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| - Solid 4-stars for a consistently solid wine bar, that's close to home and lacks snobbery.
It's a place where you don't have to worry about the glass being smashed out of the window of the BMWer and is better than most of the neo-urban yuppie haunts in Douchemont up in Cleveland.
It's not a very hard business model. Just offer good friendly service, decent wine selection and upscale dishes.
For any newbie, this place will be confusing. Wine and craft beer store by day, bistro and wine bar four nights a week. Oh, and throughout the dinner service you'll continuously see dudes making a beer run. My wife and I thought about it...and for this end of town, what better place to go? There entry bar is easy in-n-out, there's plenty of parking, and the brews are high quality...so it made complete sense to see a flow of continuous carryout beverages.
Our server was really friendly, and thorough. We ordered scallops and the tempura tuna. We were both very pleased with our orders. Loved the red mashed potatoes that came as a side to the tempura tuna. The scallops were a dish I would definitely consider making a return visit to enjoy again.
They had amazing dessert offerings, but we were too full from the entrees.
One thing I found a little odd was a note on their menu ("retail price is $10 less than bottle menu price") that stated they charge a $10 markup for bottles of wine consumed in the restaurant. So you could be sitting there, glance over at the wine racks, and see the same bottle you're enjoying, at a different price than what they charge the table. Almost like a corkage fee for any bottle they open in the restaurant.
It seemed as if the most popular menu item was their $15 4-wine flight with 2oz servings each. Looked as if every single table in the dining room had flights being ordered.
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