The Cheese Shack — Restaurant in Windsor Township

I was reallllllly looking forward to this place. I was expecting a darling little restaurant in Kimmswick, MO, and so excited about the Portobello mushroom-Brie soup they advertise. I just had 85% of my stomach surgically removed a couple of weeks ago and that soup sounded deee-vine! Forget it. Didn't have it. My only soup choices were Chicken Tortilla (my stomach screams ouch!) or some kind of tomato. NO. So, no choices for me. They do have good iced tea! Like a fool, I ordered mac-and-cheese. Can't eat that! It's fine if you're 4 years old, they even serve it with a plastic spoon. It's a nickel's worth of poorly cooked inappropriate Cavatelli pasta with a dime's worth of horribly bland white cheese sauce. About a cup of the earth's cheapest food for $4.50! I was insulted! For that price I could feed spectacular M&C to the entire 8th Air Force picnic! My daughter got the "Fat Pig" sandwich, BBQ pulled pork with M&C on toast. She loved it. No chips, nothing. Not even a pickle slice. My son got the "Hot Italian" sammie. Toast with melted Mozz, pepperoni and warm marinara. In a paper basket. He was underwhelmed. The place is reasonably cute, kitschy and has an AC. Kind of an indoor version of their food truck. You order as you enter, like Macdonald's. No table menu for those like me with vision problems. A pain if you aren't familiar with the menu. Definitely a jeans and tee place. Disappointing for Kimmswick. Did I mention that they have good iced tea? That...

This place is amazing. It's a little out of the way but well worth the drive. From the outside it's a little unassuming but quite cozy inside.

Everything is ordered a la carte and might seem pricey at around $7 per sandwich but well worth it once you eat. I had the beef and cheddar and my wife had the country boy. The beef and cheddar is served on grilled sourdough which was great and had a garlic aioli that really made the sandwich. We also had the mac n cheese balls which were fenominal. This ain't no Kraft cheese and macaroni here. This is homemade macaroni and cheese that most definitely was made with gouda. At $1.50 each I reccomend 2 for each person. You will want the second one.

The owners were on site and happy to talk about the restaurant and menu. Nice people.

If you are considering trying this place, just go ahead and do it!

Just to be clear, I have no affiliation with this restaurant nor was I paid to review it. We spend $35 on food here and felt it was well...

This place needs to be shutdown. They have violated numerous labor laws in the State of MO & Federal as well. They don't pay employees correct wages, wages worked, take their tips, do not issue pay stubs- so there is no record of said tips, adolescent employees working hours they should not be, the list goes on & on. And no I am not an employee or former employee, but when I go somewhere & tip my server- it doesn't go to people who are not even on site working.

In addition, cleanliness & proper food safety were definitely not a priority & left up to the vices of the few employees that actually cared until they were fed up & left.

Not good business owners, not honest & I won't support a business that is run by folks that are simply not good humans. The city of Kimmswick needs to take a long hard look at...