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| - Post dinner uptown on a Friday night, we were in the mood for another drink, sans the typical uptown weekend madness (especially on a game night), enter Wooden Vine.
As other have mentioned, I did enjoy the decor, especially as we bellied up to the beautifully gnarled wood bar and took in the drink menu. A decent amount of by the glass options, and a more extensive than expected food menu, though I didn't really look to hard at it, and a (for the most part) full bar. They seemed to have some decent nightly drink specials during the week.
The music switched between soft alternative(?) recordings and a live act, but overall very relaxing for those starting their evening off slow and others just enjoying a meal. If I'm ever looking for a low-key atmosphere uptown, I'll definitely think of Wooden Vine. Not too crowded, great staff, are there better wine bars in Charlotte? Yes. Are there better wine bars on Tryon open late? Nothing comes to mind.
Taking it from a four star to a three: with one stall restrooms for each sex, a woman thought it would be okay to hog the bathroom for something other than its purpose (I'll let you draw your own conclusions), maybe not the WV's fault, but she felt comfortable enough there to do it. Also, chefs and cooks coming out to the bar to fill up their drinks from the soda gun doesn't really bother me, I've done the same thing and I don't mind seeing who cooks the food, but having one come up using a plastic food storage container as his cup? A little unappealing, to say the least.
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