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| - Vin Room is a jewel in Mission.
This intimate restaurant has a France-meets-1940s-Americana style that's both appealing and relaxing.
The restaurant is a converted WWII house next to the Second Cup and across from the Joyce on 4th, and I guarantee if you don't look for the red and black sign, you'll probably miss it.
The menu is tapas and (as the name suggests) wine, wine and more wine! I have yet to meet a wine menu like it in Calgary. Absolutely everything on the wine list is available in a variety of glass sizes as well as bottles. This is possible care of the extra cool Italian-invented wine dispenser system at the front bar.
Besides the stellar wine selection, the food here is something to write home about. The tapas menu is not fat; but is far from skinny; and features must-try's like the eggplant chips (which you will read here, are a popular item), a wild mushroom Israeli couscous, a beet and quinoa salad with mint yogurt, a lobster taco, grilled bison and a nice selection of charcuterie and cheese plates. You should try all those, seriously.
I have always had a notable experience at Vin Room, and as I gracefully transition from Club Rat to Lounge Lizard, the Vin Room is an excellent spot to relax - hang out - drink great wine and eat great food all night long with someone you love (or even just like, or your mom, or your friend).
T.
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