B C's Kitchen in Lake St. Louis 1-4-2020

BC's Kitchen opened in Lake St. Louis in 2008.  Bill Cardwell (famous from his restaurant Cardwell's in Frontenac) decided to try a restaurant in the newly built Meadows Mall area.  I still find it a "nice" place to eat.  I think that Mike can always find something to eat because they always have two or three nice steaks on the menu, but if you are not a steak (or hamburger (I do eat hamburgers...I just don't usually feel like eating them in nicer restaurants)) eater, your options are more limited.  There is one seafood pasta dish, one salmon dish, one stir fry dish (which is what I often get). 

I find the lack of change in the menu from month to month (year to year) to be troublesome.  I think if I loved everything on the menu, I might want it to never change, but since many things don't appeal to me at the supper hour, I wish they'd change it up a bit.

Now, I do realize this is connected to The Meadows shopping area, so they do get a lot of lunch customers and I think they have the same menu for both lunch and dinner.  That may be why the menu is heavy with sandwiches, flatbread pizzas and salads. 

Let's talk things that are good...First off, they have Moscow Mules on tap!  They are the only place I know that does this.  They are VERY yummy.  I don't know if they make their own ginger beer, but they are cold and frothy. 

Secondly, their gumbo is always on the menu and has always been good.  I have often just had a large bowl of it as my meal.  It is full of shrimp, and andouille sausage and has a circle of white rice at its center.  It is thick, good, and served with homemade cornbread.  This night Mike, Jacob and I ordered a large bowl and 3 spoons and that was our appetizer.

Thirdly, I can almost always find a decent bottle of wine for not very much money here.  Last night was no exception.  We found an Italian Valpolicella called Scaia Torre Mellotti for $34 that was ranked a 4.0 on Vivino.  We have paid a lot more for a lower rating in many other restaurants.  All 3 of us liked this wine. 

I had the Asian stir fry and added shrimp.  It was broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions and what I think were haricot vert (small french green beans) which was odd to put in an Asian dish.  It was supposed to be spicy, but the sauce tasted like a soy/terriyaki mixture.  It was served with white rice.  It was good, but nothing exceptional. 

Mike had a flatiron steak with smashed fingerling potatoes and a "seasonal side."  The steak and potatoes were good, but he found it odd that his "seasonal sides" were some cubed sweat potatoes and a herbed spinach/rice mixture.  That was 3 starch dishes on one plate!

Jake had a seafood pasta.  He said it was good, but there really wasn't that much seafood in it.  He did say the sauce was good.  It was lighter than a traditional Alfredo sauce, so it didn't overwhelm the seafood. 

The wait staff is always good here and it is one of the nicer restaurants in our area of the county.  I think the menu could use a little more variety, but that could be my personal preference.  We continue to enjoy the food here, so we hope it continues in the LSL area.