"Great local spot for a date night with wine, local fare and freshness"
I've been here a few times before and have always left happy and full. Each time has been a date night, two times with the aid of groupon which included 3 course meal and bottle of wine.
This place is part of the same ownership group who owns Hanks next door and the burger place last I checked so good is always fresh and tasty.
Atmosphere
Nice mix of old and new wood accents combined with some clever use of the space and decor elements and it is a nice place to sit and have a meal before a night out or after a work day. Which is why I recommend it for a date night. Good lighting and casual or slightly upscale casual with parking all over.
Food
The wine bar is proud to serve many local dishes including pork belly, short rib, rib eye, and lobster most of which is as local as possible (Ontario for example).
Calamari and croquet appetizers were nice flavourful with a nice vinaigrette and mushroom sauce respectively. The pork belly lobster dish was both crispy and creamy and very filling. With the lamb dish being both fresh and aromatic. The critique I have is the lobster dish should've included the claw and not the tail with the meat being pre pulled or shelled as it was very messy to take apart. Also the lamb and side were both tasty but could've used a little less time in the oven as it was just overdone.
Other than that is be happy to go back and try the other proteins as they all seemed quite appealing
Value
You'll be looking at roughly $40 - $50 each which includes wine and that's not bad. Sometimes the restaurant has a BYOB day where their corkage fee is reduced. Given that we used a groupon I was happy with the selection from the regular menu and he service. Would come back again.
Was going to rate this 3.5 but will bump to 4 instead of down because food was pretty good combined with the rest of the experience.