Bevo Mill, St. Louis

Saint Louis
The neighborhood's name comes from the Bevo Mill building, a local landmark that was designed in the style of Dutch and German windmills for grinding grain. The Mill building was built in 1916 to serve as a banquet hall and restaurant by a local brewing magnate. The name of the building came, in turn from Bevo the largest brand of near beer or barley malt and hop flavored soft-drink manufactured by the local Anheuser-Busch Company, (and most popular during the thirteen years of alcohol Prohibition in America). The Bevo name itself is in reference to "pivo", the Slavic language name for beer as the newer Bohemian or Czech beer style called Pilsner was very influential to American brewers.

The area is bordered to the north by Chippewa Street (named after the Native American tribe), to the east by old railroad tracks, to the southeast by Morganford Road and Bates Street, to the southwest by Holly Hills Avenue, and to the west by Christy Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard. Populace

The Bevo Mill area is directly to the west of the neighborhood of Dutchtown that was a center of mass German settlement in St. Louis in the mid-1800s. The area's population was waning in the 1990s, and in Europe there was a war in the early 90s that drove people from their homes. Many people left a dangerous situation in Bosnia and Croatia behind and today much of the Bevo neighborhood is populated with immigrants, particularly Bosnian Americans and Croatian Americans. St. Louis is now home to the largest Bosnian population outside of Europe. The growth of immigrants in Saint Louis has kept the cities declining population at an even level. Many Bosnians and Croatians have revitalized the city of Saint Louis through buying homes in South County Saint Louis and opening up new businesses which has helped to stimulate the Saint Louis economy. Some of the businesses in Bevo Mill are, bakeries, cafés, taverns, nightclubs, restaurants, and neighborhood grocery stores and butcher shops. Tres Capitans is found on the south side of Bevo Mill.

Trouble at the mill

On 20 March 2009, Business Week reported that the Bevo Mill restaurant had shut its doors. The website at the time was marked under construction and on 29 March 2009, the website stated that the account was suspended. It was in mid-2008 that the Anheuser-Busch company had merged with the Belgian-Brazilian based company InBev, forming Anheuser-Busch InBev and possibly diminishing their involvement with some local properties, such as the Bevo Mill restaurant. The restaurant subsequently reopened for Sunday brunch under new management.