MySideOfTheBar

This winter in the travels of MySideOfTheBar we stumbled into the Charles P. Stanley Cigar Company and Lounge . It took only one look at the sign on the door to see why we fell in love from the start. This establishment has been around for over a hundred years in one form or another. We had been drinking for several hours when J.P. suggested we try this establishment and I was somewhat concerned as Central Patti and L.P. had been drinking whiskey, something they did not do on a regular base. However, as usual when J.P. makes a suggestion I learned year ago to go with the flow. The Stanley has a nice size walk in humidor along with a full service lounge to enjoy your favorite cocktails. We imbibed and smoked (they carried Kristoff, so bonus) for a couple of hours and had a great time. As you can see by the pictures below the atmosphere was excellent. So if you are in the St. Louis area I can highly recommend the Stanley. Cheers The Professor

A few weeks back MySideOfTheBar was on the road at the ST. Louis Winter Whiskey Festival. The festival location was at the beautiful Hyatt Regency at the Arch. There were 90 distilleries and over 175 different Whiskeys represented at the festival. We were joined by two of the longest standing Usual Suspects, J. and L. P. As you can see they had a photo booth to commerate the event. This was the picture from early in the evening and you will witness first hand (through photos) the effects that Whiskey can have on certain individuals.  There were 90 distilleries and over 175 different Whiskeys represented at the festival.   When entering the event reception area with our VIP passes there were six cocktail stations where local mixologist were creating specialty Whiskey Cocktails to start the evening with. (be sure to follow @mysideofthebar on Twitter for some of the recipes) After a few cocktails on the reception area I, as yo...