According to a text message from Ajay Zutshi's phone, the long-awaited Riley's opens today at 4 p.m. The pub is located in the Tower Grove East neighborhood at Arsenal and Arkansas.
Update: We have been to the Promised Land. We stopped by Riley's around midnight. The service was comically slow, which perfectly befits a place that took the better part of a decade to open. It's a nice looking bar — lots of wood and a tin ceiling on one side of the space. The Irish theme is in full effect. Even though it was opening day, the air was already thick with CBGB-quality smoke. In addition to drinks, they serve St. Louis-style pizza. In the grand northside tradition, there was a woman selling roses and teddy bears.
Posted under Business District by Brian Marston on Fri., Oct 14, 2005 at 12:23 PM
Anyone can have a tin ceiling. The ceiling at Riley's, I think, is the original molded plaster.
[Posted by M on Fri., Oct 21, 2005 at 10:45 AM]I went there on Wednesday night. It has a swell vibe, and the owner waited on us himself. Super nice guy. And yes, the ceiling is something else. & has a real Irish pub feel. Worth the wait, definitely!
[Posted by Stef on Fri., Oct 21, 2005 at 12:09 PM]One of our uv
bulb customers is from St Louis and says he regularly goes to the Riley's
bar. Must be a different bar if yours has only just opened?
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