Tag: Shopping in Sainte Genevieve

Celebrate the sweet bounty of Missouri’s beekeeping heritage at the annual Honey Festival + Market, a delightful community gathering sponsored by Harold’s Famous Bee Company. This beloved event transforms historic downtown Ste. Genevieve’s Market Street into a vibrant celebration of all things honey, bringing together families, friends, and honey enthusiasts for a day of discovery, flavor, and fun. Traditionally held the last weekend in June, this year’s festival was moved to the first weekend in October, offering visitors the chance to enjoy this sweet celebration amid the beautiful fall season along the Mississippi River. A Festival for the Whole Family Running from 10am to 4pm on Saturday in June or October, Market Street comes alive with the sights, sounds, and tastes that make this festival a highlight of Ste. Genevieve’s event calendar. Live music fills the air, creating a festive atmosphere as you explore everything this unique celebration has to offer. Honey in All Its Forms At the heart of the festival is, of course, honey itself. Discover the remarkable variety of local honey, from delicate wildflower varieties to robust buckwheat and everything in between. Learn about the subtle flavor differences that come from different nectar sources and seasons. Sample Read more…

Lavender Moon  – Holistic Wellness in Historic Ste. Genevieve Nestled in the heart of Ste. Genevieve’s charming downtown, Lavender Moon / Crone’s Cupboard offers a sanctuary for those seeking natural wellness, holistic healing, and products crafted with intention and care. This isn’t your typical gift shop—it’s a thoughtfully curated space where ancient wisdom meets modern aromatherapy practice, and where every product reflects a deep respect for the healing power of Mother Earth. Expert Aromatherapy with Two Decades of Experience At the heart of Lavender Moon is owner Kathy, a Registered Aromatherapist with an impressive 20 years of experience in the art and science of essential oils. This isn’t someone who took a weekend workshop—Kathy brings genuine expertise, deep knowledge, and a practitioner’s understanding of how aromatherapy can support wellness, balance, and healing. What makes Lavender Moon truly special is Kathy’s commitment to creating custom-made blends of essential oils tailored specifically to your personal needs. Whether you’re seeking support for better sleep, stress relief, mental clarity, emotional balance, or physical wellness, Kathy can formulate a blend that addresses your unique situation. These aren’t generic, off-the-shelf products—they’re personalized aromatherapy created with your individual needs in mind. Reiki and Aromatherapy Sessions Beyond her Read more…

Louie’s Smokin’ Hot At 260 Merchant Street in downtown Ste. Genevieve, Louie’s Smokin’ Hot serves multiple enthusiast communities under one roof—heat seekers pursuing capsaicin thrills, flavor chasers hunting artisan complexity, and cigar aficionados seeking humidity-controlled excellence. This specialty grocer features hundreds of hot sauces spanning from mild pepper vinegars to extract-based extreme, BBQ sauces representing every regional style and flavor profile, gourmet mustards elevating sandwiches from pedestrian to memorable, and walls of infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars transforming home cooking from routine to restaurant-quality. The shop’s genius lies in recognizing that serious food enthusiasts want far more than just heat—they want complexity, quality ingredients, artisan production, and opportunity to discover small-batch producers they’d never encounter in conventional grocery stores. The tasting experience transforms browsing into genuine discovery: homemade baguettes wait on counter for dipping into truffle olive oil, fig-infused balsamic vinegar, maple balsamic, or Sicilian lemon olive oil, allowing you to experience flavors before committing to purchase. The humidity-controlled humidor stocked with fine cigars creates rare retail destination serving culinary passionates and tobacco aficionados simultaneously. Hundreds of Hot Sauces: From Vinegar Brightness to Extract Intensity The hot sauce selection delivers authority—hundreds of bottles representing different heat levels, flavor profiles, 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…

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…