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| - This place was great. Right up my alley as far as places on the nicer end (if I had to categorize establishments - upper end of casual I suppose). 5th and Wine is not loud with music or anything overbearing. They did have two musicians playing guitars and singing 70's covers and those guys were great.
We first ate some bruschetta for appetizers. I never knew bruschetta could be all these wonderful different ways. (Am I sheltered, or was I just used to my moms typical bruschetta with tomatoes and basil). My favorite bruschetta was with the prosciutto. LOVED IT. The Bruschetta with the peppercorn-crusted steak was equally as good (but the prosciutto ranks as my favorite because I eat steak more often than I have prosciutto, hence the reason prosciutto gets the edge). Anyway, the bruschetta alone is reason to go and I will go back just to sit at the bar and have some appetizers. The other two bruschetta's we had was the Roasted Peppers and Brie, and the 4th was the Apple and Brie. ALL 4 were YUM.
The dinner I ended up getting was the Beef Bourguignon (Julia Childs' "Beef, Wine, Bacon, Mushroom Stew" over egg noodles) Note: Served Friday (after 4pm) ...this dish was excellent as well. The atmosphere was nice and the staff was friendly (our waitress was extremely down to earth and cool).
Prices were fair and just like the guy narrating the YouTube link below said "moderately priced". That's a fair and true statement and given that the food is very good, factoring in everything (quality of food, service, atmosphere), you get what you pay for but I'm going to give extra credit because this place keeps it real and doesn't try too hard unlike other places.
I highly recommend this place to you. I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed. I gave it 5 *****'s because I have no reason to give it anything less based on my first and only visit.
Side note: There is another half of the establishment used for private parties and functions that can be reserved/rented out ...or I think our waitress said it could be used for overflow seating provided it's not rented out. Good to know.
Here's the menu for your reference:
http://www.5thandwine.com/food-menu
...and additionally here's a link on YouTube where you can catch a glimpse of the interiors and outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ARuiWHn6og
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