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| - Swirl is adorable. Teeny, tiny, cupboard like, patrons sit on reclaimed benches with either old doors or antique sewing machine tables. Your wine comes care of the very quiet and friendly server in a little clay carafe. Very dark and quiet with candles.
There are about 6 tables in a space the size of an average dining room, so note you can hear every conversation word-for-word, and you will be very close to your neighbors. On last visit we had a late 40s couple (clearly first date or newly dating) on one side, a pair of hipsters playing Operation on the other, a solo woman reading a book by candlelight and three luluemon clad women catching up. Very eclectic crowd.
There is a larger room with one large table in the back, which would be perfect for a group, complete with board games.
You won't find any bargains here, for sure, but a carafe of wine (1/2 L)was around $20. We did not sample any food, but it is all brought in.
Swirl is very unique, which lends to its charm. Very charming, It feels like a tiny wine bar in Barcelona. More for a romantic date, quiet drinks with girlfriends. Definitely a place to go and relax quietly if you cannot do so at home, and "unplug"
Will definitely return, but a little too calm/quiet/tight to be my neighborhood go-to.
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