They may not go there often, but they do love to go. They will always speak of the bar fondly and will defend the bar like it is their sibling. The dive bar is nearly always a neighborhood drinking hole with a cast of characters on both sides of the bar. One of my favorite, unpopular, out of the way dives on the southside is a place on South Broadway called Bob and Patti's No Wake Zone. It is in lower Carondelet near Loughborough across the way from the infamous Slo-Toms Lounge.
Next door is a comic book shop, a diner and a sno-cone stand.
The area along Broadway is very industrial and edges up on the mostly blue collar Carondelet, one of the oldest areas of Saint Louis. This bar has been open only since December and their grand opening is finally planned to be this weekend. It sounds kind of like a horror movie. It actually comes from a fishing term about how a boat is not to have a wave, or wake, coming up from the motor while it is in motion. This is to not to disturb the water and it is to keep the boats going slow.