Thursday, March 6, 2008

Downtown Wine Bars

Virginia B. Wood of the Austin Chronicle runs down the downtown Austin wine bar scene in this week’s Food-o-file:

Wine bars abound—in fact, there are three within walking distance of each other: Cork & Co. (308 Congress, 474-2675, http://www.corkandco.com), a wine bar and retail wineshop where you can enjoy a daily $5 wine happy hour with cheeses and chocolates from 3 to 7pm; Crú (238 W. Second, 472-9463, http://www.cruawinebar.com), a chain outfit wine bar and restaurant with an inviting patio facing the busy Second Street shopping district; and the just-debuted Taste (202 W. Cesar Chavez, 478-2783, http://www.tasteselectwines.com), a restaurant, wine bar, and retail store combo offering 40 wines by the glass and a menu “inspired by the cuisines of traditional wine cultures” around the world.