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2525 S. Jefferson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63104

314-664-7638

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Best Jukebox
Award Winner 2007

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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Every inch of wall and ceiling space is covered with something here: B-movie posters, random art, framed pin-up girls giving their best sexyface, a collection of dead, vintage televisions, and weird alien fetuses housed in glass bottles like so many formaldehyde frogs. The Way Out has a small barroom that opens up into a much larger venue replete with enough '50s dinette sets to make Betty Draper jealous. Local bands cut their teeth at the Way Out; indie-rock, hard-rock, punk, and hip hop acts own the stage. Just don't forget to give Angus, the Way Out's resident feline, some love; he's really the one running the place.

Hoosier Daddy's

3:00 p.m. June 2
Shadow Thieves

8:30 p.m. June 2
Avengers Triple Feature

June 5

While Marvel’s big-budget Avengers movie proved powerful enough to please both critics and comic-book fans alike, there's no denying a lot gets los...
Pelagic

7:00 p.m. June 6
Psycho Beach Party

8:30 p.m. June 8

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2007 | Best Jukebox

While the wave of digital jukeboxes (currently invading a bar near you) might offer thousands of titles on their screens, a good jukebox is all about expression, a bar's way of showing you what it's all about via a handful of albums. Appropriately, the discs that fill the sticker-splattered jukebox at the Way Out Club offer a glimpse into the joint's psychobilly soul. With a fine selection ranging from the local scene that includes the Trip Daddys and 7 Shot Screamers to roots country like... More »
2004 | Best Place to Drown Your Sorrows

He left you. And who can blame him You suck; you're worthless; you'll never love again. Drag your sorry ass to the Way Out Club. Sit at the bar, so the wall will isolate you from the pounding rock of the stage in the next room. Ask the bartender for something strong. You'll get it in spades. Three drinks in, you'll pay more attention to that bartender: Bob Putnam, who's no stranger to heartache himself. But look over there: It's Bob's wife Sherrie, proof positive that even if you don't get... More »
2001 | Best Bar/Nightclub

The Way Out Club could easily win in other, more music-oriented categories, as it did last year, when we deemed it Best Rock & Roll Bar. Indeed, the beloved saloon has live music almost every night, an impressive percentage of which is good to great. But we love the Way Out for other reasons, primarily aesthetic ones. Simply put, it's just so damned pretty, with its high ceilings, its dim green glow, its magnificent oak bar. It's located in a fairly tough neighborhood -- choose your parking... More »
2000 | Best Rock & Roll Club

On the right night, you can find some great rock & roll at the Way Out Club's new location on South Jefferson (at Gravois), but that's not what makes it the best rock club in town: It's the venue itself that rocks so hard. Great bars have great bar staff. In the heyday of the old Cicero's, for example, there was an unforgettable series of sirens behind the spigots: Heather, Jennifer, Eve, and so on. These women all displayed various admixtures of gut-splitting sexiness and seen-it-before... More »

The Ten Best Juke Boxes in St. Louis

By RFT Music | Thu, April 19, 2012

Selecting the Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping a... More »
Master of Suspense

By Liz Miller | Thu, March 29, 2012

More than 30 years after his death, film director Alfred Hitchcock is still Hollywood's most revered sultan of spook. Mr. Hitchcock's enduring legacy and impact on suspense and psychological thriller cinema is this week at Super 8 Alfred Hitchcock... More »
The Magnificent Marvin

By Paul Friswold | Thu, August 25, 2011

Hollywood doesn't make actors like Lee Marvin anymore. The tall, gray-haired Marvin made a career out of playing gravel-voiced heavies in films such as The Wild One and The Dirty Dozen, but he won an Academy Award for his dual role in the cowboy c... More »
Napoleon's Tortured Spirit
(Way Out Club, South Jefferson Avenue)

By Timothy Lane | Wed, July 11, 2007

Alan comes from a venerable and wealthy family, which is one reason he reminds me of Crosby — a kid with whom I spent childhood Saturday afternoons playing war until boredom overwhelmed us and we began beating each other with our fists. Such is th... More »
Sex And Murder

By Timothy Lane | Wed, April 18, 2007

I feel bad for the guy she came in with. Half an hour after they arrived, he sits alone with his beer, trying not to watch his date — a mischievous coquette in a tight black sweater (to match her short-cropped black hair) — flirt with some other g... More »
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ker_stl | Saint Louis, MO | 16 Reviews

| Thu, September 30, 2010

A great place to hang out for live music or performance shows!
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JaclynnR | 35 Reviews

| Thu, May 6, 2010

Looking for a place for your band to play? This just may be the spot! Vintage style with an urban twist...this place is fun to hang out at and there is plenty to look at!
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Nikki58 | Maryland Heights, MO | 3 Reviews

| Wed, August 26, 2009

I love this place! From the pet cat that's dressed up to the good drinks and the new bands they have, it's great! The back patio is awesome if you need some air.
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Way Out Club

2525 S. Jefferson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63104

314-664-7638

Description

Hoosier Daddy's

3:00 p.m. June 2

Shadow Thieves

8:30 p.m. June 2

Avengers Triple Feature

June 5

Pelagic

7:00 p.m. June 6

Psycho Beach Party

8:30 p.m. June 8

2007 | Best Jukebox

2004 | Best Place to Drown Your Sorrows

2001 | Best Bar/Nightclub

2000 | Best Rock & Roll Club

The Ten Best Juke Boxes in St. Louis

By RFT Music | Thu, April 19, 2012

Master of Suspense

By Liz Miller | Thu, March 29, 2012

The Magnificent Marvin

By Paul Friswold | Thu, August 25, 2011

Napoleon's Tortured Spirit
(Way Out Club, South Jefferson Avenue)

By Timothy Lane | Wed, July 11, 2007

Sex And Murder

By Timothy Lane | Wed, April 18, 2007

ker_stl | Saint Louis, MO | 16 Reviews

JaclynnR | 35 Reviews

Nikki58 | Maryland Heights, MO | 3 Reviews

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