Washington University students will have a tasty opportunity to step outside the Wash. U. bubble this weekend and experience what the culinary world has to offer beyond Bon Appétit. Beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Taste of St. Louis will take over six city blocks at Soldier’s Memorial with food, wine, art and entertainment.

Located downtown, the Soldiers’ Memorial is often overlooked when one thinks of St. Louis museums. A mere half mile from Union Station, the memorial has served as a testament to the soldiers from Missouri, who, according to the museum’s Web site, “made the supreme sacrifice in the [first] World War.” Its construction is actually a somewhat tragic story.