But the fine-dining menu features a variety of steaks, prime rib and seafood, and a signature whiskey bourbon gravy spices up pork and sirloin. The hickory and applewood smoked chicken wings - made in the smoker out by the bocce courts and horseshoe pit - were a staple of Steel River and still are being served. "The love of the prohibition era with a touch of class," Youst said. Whiskey River has a early 1920s feel, and whiskey barrels accentuate the design. It's on the one-way portion of River Street accessible from Stutson Street to the south.
He and his wife, Tina Cipolla Youst, are co-owners.įrom chestnut and mahogany trim to inlaid stone on the walls, from a meticulously crafted decor and cedar ceilings to homemade lights out of Jack Daniels bottles, Whiskey River is a dining and drinking oasis along the west bank of the Genesee at 421 River St. Whiskey River Pub & Grill officially welcomed dinner guests and bar patrons on July 1, and while work on the second-floor party room is just beginning, the pride of Youst's dream has been realized. "We had one unforeseen nightmare after another," Youst said. Then again, when you're revamping a building that was erected in 1853, the old Showboat Hotel, you probably shouldn't expect anything but surprises. It turned out to be more like a 15-month construction odyssey filled with rotted beams, failing floors and defective plumbing. "A three-month facelift," Youst said of the renovation.
In his vision, he'd christen the new pub and eatery in the summer of 2015. He would take his business, Steel River BBQ & Grill, and combine it with the closed-down River Street Grill & Pub next door to create a dynamic, elegant and true-to-its-Charlotte-roots neighborhood bar and restaurant.Ī bar on the south half of the building, scrumptious dining on the north half, and a party room upstairs with a view of the Genesee River and Genesee Yacht Club. The idea seemed so good at the time to Bob Youst.
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