Bevo Mill

The story

The Busch family saw the crossroads of Gravois and Morganford as the halfway point between their Soulard brewery and the Grant's Farm estate, and built Bevo Mill there as a European-style beer garden and restaurant. Architects Klipstein and Rothman designed it, and Busch is said to have toured Holland for a year looking for authentic artifacts. St. Louis Magazine says construction began in 1915 with stones handpicked from Grant's Farm, and the restaurant opened in 1917.

The restaurant ran as the Bevo Mill until it closed in 2009. In 2017 a new venue, Das Bevo, opened in the building. The surrounding neighborhood took its name from the mill.

Everything that was here

• 1917–present · still open

  Bevo MillRestaurant/Beer Garden

  August Busch Sr. put a Dutch-style windmill on Gravois Avenue and named it for Bevo, the malt beverage his brewery was making at the time.

  See the map in 1918 →
• 1933–2009

  Bevo Mill (Post-Prohibition)Restaurant

  Reopened after Prohibition and operated through multiple owners until 2009 closure.

  See the map in 1934 →
• 1920–1933

  Bevo Mill SpeakeasySpeakeasy

  Operated as a speakeasy during Prohibition despite being built to promote non-alcoholic Bevo.

  See the map in 1921 →
• 1917–1920

  Bevo Mill (Original)Restaurant

  Opened by August Busch Sr. to promote Bevo near-beer. Closed when Prohibition banned even non-alcoholic beer venues.

  See the map in 1918 →

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