The Rack House in Cottleville 10-18-19

This is the 2nd time we've been to The Rack House.  They have a pretty skilled chef, but currently I don't agree with all the menu choices.  They have recently switched over to their new "fall" menu and a lot of things have a squash/sweet potato feel to them.  I don't really like sweet food with my savory meal, so I was not drawn to anything on the menu.  Even the crab cake (which is typically one of my favorites) is on a bed of sweet potato gnocchi.  No, no, no.  The soup was, of course, squash soup.  All these flavors of fall with cinnamon and nutmeg are great in breakfast muffins, but to me, I don't want them on my dinner plate.

So...we decided to just go for wine and charcuterie.  (Funny...spell check doesn't know that word and is trying to change it to "charioteer."  LOL!)  Of course I did some research using my favorite wine app Vivino.  The Rack House has several interesting red wines.  We decided to go with a Red Blend from Napa call The Prisoner.  It was good.  It was very fruity without being sweet (I know, that's difficult to imagine).  It had a BIG nose and little to no tannins (another word this spell check does not know).  It was a little too "girly" for Mike but it went well with the meat and cheeses. 

Funny side story...
Our friends, Laurie and Beth, called The Rack House on Friday night and tried to get a reservation for 6 or 6:30.  They were told they were too full and couldn't get anything until 7:30 or 8.  We walked in at 6:30 and got a table on the patio (next to the heaters).  There were empty tables out there all evening.  We were probably there from 6:30-8. 

Here are a couple photos: