Attitudes Bar

Attitudes Bar sits on Manchester Avenue just steps from Just John, and the two bars together form the nucleus of The Grove's gay nightlife strip. Where Just John is the large-format venue with programming and patio, Attitudes is the neighbourhood bar — smaller, more intimate, more conversation-oriented, and with the specific quality of a place that has been serving the same community for many years. The crowd at Attitudes is loyal in the way that only a genuinely local bar attracts loyal regulars: people who know the staff, who know each other, and who chose this bar over the larger options down the street because it feels like theirs. Drinks are affordable even by St. Louis standards, the music is good without being overwhelming, and the atmosphere is exactly what the best gay neighbourhood bars provide: the reliable comfort of a space where you belong. Attitudes is the bar to visit on a Tuesday night when you want a drink among good people rather than a full production nightlife experience, and it is also the bar that fills up with good energy on weekends when The Grove is busy. For visitors staying in St. Louis for more than a night, a stop at Attitudes alongside Just John gives a more complete picture of the neighbourhood's gay bar culture.