Super cheap happy hour deals will keep money in your wallet unless you end up betting on a game of shuffleboard at Cotters Lounge. The low-key atmosphere and friendly St. Louis service make this no frills bar a great hang out spot. Cotters Lounge offers karaoke every night of the week to show off vocal stylings at the bar but really does not attract a younger crowd. Nice people, good drinks and a fun time await people at Cotters Lounge.

Popular during the lunch hour, happy hours and weekends, St. Louis' Cousin Hugo's Bar & Grill is a St. Louis neighborhood bar mainstay. Open for many years, the bar and grill still serves up delicious food and drinks with the same friendly service they've had since the get-go. It's a great restaurant in St. Louis to head to after work for a bite to eat and a drink to relax with.

The sports bar at Crest Bowl in Florissant, right outside of St. Louis, is one of the most popular hangouts in the area. Bowlers can take a break between games to get a beverage or a snack or even experience one of the events at the bar. A large projection TV displays the current Cardinals or Rams game in the sports themed bar that also has a pool table, video games, dartboards and more. Trivia and karaoke nights top off the list of activities. There can never be too much to do at Crest Bowl.

Working hard to really be a world famous bar, Dave's World Famous Bar is right outside St. Louis and offers locals a great bar to go and have a good time. The bar has shuffleboard, pool tables and plenty of big screen TVs to watch the Cardinals and Rams win in or away from St. Louis. Tucked away in a strip mall, Dave's bar is at least famous with locals who go for the attractive women and friendly service. The burgers are awesome and the drinks are strong. Famous or not, Dave's Bar is at least famous in the West County.

One of the best happy hours in St. Louis, and the best place in Soulard to catch sports on TV, DB's Sports Bar never fails to satisfy. Hungry customers can chow down on the restaurant's tasty sandwiches, salads, appetizers or other entrees while they catch the Cardinals or the Rams on TV. St. Louis loves its sports teams, so they should love their sports bar too. DB's Sports Bar offers football season specials and even has a two for Tuesday drink special. DB's is definitely a friendly St. Louis neighborhood bar standard.

Most Irish pubs aren't known for their burgers, but when you're in downtown St. Louis, anything is possible. Dooley's Ltd Beef 'N Brew house is an all around friendly bar to visit with friendly staff and locals. The great pub atmosphere and old-fashioned charm surrounds customers who enter the restaurant. Irish touches add character to the dark woods and brown booths in the bar at Dooley's. For diners who particularly love their food, Dooley's even sells their gourmet spices for home cooking because St. Louis bar patrons can just never get enough.

Right outside of St. Louis, the Dorsett Inn has become a hoppin' joint to go to for St. Louis locals and travelers. The bar has live music several nights a week that's perfect to get the crowd dancing. Plenty of entertainment accompanies all the drinking especially when women are getting draft beer for free on Thursday's ladies night. Busy bodies can partake in activities like shuffleboard, pool, and foosball or watch one of the many televisions. There's no lack of things to do and people to meet any night at the Dorsett Inn.

Although the name makes this bar and restaurant sound risqué, it's actually just a normal down-home, fun to be at kind of bar. The Double D Lounge has plenty of activities to keep the St. Louis locals busy every night of the week. Karaoke is one night a week while the jukebox, pool tables, dartboards and shuffleboard games are there to entertain all the time. Happy hour drink specials change each night at the Double D Lounge and when the St. Louis Rams are in season there are specials for football. The bar knows how to cater to the customer and give good service all the time.

Great service at this St. Louis tavern makes it an enjoyable place to get a cold beer. The bartenders at Double D's Den are great to talk to and make the bar atmosphere super friendly. Hungry customers can look to the menu for a bite to eat of classic bar favorites.

Three floors at Dreams nightclub are more than enough room to entertain St. Louis locals and out of town folks all in the same building. Dreams offers a chic lounge atmosphere for people to get a drink from the bar and listen to poets recite thoughts from their innermost souls or comedians bust the room up. Most often the club is filled with dancing while music from hip-hop to jazz is played. The age of the crowds change with the days of the week including a 30 and up night on Thursdays. Any way it's cut though, Dreams offers a good time in St. Louis.

Laclede's Landing is graced by the Drunken Fish, a sushi restaurant and lounge with some of the finest sushi in St. Louis. Live music every evening improves the already lovely ambiance of the bar and elegant Japanese flourishes complement the fresh meals. Local and national DJs spin the latest house, jungle and techno to evening crowds as they sip cocktails at the Drunken Fish. Sake martinis, soju cocktails, premium sake, wine and a wide selection of other cocktails make the Drunken Fish a St. Louis bar to see.

A huge projection TV makes Dutch Hollow Barn in Belleville, right outside of St. Louis, a great place to watch the Rams or the Cardinals. Dart tournaments up the ante occasionally at the Dutch Hollow Barn while live music, free food and indoor meat shoots also appear on the calendar during the week. The bar offers a selection of beer and other alcoholic beverages that would make anyone smile and all the activities make it too hard to resist a visit to this great local bar.

Nowhere else in St. Louis can you find some of the wines on Erato Wine Bar's list that come from all over the world. The bar offers flights, wine by the glass and even occasional classes on how to become a wine connoisseur. A staff sommelier is always around to help you pick a wine at Erato Wine Bar, and if you stumble upon one that is exceptional, the Grand Market might even carry it so it can be enjoyed at home as well. Because wine isn't for everyone, the bar also offers seasonal cocktails and imported beer to go along with their cheeses, desserts and small meals.

Easily one of the best gay bars on this side of St. Louis, Faces on Fourth Street offers three floors with four different environments. Down in the basement, a cruise bar for men only gives the guys a chance to meet one another without other distractions. Cherry is also in the basement and is open to men and women who want a bite to eat from the grill, coffee or one of the specialty liquors. The other two floors in this St. Louis gay bar are individually devoted to a dance floor and drag cabaret. For straights and gays who go for the drag show cabaret, take note the "female illusionists" only perform Friday nights. Faces on Fourth Street is worth the drive from St. Louis at the very least for the dancing and caged boys.