Comments on: South Broadway Illusion & Ghost

By: Ross R

Ross R — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:39:43 +0000

Does anyone remember the owner of Metal’s Edge? Brian somthing, it was so long ago, so many memories, in the 90′s my mom worked there non stop and i was always there as a kid!

By: jeff s

jeff s — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:51:56 +0000

Metal’s Edge…oh the memories!

By: Mike Pierce

Mike Pierce — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:42:24 +0000

It was definitely a Courtesy Sandwich Shop. Many, many moons ago, when Metal’s Edge was across the street, KSHE conducted an interview with Jason Bonham (son of John Bonham, of Led Zep) from the shop. I think his band was playing at the club that night.

By: Media Gurl

Media Gurl — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:13:14 +0000

Glad to see that you venture down south sometimes! If my memory serves me correctly, that bar served as a location shooting for a scene in the movie, “White Palace” with James Spader and Susan Sarandon. I once belted out “Turn Me Loose” by Loverboy from the stage there, but the bar has changed names so many times that I can’t recall what it was called back then!

By: Michael Allen

Michael Allen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:23:07 +0000

Perhaps the “Can’t Demolish” is a nod to the growing official recognition of the importance of preserving mid-century roadside architecture…

…or because no one wants to let fly the demons of the griddle, with their hair made of too many extension cords.

By: Bryan A. Hollerbach

Bryan A. Hollerbach — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:36:39 +0000

My God, Toby, that capsule history of the diner is about the most humorously macabre thing I’ve ever read! My Great-Aunt Anna used to own and operate a three-story apartment building somewhere on South Broadway north of there. I need sometime to cruise the vicinity and see if I can recognize it…

By: Jason Toon

Jason Toon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:27:06 +0000

It was definitely a Courtesy Diner. Ate there many times in the early ’90s when I lived in Lemay and survived to tell the tale.

The other place will always be Metal’s Edge to me.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:07:52 +0000

Never ate at that Courtesy, but enjoyed the nightlife of that very “party bar.” It’s the last business in the City of St. Louis, according to a previous owner, the south wall actually protruding into St. Louis County if he’s to be believed. In the ’50s and ’60s, the property included a pool and was a home to sock-hops and Friday night dance parties with the usual suspects: Kuban, Berry, Turner, Collins, et al.

Fast forwarding some years, it was the Metal’s Edge, which met a watery demise. Who didn’t see Conquest or Anacrusis at the Edge?

In recent years, as alluded, it’s had a number of names hung from the shingle. Rockstar was the last. The preceding Rock Island was potentially my favorite club at the site; caught everything from Fragile Porcelain Mice to a Gn’R cover band to spaghetti wrestling in that room. If anyone here knows me, bug me in person to tell you about the time that members of two bike gangs met near the pool tables…

Thomas