LIVE MUSIC ON THE HILL

Pop's Blue Moon was built with lumber salvaged from the 1904 World's Fair — the Louisiana Purchase Exposition that welcomed the world to St. Louis. The wood found a second life on Pattison Avenue, becoming the bones of a neighborhood bar that has endured for over a century.

Three generations of the Gianella family ran the tavern through Prohibition, two World Wars, and decades of change on The Hill. In 1999, Terry and Josh Grigaitis bought the bar for $100,000 and renamed it Pop's Blue Moon — keeping the history, adding the music.

Today, live music fills the room five nights a week. The lighting is low, the wood is dark and smooth, and the blue neon gives everything a warm glow.