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The Grove, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Grove is the bar, restaurant, and club strip of Forest Park Southeast, running along Manchester Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Where to stay in The Grove
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Manchester Avenue is the address. Sleeping in The Grove means a room on or just off the stretch between Kingshighway Boulevard and Vandeventer Avenue, within walking reach of the restaurants, bars, and clubs the strip is known for, a good share of them LGBT-oriented. Manchester Avenue was built as retail frontage, never as lodging.
That is the older logic of the Manchester Strip, which served the working households of Forest Park Southeast long before the drinking crowd found it.
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Manchester Avenue strip
The run of Manchester Avenue between Kingshighway Boulevard and Vandeventer Avenue holds the restaurants, bars, and LGBT-oriented clubs that gave The Grove its name.Find hotels in Manchester Avenue stripArrivals who want the Kingshighway Boulevard edge of the district rather than the middle of the strip.Kingshighway Boulevard end
Kingshighway Boulevard marks one limit of The Grove, the point where the Manchester Avenue frontage of Forest Park Southeast begins.Find hotels in Kingshighway Boulevard endStays at the Vandeventer Avenue edge of Forest Park Southeast, off the late-opening frontage.Vandeventer Avenue end
Vandeventer Avenue closes the far end of what was once the Manchester Strip, the quieter side of the district's business run.Find hotels in Vandeventer Avenue endHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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3- Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
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2- Saint Louis Chess Club
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8- Kate Chopin House Heritage
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About The Grove
What are the main landmarks in The Grove?
The frontage is the attraction. Named buildings gather around The Grove rather than on it: the Saint Louis Science Center and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, and the Saint Louis Chess Club all sit off the strip, in the wider run of St. Louis around Forest Park Southeast. Manchester Avenue keeps its own list.
Between Kingshighway Boulevard and Vandeventer Avenue the draw is a continuous line of restaurants, bars, and clubs, the thing the district was rebranded to sell.
What is the history of The Grove?
The retail came first. Manchester Avenue was built up in the late 19th century as a shopping drag serving the working households of Forest Park Southeast, and the stretch carried the name Manchester Strip before The Grove replaced it. The name change came with a levy.
A community improvement district drawn around the businesses here in 2009 charges them an added sales tax, and the proceeds pay for infrastructure and for the branding work that carries the district's name.
Where is The Grove?
Kingshighway Boulevard closes one end of The Grove and Vandeventer Avenue the other, with the Manchester Avenue frontage of Forest Park Southeast in between.
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What is the best area to stay in The Grove?
Manchester Avenue strip: Nights spent on the Manchester Avenue frontage itself, with the clubs of The Grove at the door.. Kingshighway Boulevard end: Arrivals who want the Kingshighway Boulevard edge of the district rather than the middle of the strip.. Vandeventer Avenue end: Stays at the Vandeventer Avenue edge of Forest Park Southeast, off the late-opening frontage..
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Updated October 2026