Polite Society 9-18-2021

This place is quite a trek from our house.  It is way down south of downtown St. Louis.  It is literally south of Union Station.

Chris our waiter was super!  He knew about drinks, food, and desserts.  

We weren't in a hurry so we enjoyed a leisurely multi-course meal. 

I started with some kind of cocktail that was both strawberryish and sourish.  

It was interesting and good.  Mike had a gin and tonic with some kind of interesting gin.  We ate some spinach artichoke dip.  It was warm, cheesy and yummy.  

Mike narrowed it down to 3 and with Chris' help, we opened (to let it get some air) a Barbara Italian wine.  It tasted a lot like a Chianti.  Their list of wines online was not as complete as the list we were given in the restaurant.

This bistro style restaurant did lean toward the French foods.  So, we figured their French onion soup would be good and it was.  Super homemade, tons of Gruyere cheese...yum.  It was a big bowl.  Looking back, Mike and I said we both could have stopped eating right there...and probably should have, but we were both intrigued by their entrees.  (Oh, when your eyes are bigger than your tummy!).

  

I tried a mushroom ravioli.  It had MANY kinds of mushrooms both in the ravioli and on the alfredo style sauce.  There were pickled mustard seeds on top for a contrast of flavor.  I am not much of an alfredo girl and I found the sauce kind of heavy and somewhat overwhelming for the mushrooms.  I wish it would have been in a lighter mushroom stock type of sauce.

Mike had the steak, fries and roasted Brussel sprouts.  Mike really liked the steak and the fries.  He will sometimes like Brussel sprouts, but they need to have a bit of tweaking.  These didn't.  They were roasted well, but they were just plain Brussel sprouts...no sauce/glaze of any kind.  

Both of us packed up over 1/2 of our dinner to take home.  We wanted to try their desserts.  Mike got a sundae that had crumbled waffle cone in it and I got chocolate bread pudding with crème anglaise.  It was super rich.  

   

I thought this was a fun place with an interesting vibe.  It has a unique menu.  The wine list is a little small but OK.  The wait and bussing table staff is GREAT.  I would totally recommend trying this place.