Rosen visits River City Winery and is quite pleased.

The C-J's free-lancing food writer Marty Rosen likes River City Winery. The Confidential household does, too.

The crab cakes aren’t quite as big as a baseball. But they’re close. And they make much better eating.

In fact, the crab cakes at River City Winery are the best you’ll find in the Metro region. They’re formed of good-quality lump crabmeat, lightly packed, pleasantly seasoned and fried to a toasty brown finish. Then they’re sluiced with a light, creamy sriracha-lime aioli that’s studded with black-eyed peas, kernels of corn, herbs and other goodies (market-priced, recently $7.50 per cake). A couple of these and a salad would make a fine meal.