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| - Food: Ordered a board of bruschetta and a bottle of wine. Their "Board & Bottle for $20" deal on Monday and Tuesday nights (8pm-close) is a great deal and perfect for a simple and inexpensive date night. The board of bruschetta comes with your choice of 4 different combinations for you to pick from. We had the brie & apples with fig spread. This is a simple and common combination, matching brie with a light fruit. Almost a "dessert" because of how sweet and light it is. The warm artichoke spread was simple, and was essentially and artichoke dip spread on a piece of bread. It was still good though, and nice and warm. The ricotta with dates and pistachios is my personal favorite. It's a great flavor combination and something I order every time I go. We also ordered the red pepper and goat cheese bruschetta. Goat cheese goes well with so many vegetables, and this was no exception. To go with our board of bruschetta we ordered a bottle of the Chasing Lions, which is a cab-merlot blend. It was smooth and a very dynamic wine. I enjoyed it. Definitely a wine I would look for at Total Wine or BevMo! to have on hand at the house.
Service: The service was pretty good. We arrived at about 7:45 for their 8:00pm special. We were able to sit down immediately and our waitress brought us water and a small plate of olives. We told her we knew we were early for the special, and at a little after 7:50 she told us it was "close enough" and we could order for the special. Simple gestures like that are really great and help make a restaurant's staff shine. The seats that we were in were right under a speaker (the music was sort of loud) and it was hard to talk. We asked if we could move to the bar and she gladly moved us a few feet away to where we wanted. Sitting at the bar, we noticed that they had wine on tap. They are the first place in Arizona to do this, and I have seen it become a trend in San Francisco. The bartender gladly poured us a sample of the wine. It was nice to see them willing to share and give a sample of a new product to entice their customers. It was pretty good, too!
Ambiance: The ambiance as far as architecture and structure is very similar to the original Postino in Arcadia, along with La Grande Orange and Liberty Market. There are exposed trusses, and brick walls that add some flair and history to the building. I love that the space occupies an old bank and they utilize some of the existing structure for their design. I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the noise level. I understand that it is a wineBAR but the music was abnormally loud, and didn't need to be with the amount of people and conversation going on in the building. Definitely a hip and trendy place for young 20 somethings to be, and spotted plenty of people that were easily in their 50's.
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