Last night we got together with some Minnesota friends at one of our favorite wine bars in Hell's Kitchen (I will never call it "Clinton"): Riposo 46, on Ninth Avenue at 46th Street. It's a tiny scrap of real estate (three tables, maybe a dozen seats at the bar), but always top fun. Bobby and I both enjoyed the 2005 Marques de la Concordia Rioja Crianza, an engaging, snappy little red. It was $10 a glass, but a pretty healthy pour. I love that their bottles are reasonably priced for Midtown -- their featured wines are mostly $30-50.The menu is simple but fulfilling: I had the goat cheese flatbread with rosemary and lemon zest (it was better a few other times I've had it, but I was so hungry I devoured it). Next time I'm not sure I will be able to resist their hypnotic cheese plate.
Sounds yummy! And good to know. Tom and I just passed Riposo last night on a pub crawwl of sorts from midtown to the village. We went to that great bar that you, LB, Scott and I went to after the SITC movie. What's it called? It's around 34th and 9th. Anyway we loved our cocktails and were having a super time when BAM -- "sorry we don't accept credit cards for purchases under $40"""!!!! Huh? Since when did $40 become the new $20 in this economy??? We had the cash but the scummy-ness of it left a bad taste in our mouths. Bummerama buzz kill.
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