Me and a couple of buddies did that exact same trip last summer, except substitute Nashville for Chicago. In St. Louis you gotta go to a place called Ed's Chili Mac, it's about 2-3 blocks from the Crown Plaza. Best breakfast I've ever had. They put chili on everything ( I know, sounds sick, but it's great, worth trying once. Also, at night there's an area called the Landing that has Micro brewerires, bars, and a pretty good night scene. For the game, there's a ton of places to go, there's one place (by the Bowling hall of fame?) that was pretty sweet. It looked like an old warehouse, but then they opened a bunch of garage doors, and it was a huge open air bar.