Sunday, April 20, 2008

Vinoteque


While Triplecreme is in Rome, she asked a few of her friends to be guest bloggers as many new places are opening while she is gone. Last weekend a few of us checked out the new wine bar called Vinotéque. One of the owners is from Bottle Rock in Culver City so we knew the wine selection was going to be good. The décor was comfy with short sofas and a piano on one side of the bar. There was a pianist playing covers and it was fun to see who could figure out what song he was playing in the fewest cords. Well, I am sure that you want the low-down on the food and wine. It was a warm evening and the red wine was chilled to the perfect temperature—room temp would have been way too warm. We tried four or five different ones and they were all excellent. The food was made up of small plates and generally good, but small things were off like we ordered the spring onion appetizer with romesco sauce that sounded a lot like the Catalan dish Calçot, but they prepared it with what looked more like leeks rather than spring onions. It was still tasty just not what we were expecting. The blue cheese-stuffed, bacon-wrapped dates were mouth watering. Overall, it was a very pleasant experience and we will go back again when Bree gets back into town. Thanks for reading! Senorita W

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Their deliciously savory/sweet beer nuts with Marcona almonds, cashews, and macadamia nuts.



4437 Sepulveda Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230
310-482-3490

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi guest blogger, it's Adam from Vinoteque. Glad you enjoyed the place in its infancy. BTW, we use only spring onions (red and white) in the dish you had. They are big like leeks. Best, ad-