All Shopping in Sainte Genevieve

Masquerade on Main – Where Every Visit Becomes a Photo Adventure In a town steeped in genuine history, Masquerade on Main offers something delightfully different: a chance to create your own alternate reality through the magic of creative photography. This isn’t a museum where you observe from a distance—it’s an interactive experience where you become the star of your own imaginative photo shoot, surrounded by elaborately themed scenes that transport you to different worlds, eras, and fantasies. A Playground for Your Imagination Masquerade on Main features multiple meticulously crafted scenes, each designed to spark creativity and provide the perfect backdrop for memorable photos. Whether you’re traveling solo, with friends, as a couple, or with the whole family, you’ll find scenes that speak to your personality and sense of fun. Current Scenes to Explore: Old-Timey Scene: Step back into a bygone era with vintage props and settings that evoke the charm of early Americana. Perfect for sepia-toned nostalgia and classic portrait vibes. Goth / Cathedral Scene: Embrace your dark romantic side in this atmospheric setting featuring dramatic Gothic architecture and cathedral-inspired elements. Ideal for those who appreciate the beauty in shadows and the elegance of Victorian darkness. Saloon: Saddle up to Read more…

Music Art Love – Where ChrisAlex Created a Gallery/Boutique/Venue/Living Room That Refuses to Fit Any Single Category At 137 North Main Street, ChrisAlex (Christine Alexander) has created something that defies conventional retail categorization—part art gallery featuring her signature GuitArt (mixed media collages on salvaged guitars), part boutique selling clothing and home décor, part music venue hosting open mics and concerts, part community living room where you can play house instruments, challenge someone to chess, bring in wine from neighboring establishments, read inspirational books, or just sit and absorb the eclectic creative energy. There’s a kids’ nook so families can browse while children stay entertained. Monthly events include open mic nights (welcoming musicians, poets, stand-up comedians, and all creative expression), music showcases, trivia nights, movie nights with personal introductions from ChrisAlex, art exhibits, presentations, and classes in art, acting, exercise, and improv. Founded in 2020, Music Art Love represents ChrisAlex’s vision of what a creative space can become when you reject the rigid boundaries between gallery, retail shop, performance venue, and community gathering place—creating instead a fluid, welcoming environment where visitors become participants, where browsing transforms into playing instruments or games, and where the line between performer and audience dissolves during Read more…

Oberle Meats – Six Generations, 150+ Years, and the Same Secret Recipe Since the 1870s At 21529 Highway 32 in Ste. Genevieve, Oberle Meats represents something increasingly rare in American commerce: a six-generation family business using the exact same German bologna recipe since founder Joseph Oberle opened his Main Street meat market in the 1870s. Today, Bill Oberle and his sixth-generation sons Stephen and Adam operate what locals simply call “home of the Oberle Dog”—producing world-famous Oberle Sausage, smoked pork tenderloin, garlic cheese, snack sticks, jerky, smoked ribs, Krakow, and homemade wieners using “many of the techniques handed down by their ancestors” while embracing modern efficiency. Open Monday-Friday 7 AM-4 PM (Friday until 5:30 PM), this USDA-inspected specialty meat market serves walk-in customers, processes thousands of pounds of deer during hunting season, ships nationwide via online orders, and delivers to Dierbergs, Schnucks, and stores throughout Southeast Missouri. The result: “fresh, lean, bright red, awesome tasting meat” and a sausage so beloved that expatriate Missourians visiting from Idaho “have to visit here,” Festus residents stock up “every two weeks,” and southern cooks rejoiced when Oberle’s garlic cheese log replaced Kraft’s discontinued version in decades-old recipes. Phone (573) 883-5656 or order online Read more…

Only Child Originals – 25-Time World Champion Footbag Player Creates One-of-a-Kind Jewelry in a Former Sausage Factory At 176 North Main Street in the 1874 Oberle building—where famous Ste. Genevieve Oberle sausage was once made—artist Sam Conlon creates handmade jewelry, garden art, and recycled metal sculptures in a shop proving that a professional “Hacky Sack” champion, former San Francisco street performer, and Patagonia retail veteran can find her calling making one-of-a-kind earrings from beads and luminaries from reclaimed barn tin. Open Thursday through Sunday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Only Child Originals is a whole store of handmade (right here in this building!) goodies for your body, home, and garden—where beads of every color adorn the displays, custom jewelry matches hard-to-pair outfits, creative metal cutouts transform scrap roofing into whimsical garden décor, and a pleasant garden area with fish pond behind the shop invites browsing at the pace of small-town Ste. Genevieve rather than big-city San Francisco. Sam Conlon: Third-Generation Artist Raising Fourth-Generation Artist Only Child Originals exists because third-generation artist Sam Conlon passed through Ste. Genevieve nearly 25 years ago (around 2000), peered into a vacant downtown building, and saw beyond the dust and deterioration to envision transformation. The Read more…

Quintessential Rivertown Spice & Tea – Where 75+ Teas and 100+ Spices Meet Proper Tea Service in a Three-Stage Historic Home Most tea shops offer a dozen common varieties and call it a selection. Quintessential Rivertown Spice & Tea stocks over 75 tea varieties and more than 100 different spices in an 1811 historic home that’s been lovingly converted into a tasting lounge, gift shop, and lunch destination where tea isn’t just steeped—it’s brewed at precisely the correct temperature using thermometers that ensure each variety reaches its optimal extraction point. This matters enormously. Green tea scorched at boiling temperatures turns bitter and astringent. Black tea steeped too cool tastes flat and underdeveloped. White tea needs gentle heat. Oolongs demand specific ranges. The difference between mediocre tea and exceptional tea often comes down to water temperature precision that most cafés ignore in favor of speed and convenience. At Quintessential Rivertown, they do it right—measuring, monitoring, and delivering tea the way serious tea enthusiasts know it should be prepared. Beyond the tea expertise, this is where you discover lunch done delicately rather than heartily—dainty sandwiches with crusts trimmed, finger foods arranged on tiered serving platters, expertly baked scones with clotted cream and Read more…