Riverhouse Winery and Mase's

On Friday we made the trek down to Cape to pick up some bbq sauce from Academy that I can't find anywhere else.  Unfortunately they didn't have any but the Glue got some shoes she'd been wanting and were on clearance.
Classmate and coworker Debbie had recommended the Riverhouse Winery in Scott City a couple years ago so we decided to check it out.  The Riverhouse is about 15 minutes outside of Cape most of which is off the interstate.
It is really cool place with a great view of the river and you can see Thebes and it's old courthouse across the river.  There's also a train trestle that you can see the trains go across.
They have draft beer so we ordered an amber from O'fallon brewery.  I'm a big fan of ambers but they'd hopped this one up a tad too much for me.  I ordered a rueben and fries while the Glue went with a panini with fries.  My rueben was good and I really like the fries.  The Glue said her panini was good but she probably wouldn't get it again.  They also have a dipping sauce that neither of us cared for much. 
We also got a mango beer that ok but we only drank about half before decided to order a pitcher of cherry limeade sangria.  The sangria was good but very sweet and by the time we got to the end it was a bit overwhelming.  One glass would have been plenty.
Great place that we'll go back to soon, only downside is it's pricy.
On Sunday we went out to Mase's because they had fried chicken and the Glue wanted fried chicken.  When we got there they were out, Holly the waitress and bocce player said they'd got slammed earlier.   I went with catfish and the Glue went with smoked chicken.  I got a salad and baked beans for sides while the Glue got baked beans and potato salad.
The salad was just lettuce, cheese and a couple cherry tomatoes but it really hit the spot.  The catfish was solid, good but nothing special.  The smoked chicken didn't look good at all when it came out but it ended up being real good, most and not oversmoked.  The skin needed to be crispier though.  Both of us thought the beans were kind of bland and could use something to liven them up, brisket or pulled pork would really help.
It was a happening place and we saw a lot of people there we knew.  We ended up having a beer with the always enjoyable Ronnie.  While we were having that beer they had internet problems and couldn't use their card machine.  Luckily I had cash.   I also had to dust off some ancient computer knowledge and suggest resetting the machine which apparently worked.