Your Fall Guide to Downtown Kirkwood

The following information was provided by the Downtown Kirkwood Special Business District.

Downtown Kirkwood’s restaurant week and specialty food promotion, Dine Downtown Kirkwood, is a week of dining, shopping and special activities planned for Oct. 7-13. The week will culminate with Downtown Kirkwood’s annual Fall Festival of Local Flavor.

Dine Downtown Kirkwood

Beginning Oct. 7, participating restaurants and specialty food businesses will dish out discounts on food and beverages. Many restaurants are offering $20.12 or $2.12 specials. Others have created their own dining special. A complete list of the specials will appear on the Downtown Kirkwood website, but these examples should whet your appetite: Steak Davido with salad, side and tiramisu at Amici’s; a large one-topping pizza, small house salad and 6 piece toasted ravioli at Fortel’s Pizza; and at Ranoush you can select and appetizer, entrée and glass of wine or beer for only $20.12.  Many specialty stores will also offer discounts throughout the week following the $20.12 theme.

“Dine Downtown Kirkwood is a great way to showcase the wide variety of restaurants in downtown Kirkwood and to give diners the opportunity to sample several restaurants throughout the week at a very reasonable cost, said Mike Willerton, owner of Kirkwood Station Restaurant and Brewing Company located at 105 E. Jefferson.

More Activities

Additional activities planned for the week include special Shop & Dine Night on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 11, a Pumpkin Carving Contest (pre-registration with Kirkwood Parks Department is required) and live music, children’s activities and a movie shown at 8 p.m. at Station Plaza on the evening of Friday, Oct. 12.

Fall Festival of Local Flavor

The Downtown Kirkwood Fall Festival of Local Flavor is Saturday, Oct. 13. “The event will be a celebration of all things homegrown, locally owned and environmentally friendly,” said Downtown Kirkwood Executive Director Donna Poe. Visitors may spend the day shopping the sales and specials at Downtown Kirkwood’s numerous locally owned shops. Shoppers will find unique and one-of-a-kind items for their home and garden and fall fashion ideas too!  After working up an appetite at the festival, visitors will enjoy the final day of the Dine Downtown Kirkwood specials.

During the festival, the Kirkwood Living Green group will present environmentally focused information at the “Smart Living” area located at the Kirkwood Train Station. Several community volunteers will share their knowledge about “reduce, reuse and recycle” practices that benefit the environment. Visitors can also enter to win tickets on the Missouri River Runner train from Amtrak at the station.

A local art show and live music will also be part of the festivities. Artists will show and sell their work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kirkwood Station Plaza, 200 S. Kirkwood Rd. Live music will be performed by Fox Creek  from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. and Fan Fare from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the plaza. Also taking place during the Festival is the Pumpkin Patch and Harvest Market at the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market, 150 E. Argonne. 

Kirkwood Public Library will present a fall story and craft activity for children from 10-10:30 a.m. in Kirkwood Farmers’ Market Greenway. They will also have cookbooks highlighting fall recipes for library patrons to check out from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Farmers' Market

The Pumpkin Patch will be open daily in October from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature more than ten varieties of pumpkins, colorful mums, cornstalks and a full selection of fresh produce. The Harvest Market will be open in Greenway just west of the Market on Saturdays in October from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature local farmers and market vendors The Folk School of St. Louis will perform at the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market Greenway during the festival from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Fall Festival of Local Flavor is coordinated by Downtown Kirkwood Special Business District with support from Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner. The downtown Kirkwood organization serves business and property owners in downtown Kirkwood through marketing, public area enhancements and administration of Kirkwood Farmers’ Market.  For more information about the Fall Festival of Local Flavor and Dine Downtown Kirkwood, please visit www.DowntownKirkwood.com.