My wife and I have been to Grape Street a few times and we always seem to go back. That tells me it's not a bad place. But, that's the most I can say, it's not a bad place. The wine list at Grape Street is always pretty good for sure. Expensive but good. The food however is a different story.
Most of the dishes are good, but a little over-priced given how simple they are. As an example, the chicken penne with gorgonzola is delicious, but after eating it once I replicated the recipe at home for less than $12 to serve 4 people. Most of their recipes are similarly simple and easily made at home.
Tonight I had the large steak salad. The steak was seasoned well and cooked to perfection. The problem is the greens used in the salad are cheap iceberg lettuce. This dish could be made with fresh spinach and some arugula and it would have been perfect. Charge me another dollar for the extra 50 cents spent on upgraded ingredients and I'm all in. My wife's chopped salad had the same iceberg lettuce and our thoughts were the same regarding it.
The dessert we had tonight was pretty darn good. Banana Egg Rolls! Bananas wrapped in a light phillo dough, deep fried and served with butter pecan ice cream. It was truly delicious. Our waiter recommended a Marenco Brachetto sparkling red wine as an accompanyment. It was just right. If you go to Grape Street be sure to order this dessert combo.
Grape street has a great atmosphere and seems to do good business, but a little more attention to quality of ingredients would make it a can't miss. If I could give 3 1/2 stars I would, because 3 is too low, but 4 is too high.