Cellar 58 58 2nd Ave. (@ E. 3rd St.)
East Village
212.420.1300
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Cellar 58:
As the old saying goes, “a dinner without wine is like a day without sunshine.” If this is your credo—and why wouldn’t it be—you’ll find both in copious amounts at Cellar 58. One glance at the tasting room in the back, where walls are lined with over 120 different wines displayed in temperature-controlled coolers, will have your inner wine snob ready to pop the cork. Huge windows ably fill the sunshine quota for you lunchers, while dark walls, marble tasting tables and Renaissance-style murals offer a romantic classic-Italian atmosphere at night. With small, rich plates and warm hospitality, you’ll feel like you’re visiting the old country, and not in that cheesy, Olive Garden-commercial way.
I went here last Saturday with my wife and two other couples, all from NYC. The place has a nice decor, and happily we were able to secure the private table in the rear. That said, our waitress had NO CLUE about any of the wine on the menu. We asked about both the bottle and glass menus, and she had no comment on a single wine. We asked if there was anyone else there who could give us some color on the wine selection; that resulted in a "no" also. This is the opposite experience I've had at every othe wine bar I've visited in NYC. The place is nice enough (but has a heavily Russian feel), has outside seating, a ton of wine, but a clueless staff.
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