for the neighbourhood alone: the brick streets, the intact 19th-century residential architecture, and the Soulard Market are among St. Louis's genuine treasures, and Clementine's provides the logical gay bar stop on a Soulard afternoon or evening.