This past Friday night, I had an opportunity to review and experience the River City Casino's finest food and beer establishment: the 1904 Beer house. This beer house was supposed to be of a 1904 old time, river boat, theme and the only thing that established that idea was huge chandeliers and some pictures of some old steam and paddle boats. The restaurant has dark and stained wood on the bar, huge marble slabs for the table tops, and hard wooden floors and chairs. The male servers and wait staff wore dark overalls with white shirts and the ladies wore a red, white and blue colored dress, like the St. Paulie girl on the beer bottle. The bartenders, had just basic black shirts and pants on.
The menu isn't that large and can be quickly looked over as there isn't anything that seems to stand out as it was trying to be traditional American, I would assume, but some things were of different nationalities. My group of 4 foodies, including myself, decided to order all appetizers and some other things to see how everything tasted.
What you see here, in a clockwise direction is: onion rings, pretzels with cheese sauce, sausage pizza, fried Rubens, and German spaghetti. The onion rings were your basic onion rings. They had a similar crunchy breading to that of Steak N'Shake. So, while I enjoy them, I wasn't overly enjoyed by them. They get a 3 out of 5 from me. The pretzels were large, thick and tasty. They were cooked all the way through which is tough for pretzels that large. They were perfectly done on the outside and with just the right salty flavor as well. I didn't make it to the pizza, as I tried everything else, but my friend who had eaten it said it was great, giving it a 3.5 out of 5. The fired Rubens were tiny balls of meat and cheese and such and then rolled together in a bread crumb breading and then deep fried. They have a 1000 island dipping sauce and overall, I really liked them. They were not mind blowing but the first I have seen of this type so they get a 4 out of 5 for me.
This was the German spaghetti and was not an appetizer but a normal entree'. It was a huge portion and had basil, garlic, cheese, cream, mushrooms and sirloin tips in there. It reminded me of a proper beef Strogonoff, with the sour cream sauce but this one perhaps has some white wine and garlic and butter. I tried some and it was delicious. I'd probably give the pasta dish a good 3.5 out of 5 stars as well. That large thing was probably about a pound of bread. The bread had a minimal flavor as it was a tool for soaking up broth or sauce more than anything.
These slider-looking burgers were actually Kobe beef burgers. The burgers were quite large as the Kobe was in more of a meatball shape. They were deliciously cooked and probably just seasoned with salt and pepper. They were juicy and worked well as a burger as my father had said :"That was the best tasting burger I have ever had." I thought they were good as well and get a 4 out of 5 from me.
My father ordered the sausage and cheese board and this is it. Several kinds of cheese, sausages and olive along with a mustard and ketchup sauce is what this entails. Everything was good but none of it was over the top or super delicious, as it was a general meat and cheese tray. It was good though with creamy light cheeses and a good selection of Italian meats like pepperoni and prosciutto. I would give this a 3 out of 5.
Lastly we have the German deviled eggs with a Creole seasoning. What these were though, were the very basic deviled eggs with bacon on top. The seasoning tasted like paprika and the mix in the eggs were just very basic and didn't taste anything special or fancy. I'd give these eggs just a simple 2.5 out of 5 as their addition of bacon tried to move it up further trying to back up on the bacon. Bacon does make everything better, but you can't make a normal item and put bacon on it to make it better. The eggs get a 2 out of 5 for me.
Overall the night was a lot of fun and the food was good, especially when paired up with a good selection of their beers and drinks. All the food was reasonably priced and since it was located just outside of the gaming area, children could technically come into the restaurant as well. It is definitely a good place to go for a meal, a snack or a drink.
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