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| - We ordered two glasses of wine, each around $12.00. To our surprise, rather than opening a new bottle (we were the first people in there at 6:00 PM on a week night), the waiter poured us day-old wines. Both -- different bottles, different wines -- were quite sour and not passable as $12.00 a glass wines. We told the waiter. The manager tasted the wine and told us there was nothing wrong with either glass. He said that wine that is kept in the cellar can taste a little "sharp," (as it was opened the day previous, and thus had more than enough time to breathe, this made no sense) but made no apologies for serving day-old wine that had gone off, which we both knew was obviously the culprit. Nor did he offer to open a new bottle. The only things that spare this place a 1-star review are the facts that (1) he was polite, and (2) he took the wine back and didn't charge us, so we just left.
I'm not sure what else to say about a purported "wine bar" where the manager is content to serve off wine, and would prefer to save a few bucks by not opening a new bottle at the beginning of the night but still charge a premium price. I think the thing speaks for itself.
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