Blueberry Hill is a

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and music club located in the

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neighborhood in University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Until October 2014,

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performed there the third Wednesday of each month, in the Duck Room. The restaurant is considered a St. Louis landmark, drawing tourists and locals during the day, and then becoming a popular hangout for university students in the evening, mostly from nearby

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. The restaurant is famous for its decor, its

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and its

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room.Collectors find thrills at Blueberry Hill
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. Joe Edwards and Linda Edwards opened Blueberry Hill on September 8, 1972. Since opening, the restaurant has expanded into the adjacent spaces on the east and the west, and it now occupies an entire block of Delmar Boulevard. Outside the restaurant is the

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, the work of Joe Edwards. The Walk lines the sidewalks on both sides of Delmar, and is made up of bronze stars and informative biographical plaques honoring individuals from the St. Louis area who have made major national contributions to US cultural heritage.

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