The 31 Commandments of St. Louis [PHOTOS]
As the story goes, the Ten Commandments were once chiseled into stone. Much like the bible story, the RFT has engraved the 31 Commandments of St. Louis into the internet. If we missed any, let us know and we'll break out the hammer and stone again.
JAIME LEES
Thou shalt defend St. Louis-style pizza to haters
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Thou shalt roll stop signs
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Google Maps
Thou shalt call Hollywood Casino Amphitheater "Riverport" no matter how many name changes it goes through
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Courtesy of Flickr /
Jason Meredith
Thou shalt refer to it only as “St. Louis Bread Co.,” not Panera.
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Thou shalt bread-slice your bagels
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DANNY WICENTOWSKI
Thou shalt point and say "Hey, it's the Arch!" every time you see it
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Reuben Hemmer
Thou shalt drive for 20 minutes in search of a close parking spot for Cardinal games, before finally giving up and walking a mile to Busch Stadium
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Reuben Hemmer
Thou shalt brag that the Cardinals have the Best Fans in Baseball
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Lulu Nix
Thou shalt tirelessly search for bars that don't close early
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JAIME LEES
Thou shalt root for the Blues, regardless of how awful they're playing
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Vu Phong
Thou shalt insist that which is fried is actually "toasted"
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Thou shalt take all out-of-towners to the City Museum
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Photo courtesy of
Brittani Schlager
Thou shalt ask any person you meet from St. Louis where they went to high school
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Thou shalt go on a float trip every summer and deem it as a “vacation”
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DANIEL HILL
Thou shalt complain about the Loop Trolley
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Thou shalt, at some point every summer, complain about humidity.
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Photo courtesy of Flickr /
Philip Leara
Thou shalt wax poetic about Ted Drewes
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Thou shalt “mispronounce" every French word in the city’s lexicon
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Thou shalt love Forest Park
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Thou shalt always call it 40 and assume everyone who calls it I-64 is from out of town
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