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| - A few stops in here so far and we're well on our way to becoming regulars. Vintage 95 in the Old Town Chandler area, replaces what was an embarrassingly bad short lived asian restaurant. The location is gorgeous, great back patio, a small front one too if you want to do some people watching, or just want to watch the turnover of restaurants in the strip, which happens so often that yes, you may actually be able to see them close and open within the span of your meal / bottle of wine. The service has always been friendly here, and though we usually come during "off" hours, it always seems fairly quiet for lunch. The food menu is not incredibly diverse and sort of falls into wine bar modus operendi, i.e. assorted bruschetta, sandwiches, etc, but for the most part is well appointed and tasty. One star taken away because the food hasn't always been mind blowing. So pick and choose carefully, and you should be fine...lets just say that if the item isn't normally in your wheelhouse, don't order it. If its the kind of thing you'd usually be ordering anyways, the familiarity will get you by. (The Green Chile Pulled Pork is quite tasty...but those words in that combination is going to get me every time) The wine list is great, the specialty cocktails are fun, the ambiance is a succesful combination of warmth and cool, and the service staff always pretty like-able. The business is still pretty young, but Chandler, we really need to be helping the good ones out. This is a good one, they've got a good thing going here. so lets keep them around.
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