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Restaurants & cafés
36 Restaurant & Bar Cape Girardeau's benchmark fine-dining room at 36 Main Street in historic downtown — an intimate, chef-driven space that has become the city's special-occasion anchor. The steaks are the reason to come, backed by an extensive wine list and house-made bread pudding that appears in almost every positive review. Ranked in the top two restaurants in Cape Girardeau across multiple review platforms.
Broussard's Cajun Cuisine A downtown institution at 114 N Main Street that has been a regional Cajun destination for over 30 years — neon-lit, Mardi Gras-mural-decorated, and serving hearty Cajun classics and steaks in a room that commits fully to the Louisiana-roadhouse aesthetic. The crawfish etouffee, gumbo, and fried catfish are the anchors. An unusual find for a Missouri river city.
Trails & outdoors
Peewah Trail (Yellow Loop) A 4-mile moderate-to-hard loop in Trail of Tears State Park that follows ridgelines and bluff tops above the Mississippi River, descending into creek-bottom hollows in the Indian Creek Wild Area. The east-facing bluff overlook has some of the most dramatic Mississippi River views in Missouri. The best trail near Cape Girardeau for combining serious hiking with historical significance.
Sheppard Point Trail A 3-mile hard trail in Trail of Tears State Park to Sheppard Point, a bluff that juts out above a bend in the Mississippi River with unobstructed upstream and downstream views. The most physically demanding trail near Cape Girardeau, with 639 feet of elevation gain on terrain that is slippery when wet. The view from the point is worth every foot of climb.
Things to do
Mississippi River Tales Mural Cape Girardeau's most visited landmark doubles as an outdoor history museum — the 24 stone-arch panels covering nearly 18,000 square feet of the downtown floodwall tell the city's story from Indigenous settlement through the river commerce era. The free audio tour accessed from the panels transforms a walk-past into a 45-minute history lesson. One of the largest public murals in the country.
Crisp Museum A free natural history and regional history museum on SEMO's River Campus, housed in the Cultural Arts Center of the 1830s seminary building. Exhibits cover Cape Girardeau geology, Mississippian Native American civilization, and the role of the river and rail era in shaping the city. Small enough to see in 45 minutes but consistently praised for depth over size.
Landmarks & sights
Mississippi River Tales Mural A 1,100-foot mural covering nearly 18,000 square feet of the downtown floodwall — 24 stone-arch-framed panels that portray Cape Girardeau's history from the Mississippian mound culture through the Civil War and river commerce era. The stone arches create the visual illusion of looking through the wall at historically themed scenes. One of the largest floodwall murals in the country and genuinely worth the slow walk.
Old St. Vincent's Church A mid-19th-century English Gothic church regarded as one of the most architecturally significant religious buildings in Missouri — one of only a handful of English Gothic churches remaining in the country from this era. The interior is light and airy with surprisingly modern decorative elements behind a Victorian facade. Worth a visit whether or not you are interested in religious architecture.