Bevo Mill is a neighborhood located in south St. Louis, Missouri. Bevo Mill general boundaries are defined as Chippewa St. on the North, southward to the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the East, westward to Bates St., southward to Leona St., westward to Holly Hills Blvd. on the South, northward to Carlsbad Ave., westward to Rosa Ave., northward to Christy Blvd. on the West, northward on S. Kingshighway Blvd. to Chippewa St. The neighborhood was named after the Bevo Mill, a distinctive restaurant with a windmill and beer hall at Gravois and Morganford roads. The restaurant was opened by August Busch Sr. in 1917. It operated under the name Bevo Mill until its closure in 2009. In 2017, a restaurant and event venue named Das Bevo opened at the location. The restaurant closed in 2019 and the venue remains in operation.
The Bevo Mill area is directly to the west of the neighborhood of Dutchtown, which was a major center of German settlement in St. Louis in the mid-nineteenth century. After significant population loss in the later twentieth century, the neighborhood was revitalized in the 1990s by immigrants fleeing the devastating war in Bosnia and Croatia. Today, much of the Bevo Mill neighborhood is populated with immigrants, particularly Bosnian Americans and Croatian Americans. The St. Louis metro area is now home to an estimated 70,000 Bosnians, the largest population per capita outside Europe. The influx of new immigrants has helped stem the decline in St. Louis’s population. Many Bosnians have bought homes in South St. Louis and started new businesses, including bakeries, cafés, taverns, nightclubs, restaurants, neighborhood grocery stores, and butcher shops, stimulating the economy and transforming the area, once known for crime, into a safe, thriving neighborhood.
Originally a Native American trail to a salt spring, Gravois was the public road to Fenton and its ferry. By 1914, the state-maintained portion outside the city became the first concrete highway. This thoroughfare remains the Southside’s widest arterial but is less traveled since the construction of Interstates 55 and 44. The area remained rural in character, with the largest owner being the Christys, until the discovery of clay deposits in the 1830s. The Christy mansion is today a nursing home at Alfred and Taft. A1 Bed Bug Exterminator St. Louis
Nearby Restaurants and Pubs
- Tiny Chef is located at 4701 Morgan Ford Rd, St. Louis, MO
- Krajina Restaurant & Bar is located at 5401 Gravois Ave #2333, St. Louis, MO
- Lily’s Mexican Restaurant is located at 4601 S Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO
- The Heavy Anchor is located at 5226 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, MO
- Doc Haus is located at 6217 Morgan Ford Rd, St. Louis, MO
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