If you are looking for a casual dive bar in a sea of casual dive bars, 1860 and the Soulard area is perfect. Â I had plans to go see some blues at 1860, and I have to confess that even though I knew I had been to 1860 before, I couldn't remember any specifics. Â This setup still works well for Soulard, though, since there are so many bars, a young demographic, and loads of great music & special events happening year round. Â If you build it, they will come. Â
I was the first of my friends to arrive, and so I settled at a table with a great view of the stage. Â It was freezing and drafty inside, but they were quick to respond to my request to turn the fan down. Â I really appreciated that, especially since I know they were only trying to get the place cool enough to balance out how hot it would get later with a bigger crowd and music in full swing. Â
The website and menu say to ask about the daily specials, so I did, but there weren't any. Â I settled on broccoli cheddar soup and a house salad. Â The soup tasted as if it had been made with a powdered mix, with that gritty artificial cheddar flavor we all know from mac & cheese. Â I couldn't finish it. Â The salad was very tasty, with fresh and crispy veggies, and good quality meats and cheeses. Â It was so big that I managed to eat half and get the rest wrapped. Â Unfortunately, they wound up accidentally throwing my to go box away when I made a trip to the ladies room. Â
Our waitress was young, cute, and scantily clad, another Soulard standard. Â She was friendly and attentive. The real standout here is the blues music. Â With this being a "Hardshell cafe" along the lines of what you would see in New Orleans, great music is a must. Â The band we saw that night was great rocking blues, and they had the dance floor kicking by the end of the night with people of all ages getting in on the action.
Let's hear it for the average!
1860 Saloon and Hardshell Café has been a review long since put off.  I don't wander down to this establishment very often.  During my first year in Soulard, I have been there four times.  My first and second visits were pretty decent.  The next was just awful.  And my recent one was okay again.  Thus, we play the percentages!
As far as grabbing a quick pint, 1860 is pretty ideal. Â The beer is fairly inexpensive, and they do rotate their specials. Â I met friends the first time but went by myself the second time. Â I had a few pints of PBR and a crab cake sandwich. Â Altogether, pretty affordable trips. Â And the crab cakes are housemade and pretty delicious.
However, trip three was a disaster. Â 1860 needs to add descriptions of their pizzas to the menu. Â We came in to order something quick. Â When the waitress told us that they had a seafood pizza, it sounded pretty good. Â She sort of vaguely described the toppings on the pizza, so we decided to order it. Â
I can usually stomach my way through most meal. Â However, one vegetable that I cannot handle is olives. Â I hate them! Â Just the smell of olives makes me sick. Â Our pizza was covered in olives. Â We were troopers and tried to forge through it. Â I took them off, but the taste was just too much.
Finally, we met fellow Yelper Mandie M. for a few pints just a week or two ago. Â I decided to go back to the crab cake sandwich for some assurance. Â The food was pretty good, but the service left us feeling pretty neglected.
I just don't get out as much as I would like, so when I make my rounds, I just don't see 1860 Saloon in the plans. Â There's just too many options in Soulard. Â Maybe for a pint or two, but not much else.
At the last minute, a friend of mine and myself had to think of a quick place for lunch, as the other restaurant we picked happened to be closed. Â Anyway, we walked across the street into 1860's and was I ever pleased with this seafood salad. Â One of the best I have ever had, even on the coast. Â
The service was impeccable too. Â I would definitively go back.
This is a review for the Game Room addition only: Awesome! Â When I heard about the Game Room, I didn't know what to expect. Â I was hoping for a video arcade; no such luck. Â Instead pool tables, dartboards, shuffleboard, and Golden Tee all placed in strategic locations around the room fill the bar with friendly competition. Â You might have to wait your turn to gain access, but the variety of games is a fun twist on the standard bar scene.
The room is fairly small and there's only one bar and one bartender, but she is on her game! Â If you're in the area and want something different, stop by the Game Room and bring your quarters.
Why pay $15 to park downtown for a Cardinals game when you can hop on a shuttle from one of many Soulard establishments? Â (Of course, you should make a purchase or two before jumping that shuttle.)
We took the $$ we would have paid for that 9x11 slab of concrete and put it toward dinner and drinks before the game at Hardshell Cafe and we have a winner!
I had the crab cake sandwich and Mr. had a cheeseburger. Â I had a little bobble with my sandwich but it was fixed so quickly it became a non-issue. Â Both sandwiches were very good and fresh. Â The onion rings were amazing. Our waitress was very attentive. Â She reminded us we could take our drinks on the shuttle. Â Ummm... $2 for a beer from Hardshell or $8 at the stadium... let me do the math... Â Heck ya!
The shuttle driver was super funny and make the short drive that more enjoyable. The ride back was just as fun.
All in all a winning experience from Hardshell!
ps Don't forget to tip your driver!
Only been to Hardshell for a small dinner, not to the 1860 saloon. We enter and the bar is playing Nickleback so I cannot say we were not warned up front about this place.
The whole place just smells odd, probably because they have many seafood dishes but are nowhere near the sea yet the prices are still super cheap. Beer selection is pretty much (AB heavy of course). Food was just "meh" nothing to write home about, just some food to fill you up, nothing that tastes especially tasty. At least they had Abita Purple Haze. The prices overall here were not bad so that's one good thing. I would not recommend eating here.
The night before a holiday, Cardinals game is on...why not go on down to Soulard for some fun?
Sounds good to me!
I had been given a gift certificate to 1860 and since we were looking for something to do we figured why not. Â I knew it was going to be crowded, with the added Cardinals game and the VP Fair but we found a great parking spot and a table with no problems. Â Having never been, I didn't know what to expect so we ended up in the saloon section where you have your normal biker boys at the bar, drinking it up and playing every piece of country music in the world.
The lone waitress did her best scurrying around the getting filled up area and we decided on t-ravs for an app, jambalaya and the fish and chips for our meals. Â Great portions at a great low price. Â We both walked away stuffed as ever.
They have live music every night and they were setting up as we finished up our meals. Â They also have a Cardinals shuttle with the driver seeming to be one of the friendliest people around.
Sounds like we'll have to go back to try the other parts of this establishment since we enjoyed the saloon.
1860's is a great place to get a drink and take the shuttle to any type of sports game. The shuttle driver is very personable. Some nights they have free food before they leave for the game. There pizza is very good. 1860's is pretty much a Soulard staple with blues bands and a local crowd. The restaurant has good cajun food too.
Review Source:Even though they have the same owner, I am a HUGE fan of Hardshell but not so much of 1860s. I feel like a crabby old lady saying this, but I hate going to 1860s because it's always so loud you can barely hear yourself think, let alone hold a conversation. If you love listening to live Blues bands, than this place is for you. I personally would rather just have access to a juke box than a live band and actually converse with the people I go out with, so that is why I prefer Hardshell. Every time I go to Hardshell, I have a blast. The bartenders are super friendly, and it's never packed to the point of obnoxiousness. I don't think I've ever waited longer than a minute for a drink there. Definitely a great little hole in the wall well worth a visit.
Review Source:1860's is a restaurant/bar located in a historic building at the corner of 9th and Geyer in the bar district of Soulard. Â It has been around for awhile and is known primarily as a live music venue, specializing, but not limited to Blues music.
They have three rooms with different themes. Â All have their own outside entrance. Â The corner room is a small old world bar and music hub. Â The middle room is a game room, Â and the 3rd room (Hardshell Cafe) Â seems to have been a converted courtyard. Â It has skylights and a large bar. Â It's a little more bohemian and colorful. Â Very hokie. Â I like the bar in here the best. Â It's like a neighborhood bar with jukebox and food. Lots of natural light during the day. Â You feel like you are outside.
The food is generally Cajun and sandwiches. Â Most everything has a spicy aioli on it. Â I'm not a big fan. Â It all tastes a bit heavy and rich to me and the only flavor you get across the board is the aioli. Â They do have jambalaya and gumbo that is ok..
Positives: Â Location, location, location. Popular pub crawl stop in the bar district. Â Live music. Â
Negatives: Â The Food
I just want to start by saying that this one star goes only to Hardshell- haven't been to 1860 Saloon. But after my experience I'm not dying to hit it up. Our service was not just terrible, but so surreally bad our table was convinced that we were either being filmed for some sort of "Candid Camera" remake or that our server was a recent graduate of Bellevue.
Let me set the scene: Friday afternoon, five of us; me, the boyfriend, and his mother and uncle. The four of us meet our fifth (our friend), who'd already gotten a table and a beer. Our server greets us with a pile of assorted menus and the menu cards that go in the menus and asks for our drink order. None of the rest of us order alcohol, and she almost seemed miffed-- but at the time, I didn't think much of it.
There were so many super-duper things that happened during this meal, but the real fun started when the first entree, the boyfriend's meal, was brought out-- It was a catfish poboy and not the crawfish one he'd ordered. When the boy explained that he had ordered the crawfish poboy, she said, "Well, that's not even ON the dinner menu. That's on the lunch one." Welp...we got a mix of both menus, and some random unsheathed menu cards, with no indication that some of the items were lunch/would be unavailable...so...
She left the "mistake" (wrong entree and wrong side) sitting on the table. I guess hoping he would resign himself to eating it. Then...
After all four others' food had been brought out, at staggered times over about ten minutes, she sat down at an empty chair at the table, pulled out her order pad, and went around the table pointing at our entrees to affirm she got those orders right before pointedly looking back at the boyfriend and saying, "And you got the CATFISH poboy."
Uh, no, missy. I heard him order. YOU wrote it down wrong.
He hates catfish, so he politely asked for a different sandwich (since the crawfish one was apparently out of the question). She looked at him sullenly for a few seconds and then snarkily said, "Well, it's going to be a while."
She was so incredibly peculiar, doing things like:
-pointedly asking the rest of the table if they wanted refills but not bringing one for the alleged mis-orderer, though his was the only one empty
-bringing ice water without comment when someone ordered a second Boulevard beer (he had not asked for it and had only been drinking beer), leading us to believe that she had misheard yet another request, but then bringing the beer about ten minutes later
-bringing three app plates for a table of five
-rolling her eyes when asked for silverware (we had none, we needed it!)
-behaving really condescendingly towards the two guests at our table who were older (not elderly, mind you, but in their late fifties and not dead yet)
As far as the actual food goes, well...not great. Nothing terrible but nothing special, and certainly not any of the best Cajun food in St. Louis.
She also sat back down at the table when she brought the credit card slip back, suddenly super-chatty and ingratiating. She made a huge show of telling us she "didn't usually work here, but everyone's on vacation," and basically sat there and talked to the two older people in our party inanely while my boyfriend and I cut eyes at each other trying to figure out what we were going to do about tip. Ultimately, she forced us to sign/tip and then hand it back to her, making it impossible to leave the poor, poor tip she deserved.
I was sort of afraid of what would happen if we'd stiffed her.
I like this place. Â The food is pretty good, and the wait staff is friendly. Â It can get a little cold in the dining room, and weekday lunch seems to be pretty dead these days, but I really like their shrimp Po-Boy. Â The gumbo was a bit too tomatoey for my liking, but portion sizes for everything Ive ever ate here has always been great. Â Also, the seasoned (cajun probably) fries are probably the best in Soulard.
Review Source:Let me begin my saying how much I enjoy the people in Soulard. When arriving at the 1860 Saloon I was greeted by the nicest and funniest guy! He stated there was a $3 cover and that he needed to check my ID. I love when I have to show mu ID, it makes me feel so much younger than I actually am.
Once inside the building I was excited to see friendly faces behind the bar! Oh, and the drink prices are very reasonable! When I was told my total for the drinks I had ordered I thought something was wrong and asked if she was sure. Yes, she was!
Nothing is better than being able to enjoy a night out while staying within my budget! A live band was playing and the music was really good! I did not get the opportunity to try the food as it was quite late out. Maybe I will give the food a shot next time I visit.
I know I will be back to visit many more times as the experience I had was very pleasant.
Not sure how this place works. Â We walked into the Hardshell Cafe and I could tell there was another side, I don't know if 1860 has a different menu or how the whole thing works.
Anyhow! Â I heart Soulard. Which means, how could I not love a place that is "Mardi Gras all the time!" Â Loved the atmosphere, very bright, the Hardshell side was more like a covered patio. Â There was a fish tank to 2 larger than life sized statues of mardi gras jesters.
We went on 4th of July and someone told me only 4 people had shown up to work all day. Â Despite the lack of staff, I felt we still got really good service. Â
I got a chicken po'boy and my boyfriend got a cajun sampler. Â It had gumbo, jambalaya, and red beans and rice. Â I love trying Cajun food. Â But I think I've had better. Â Definitely a great place to kick back for a drink though!
One of the main reasons I like Yelp is that it exposes me to new experiences. It guides me out of my box and my comfort zone.
With that being stated, I would have never experienced this totally cool neighborhood bar in Soulard. As Jenny P stated it is small and divey, but in my opinon that is what gave it all it's warmth and charm. The regulars were welcoming of new patrons and engaged conversation.
They've just opened a new game room that  offers a good variety of bar amusements. To make it easier for you to get your drink on while you get your game on, they have a second bar located in the new addition.
The staff is friendly, and the bartenders make a good drink. I was totally amazed at the quality of food from a dive bar. The crab cakes could win a blue ribbon at a county fair and the chicken strips put other bars to shame.
My new Yelp friend Matt C., is right the thin crust pizza is "really good". I didn't take a menu home, but wish they delievered on The Hill.
Next time I'm in Soulard, I'll stop by 1860.
I have passed by this place many times and will definitely go back after last night. It's a dive bar but the food really surprised me. The crab cakes were by far my favorite but I did not try one thing I didn't like. The atmosphere was also relaxed and friendly and the staff was helpful but not overbearing. I was pleasantly surprised.
Review Source:I probably would not have ever stopped in 1860's if it was not for the Yelp event, but it turned out to be a good choice!
The place is small and divey, and it definitely gave off a regulars vibe. However, they had some great live music playing up front, cheap drinks, and good bar food. The bartenders were super sweet and friendly too. I was a happy clam!
I recommend their crab cakes and St. Louis is style pizza. The crab cakes do not look like much but they prove that statement wrong once you have a bite. Yum!
Their new game room in the back is pretty sweet. It a bit hard to find as the entrance is located down a little hall in the back of the bar, but it opens up to a huge room! The room is stocked with a little bar with AB bottles and wells, some bar top tables, shuffle board, darts, pool, foosball, golden tee and silver strike. Fun times back there!
Glad I made the choice to stop in 1860's and I will keep them in mind when I am in the Soulard area.
I gave these guys a shot on a Saturday afternoon for a sandwich. Â There "roast beef po' boy" was just a very mediocre roast beef sandwich. Â The service was sub par. Â Do not market yourself as Creole/Cajun if you are not bringing your a game. Â Just say you are a bar and grill. Â Corner stores in the ghetto in NOLA have 2x's better food than this.
Review Source:Some girl friends came in to St. Louis for a visit and wanted to see what Soulard was all about, Hardshell was out first stop. The decor was eclectic and there was plenty of good music playing. Sampling the appetizers, the chicken nachos had a good spice to them and the potato skins for nice big quarters of potato. The toasted ravioli were run-of-the-mill and the chicken fingers were anything but - they were hand-breaded and so tender juicy yum that they didn't even need dipping sauce.
Pre-Mardi Gras weekend and the party had already started with the $10 special for 32 oz. hurricanes. After noshing, we headed up to 1860 Saloon where the place was packed and a band was playing. It was a small space but a fun atmosphere that served as the perfect setting for a start to a girl's night in Soulard.
As a native of New Orleans, born and raised, I will tell you that I did not bother to try the food at  Hardshell Cafe. Not one place in the STL has ever really served Cajun cuisine the way its done in the mothership of Cajun cuisine New Orleans. However, this doesn't mean I didn't enjoy myself at 1860 Saloon. In fact, I liked it so much I plan on going back.
Let's start with their drink prices being ridic affordable. A Jameson shot under $10? Wha wha what??? The new game room has a pool table (wish there was at least two), darts and a cool bowling game that I am convinced someone is goig to break the screen when hitting it to make the ball travel down the lane. It also has a satellite bar with limited selections but the main bar is not far from there so its easy enough to go there for a wider variety of refreshments and bring it back down to the game room.
Live music was playing on a Tuesday night. Good live music. Not stank cover band crap. I hope to go back soon and take in more of the 1860 Saloon then report back with an updated review.
CAJUN ? NOT really....
I tried just about every Cajun Dish at this place, the Cajun sampler, (gumbo, Jambalaya, and etc) had no taste, and was clearly reheated. And i gave this place several tries with their Cajun food. It simply doesnt have that captue in the tastebuds like Cajun dining should be. When you go and try the real thing in NOLA, you can;t really find much better. This place , for its nice decor inside sells people short for the food. Well, at least thats how i felt. I just thought they should try on the cajun food. The Bar is pretty cool though, The place is very nice inside. Â
But it's a club that draws on the older crowd , you know, the kind of people who wear Harley Davidson Tazmanian devil t shirts!
I've been to 1860's Saloon several times and they always have live music, most of the time I've been there on a weekend so that's no big surprise. My latest visit was on a Wednesday night and to my delight there was live music, now that's my kind of place. Stephanie B. and I finished our Schlafly's Neighborhood tour here last night and it could not have been a better place to end the night. We took a place at the corner of the bar which gave us a perfect view of the room so we could people watch. For that aspect we were surely not disappointed, as the place was packed for a Wednesday night.
The bartender was great, the beer was nice and cold and if you like Magic Hat #9, they serve it here so they get an extra thumbs up from me. I can see more visits to this great bar in the future.
First, yelp, these are 2 different restaurants, please split them! Â Just because they share a connecting hallway doesn't mean the reviews should be lumped together.
This review is for the Hard Shell Cafe.
Went there this past weekend after a trip to the market. Â Great service, cute atmosphere. Â My wife had the red beans and rice, second only to those I've found at block parties in Mobile.
I had the crawfish etouffee. Â It wasn't bad, but wasn't the best I've had in town either. Â That being said it was much cheaper than the best so overall it's a plus.
When I say CAJUN, I usually want to Scream and Shout @ the excitement of havin me some good ole creole dishes! I love the medley of the Holy Trinity -pepper,onion and celery ,all kinds of gumbo, craw dads, Â jambalaya, fried hot chicken, po boys, red beans and rice, etouffee, oyster shucks, fried shrimps and everything hot and filled with spices!
But, at Hardshell Cafe, I wasn't screaming aloud. I mean, I was craving craw dads/crawfish boil and seafood gumbo so I insisted my bf to take me somewhere near the area. Hardshell is adjoined to 1860 Saloon which is legendary on it's own terms but we didn't really want to listen to live Blues tonight, I was fully armed to be a savage boil eater! Disappointingly , the Hardshell doesn't serve CRAWFISH boil! I almost cried.
We ordered the Seafood platter, surprisingly,  it was all FRIED! The menu didn't mention that everything was fried . I didn't mind. I loved the catfish tossed in cornmeal and deep fried to perfection. Succulent shrimps fried just the way it should be, but I was slightly disappointed with the crawfish - very few and hard to taste. The batter was way too  heavy, or maybe there was no crawfish inside... I couldn't tell. Also , we had gulf oysters-raw with spicy marinara sauce ,plenty of lemon and we poured some tobasco on top! Oysters weren't extremely fresh though... so adding more hot sauce isn't a bad idea!
Two draft beers and deep fried platter is the way to go on a cold night, it made up for no crawfish boils! The menu has good selections, maybe, I will try more next time! Also, they allow you to take your paid bill next door to  1860's Saloon as an entry ticket for live music(everyday) so we did end up going there. Fun night.
ON A SIDE NOTE:
I visited New Orleans for a week, and all I really did was EAT and Drink!  Best food -hands down!!! It's unreal! Especially, during Madri Gras- you will loose your mind, with all the gloriousness of the festivities and -with the fooooooooood that surrounds you from the moment you step into French Quarter . Cajun food is superb, it's a unique  blend of  French, Spanish, Canarian, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Deep Southern American, Indian, and African influences!!!! WOW!!!
The phrase, "It ain't like it used to be" has been used many times for 1860's. Â Soulardians know there was an ownership change about three years back. Â It was as seamless as it could be since the previous owner ran the bar for 25 years. Â It's never easy to take over a popular bar after someone who ran it for that long.
The music is great - local blues and bluesy-rock bands that have been performing longer than I've been able to drive (before you ask, that is longer than I care to admit so let's just say a long time). Â The acoustics have always been accommodating to one volume setting: Too loud. Â
For this reason, 1860's has been a "stop in for one" venue for me for awhile, previous owner included, and not a first or final destination. Â The band's "stage" is a tiny, cramped area in the front of the bar. Â As the rest of the bar is pretty good sized, it always looks like someone crammed a band in the corner. Â
There are two other areas in the building.  If you walk through you will find a restaurant behind the venue and then another bar if you keep walking.  However neither the restaurant nor the "Hardshell Cafe" bar are unique enough to make them a stop on the road over the music venue and the music venue is inadequate.  Now if  you want to do some jaeger bombs, consume a lot of beer and yell "Free Bird" * to the band while they are playing a variety of popular blues tunes (did I mention the talent that is booked there is good? They're really, really good.) then this is the place for you.
*For all of the times I have heard this yelled at a band, I have never seen a band simultaneously break into this song. Â Just a suggestion for any musicians out there. Â And play the whole 15 minutes of it. Â Then people wouldn't ask for it so much.
Hard Shell Cafe is a great casual lunch spot. My friend and i spent a good five minutes looking around and observing all the knickknacks and lighted signs and a huge fish tank. The place has an outdoor patio feeling but luckily actually has a roof since the day we went it was raining.
The menu consists basically  of cajun/creole cuisine (gumbo, jambalaya, beans n rice etc.)  but they do offer pizza and burgers. Not being that hungry I ordered the appetizer crab cakes. They were large enough to be a meal. Thick and crispy outside, the inside was a nice mix of crab and some peppers and onions mixed in. They came smothered in a delicious white creamy crab sauce. Sometimes crabcakes can be a tad dry but the sauce rounded these out nicely.
My friend ordered the gumbo meal which was a thickened tomato stew that was served over rice. I was able to try a bite and the sauce had a nice fragrant flavor. The rice was nondescript. His meal came with a cornbread biscuit that he shared with me. Horrible. Really dry and flavorless, I left my half.
The meals are a good option, most are about eight to ten dollars. My appetizer crab cakes were more expensive than my friends meal!
This is a tale of two reviews.
1. Â I can respect a dive bar with live jazz and blues music, but a cover charge on a Saturday afternoon is a bit much. Â Sure, it was only $2, but I really hate paying cover charges. Â
We ducked in here to get a quick beer and catch the free shuttle to Busch Stadium. Â $4.50 for a Konig Ludwig Bavarian weiss beer was decent, sort of neat to find that because we had just been discussing our trip to Mad King Ludwig's castle Neuschwanstein. Â The bartender gave us plastic cups in case the bus came before we finished.
Besides a catfish po' boy, the food menu didn't seem particularly Cajun, but we didn't order any food.
2. Â The shuttle was amazing. Â It was a direct route from the bar to the stadium. Â Besides being a free service, there was FREE BEER provided in a cooler. Â It was understood that you would tip the driver for the privilege of drinking free beer on the bus, but that's a minor detail. Â FREE BEER on the FREE SHUTTLE. Â No air conditioning on this bus, but at least it's a short trip. Â Awesome.
I know I keep saying this about nearly every bar and restaurant in Soulard, but I swear, I am never lying. Â Here I go again, this place has an AMAZING patio. Â It's huge, it's adorable, it's all lit up with Christmas lights, and on the weekends, they have some of the best blues and jazz bands/singers that you can see anywhere around here. Â
Not only is the music scene here great, the food is really delicious as well. Â The crab cakes are massive and packed with fish, not just tons of breading to make them seem hearty. Â The salads are loaded and the burgers are thick and juicey. Â I always love a restaurant that doesn't need any help with the flavoring (you get to leave the salt on the table). Â It's a great place to sit outside and relax, it's a great place to sit inside and relax and it's a great place to catch some live music. Â The crowd can get a little older at times (i.e. my parents absolutely LOVE coming to this bar, so what does THAT tell you?) but generally, the crowd is pretty awesome. Â Definately worth a drop in if you are looking for a decent place to hang out in Soulard.
I've come here off and on for a few years now. Â They have a bar and a restaurant with a place for a bland to play up front. Â It can get kind of rowdy here on weekend nights with the blues bands playing. Â I remember one night in particular I had just finished washing my hands in the ladies room. Â Before I could leave, a man and woman came barreling in, completely locked together, fumbling for the nearest stall. Â They were so drunk that they didn't even see me, and I unfortunately saw more than I needed to while waiting for a clear path to the door. Â That's just the way this place is. Â It's all in good fun and the people and patrons are friendly! Â The food is really good, especially the blues burger, but I always get mine without the banana peppers!
Review Source:I've been to this saloon/cafe combo several times on both the restaurant side and the bar side and I've always enjoyed both. The Cajun dishes in the restaurant and amazingly good and a lively spice to the otherwise standard Soulard menu (burgers, appetizers, salads). I can't resist a gumbo and theirs is quite good.
On the Saloon side, you'll find live music 7 nights a week, 365 days a year, which I've never seen anywhere else. This place really helps the local music scene thrive. The drinks are priced well and there are always specials; a perfect place to see a band or hang out after a sporting event.
A group of friends and I went to the 1860 Saloon in Soulard by the recommendation of one of my friends brother who told us that it is a neat place to go, so we went. When we got there, the bar is set up like all bars in Soulard, the large wooden bar and then tables of varying sizes throughout the rest of the bar. So when you walk in you're not going to pass through any swinging doors.
The 1860 Saloon in a fun bar to go to though, the night we went there was a blues band playing with harmonica playing included. That was a nice surprise for us as we walked through the doors. Inside everyone filling up the small bar is friendly. People sit around enjoying the music and their drinks, while some are up and dancing to the music
The 1860 Saloon is a fun, enjoyable place to go with friends. Being a small bar with the band playing, it can be a bit loud so talking can be a bit hard during the songs. But, that is expected when live music is being played. Over all, the 1860 Saloon is a nice place to go with friends.
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