Tag: Historic in Missouri

Stella and Me – Where Award-Winning Sandwiches Meet Tearoom Charm in Sainte Geneviève’s “Little Bohemia” At 198 North Main Street, tucked into Sainte Geneviève’s art district, newly dubbed, “Little Bohemia,” a quaint café with rustic hardwood floors, local artwork on the walls, and a cozy tearoom atmosphere serves what customers describe as “sandwiches so good you forget your own name.” Stella and Me has built its reputation one carefully crafted lunch at a time, earning awards, devoted regulars, and the kind of enthusiastic reviews that make food-focused travelers detour specifically to eat here. This isn’t fast-casual chain dining or generic café fare—it’s a small, intimate space where fresh ingredients, creative combinations, and genuine hospitality create lunch experiences that visitors remember long after leaving Missouri’s oldest town. Small Space, Big Flavors, in Ste. Gen’s Premier Lunch Spot Stella and Me occupies modest square footage—the kind of intimate space where tall visitors need to watch their heads and parties larger than four or five might wait for tables. But what the café lacks in size, it compensates for emphatically in flavor, quality, and attention to detail. Those award-winning sandwiches didn’t earn recognition through volume or marketing—they won because they’re genuinely excellent. The Read more…

Inn St. Gemme Beauvais – Missouri’s Oldest B&B Preserves 1848 Federal Elegance and Rozier Family Legacy At 78 North Main Street in the heart of Sainte Geneviève’s historic district stands the Inn St. Gemme Beauvais—Missouri’s oldest continuously operating bed and breakfast, a three-story Federal-style mansion built circa 1848 by Felix Rozier (son of Ferdinand Rozier, the French merchant who partnered with John James Audubon in Ste. Genevieve from 1811-1812 before Audubon devoted himself fully to ornithology and art). The inn carries the “St. Gemme Beauvais” name honoring the prominent French colonial family—Jean Baptiste St. Gemme dit Beauvais Jr. built the nearby Beauvais-Amoureux House in 1792, and the St. Gemme Beauvais lineage represents foundational French settlement connecting back to Kaskaskia and Revolutionary War service supporting George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign. Today’s Inn St. Gemme Beauvais combines this layered historical pedigree (Rozier commercial dynasty, St. Gemme Beauvais colonial heritage, Federal-style architectural grandeur) with modern bed and breakfast luxury—themed suites furnished in period antiques, full gourmet breakfasts featuring local farm-fresh ingredients, outdoor hot tub, and location placing guests within walking distance of every historic site, restaurant, shop, and cultural attraction in America’s oldest town west of the Mississippi River. The Felix Rozier Legacy: Read more…

159 N. Main St. Ste. Geneviève, MO 63670 Slow down at this cozy, centrally-located brick cottage rental in the heart of historic Ste. Genevieve. The original home of John and Francesca Hael in the 1860’s, you won’t find a more authentic old town experience than you will get at “the little brick house” on Main Street. Enjoy mornings at the local coffee shops and bakeries, afternoons browsing the local shops, and evenings by the fire pit with a glass of local wine. You won’t find a more authentic main street experience than you will get at the “little brick house”. Read more…

Zielinski ‘s – Forty Years of Hand-Picked Treasures from Family Adventures Turned Into Downtown Landmark At 288 Merchant Street, the Zielinski family has spent four decades transforming their treasure-hunting adventures into one of Sainte Geneviève’s most beloved antique shops—the kind of place locals describe as “organized and easy to navigate” despite being packed with dishware, vintage luggage, Christmas décor, Precious Moments figurines, lanterns, lamps, and records, where every item represents a story about where the Zielinskis and their friends found it, why they thought it worth bringing back, and who might fall in love with it next. This isn’t sterile retail where corporate buyers order inventory from catalogs. This is deeply personal curation where forty years of estate sales, auctions, flea markets, antique shows, and chance discoveries have filled the shop with items that caught the Zielinskis’ eye—hand-picked across decades of adventuring through Missouri’s backroads and beyond, hunting for the interesting, the beautiful, the nostalgic, and the uniquely connected to Sainte Geneviève’s history. The books and albums section draws particular praise from reviewers who call it one of their “favorite places to shop for anything eclectic, as well as music (LPs especially),” suggesting the Zielinskis have assembled serious vinyl collection Read more…