Description: The St. Louis Hard Rock Cafe is inside the Union Station. It is one of the restaurants bordering the lake in the back of Union Station. You can arrive by car or by the MetroLink subway. If you take the MetroLink get off at the Union Station station and simply walk across the street to the cafe.
Approaching the Cafe, you can see its domed roof. Upon entering, you will see what is common in all Hard Rock Cafes, a wide assortment of rock and roll memorabilia. This Hard Rock is a smaller building than many of the other Hard Rocks I have visited. There is a small upper level and the main level. Seating is available both in booths and in tables. We were seated at a table in the upper level right by the railing.
The menu offers the typical Hard Rock fare with starters such as smoked chicken, spinach and artichoke dip (the most requested starter) and Joe Perry's "Rock Your World" Quesadilla. A full line of entrées, smokehouse items and burgers are offered. Plenty of choices for those desiring a full dinner or the lunch crowd. We were there for a light dinner so we ordered sandwiches. The French dip for myself and my husband ordered the chicken club sandwich. The meals arrived quickly and they were well prepared and tasty.
Here's a couple tips for you if you plan to visit any Hard Rock Cafe. First, they honor a AAA discount of 10%. You must show your card of course to receive the discount and I believe they want you to present your card when you place your order. The second tip...if you are going to want a Hard Rock souvenir glass, ask them to put your drink in the souvenir glass. They will charge you extra for it, but it will end up costing less than if you buy the glass outright in the gift shop. Our waitress cleaned and boxed my souvenir glass for me.
No trip to the Hard Rock is complete without visiting their store. We always like to visit the store when we have finished dining. That way we know we won't be interrupted. The Hard Rock store here, like all others, offers t-shirts in all sizes and styles, and of course, the souvenir glasses and pins. I am a collector of the pins, so I took some time to ask about the signature pins special to St. Louis and picked two of them from the ones they had. The pins are changing continually and have become a collector's item to many.
All in all, we are never disappointed when we visit a Hard Rock Cafe and this was no exception. The meal was good, the atmosphere was great with good music and memorabilia surrounding us and we were able to buy a t-shirt for my husband and a couple of souvenir pins for myself. A great evening meal at a reasonable cost...what more can you ask for?
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