Gus' Pretzels is a
pretzel bakery
A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who w ...
and snack counter in the
Benton Park neighborhood of
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
, United States.
It was opened in 1920 by Frank Ramsperger. Gus' is a third generation family business owned by the Koebbe family. It is located at 1820 Arsenal Street near the
Anheuser-Busch brewery
Anheuser-Busch Brewery is a brewery complex in St. Louis, Missouri.
The brewery, opened in 1852 by German immigrant Adolphus Busch, is designated as a National Historic Landmark District. The Anheuser-Busch Brewery public tours offer hundreds of ...
.
Fresh pretzels are emblematic of the
German American culture and community that have been prominent in St Louis.
It won a Family Business Award from the ''St. Louis Business Journal'' in 2019.
Gus's Pretzels has been a baker for
street vendors, though only a few remain.
See also
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Pretzels in the United States of America
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Gooey butter cake
Gooey butter cake is a type of cake traditionally made in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a flat and dense cake made with wheat cake flour, butter, sugar, and eggs, typically near an inch tall, and dusted with powdered sugar. While sweet and rich, ...
, another product of St. Louis German bakers
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Gus' Pretzels
Bakeries of the United States
Restaurants in St. Louis
Cuisine of St. Louis
Restaurants established in 1920
Pretzels
1920 establishments in Missouri
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