Ome Cafe STL next door to Vintage Vinyl
OME Cafe is located at 6600 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130. One of my first ventures in STL for Counterpublic Coyote Time, during the research phase (March to October, 2025) was to walk across Forest Park to Del Mar. It's here that I first went to Vintage Vinyl, a record store that most of the DJs I interviewed would mention in their story about their experience at Upstairs Lounge. There's a walk of fame where i first learned that Clark Terry is from STL as is Chuck Berry and Miles Davis. To honor Clark Terry, I asked Dan Clucas (Cornet) to play on my LP. On this day, Counterpublic (Josh Levy) arranged for me to spin my LP , Above the Scene, at Vintage Vinyl. Above the Scene is part of my project, FUTURE HOUSE HEADS THIS IS TU'S HOUSE, a portrait of Upstairs Lounge (1994 - 2018), which is located (till the first week of December) at International Institute on Arsenal. Ome is next door to Vintage Vinyl. I was very early so I ordered a delicious shake and then a hot ...
