Our biased list of cool stuff around town.

All-Along Press
All Along is a DIY community/collective print shop right here in Benton Park West! They have equipment for letterpress printing, silkscreening, and bookbinding.
http://allalongpress.com/

A-Pop Records
A massive curio of records, books, and other assorted weirdness that runs the gamut of exotic, obscure, and mildly alarming. They sell audio tapes, and their musty basement ("CAMP Concentration") is regular underground venue.
http://apoprecords.com/

Black Bear Bakery
The anarchist bakery right here in Benton Park West, and yes they do indeed have a flag.
http://blackbearbakery.org

Byteworks/Bikeworks
Community Technology Center and Bikeshop
http://bworks.org

City Food Co-op
A member-owned and -operated natural foods cooperative, dedicated to providing high quality natural and organic food, personal care items, and earth-friendly household products at a reasonable price. Located in the back of Black Bear Bakery!
http://cityfoodcoop.com

City Museum
Getting expensive these days, but they do have not one but two Learjet fuselages welded into that enormous Adult Playground of the Apocalypse in their parking lot.
http://www.citymuseum.org/

Gateway Electronics
Need vacuum tubes or related parts for the doomsday robot you're building in your closet? This is the place. And yes, they DO actually have vacuum tubes.
http://www.gatewaycatalog.com/

Grace Hill
A 95-year-old social service organization that provides direct services cost-effectively within the self-help traditions of the Settlement House movement through community organization. In the 1910's they started a local currency called "Time Dollars."
http://www.gracehill.org/

Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing.
Missouri's First Nationally Recognized Underground Railroad Site, by the Riverfront Trail on the banks of the Mississippi River. Directions:
Take I-70 to Grand Ave, go East toward the Mississippi River to Hall St., continue 1/4 mile to Prairie St., look for a large Riverfront Trail sign, turn right on Prairie St. to parking area.

New Roots Urban Farm
An anti-profit collective that runs Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm just 2 miles north of the Arch.
http://www.newrootsurbanfarm.org/

Shangri-La Diner
Vegan/vegetarian cafe right here in Benton Park, and an occasional noise/muzak venue.
http://www.theshangriladiner.com/

South City Open Studio and Gallery (SCOSAG)
An arts non-profit that provides hands-on artistic education in the form of curriculum based classes, summer, winter, and spring break camps, drop-in open studio hours, adult classes, and community events.
http://www.scosag.org/

The SPOT
This organization offers FREE basic medical care (with a focus on reproductive health), mental health care, case management services and a safe space for youth to just hang out.
4169 Laclede Ave., 1st Floor (between Sarah and Boyle)
Monday/Friday 1-5pm 314-535-0413

Velocity Cafe
Internet Cafe and Bikeshop by Forest Park
http://www.velocitycafeandcyclery.com/

WITS, Inc
Local non-profit which does computer education for low-income cite residents and e-waste recycling. We take all our old computers here.
http://www.witsinc.org/