Wine:30 41 E 30th St, NYC
This is just a quick report based on one quick visit. This is a lively, almost cozy wine bar in the Murray Hill vicinity of midtown Manhattan.
The good: about 30 wines by the glass and 20 beers from around the world. Varied menu of both small plates and entrees, featuring what I would call global cuisine.
The not-so-good: wine that sells for $14 a glass at a wine bar deserves a higher quality wine glass than Wine:30 uses.
For my late dinner, I had the plate of four very small grassfed beef sliders. Here, they really were sliders: the rounded balls of meat slide right out of the cute little brioche buns because they rest on a slippery pickle slice. The chef might consider rearranging the layering of Gruyere cheese, onions, ketchup, mustard and the pickle slice to prevent escapes.
The wine I enjoyed very much. It was a glass of 2009 Termes, a full bodied Spanish wine that was spicier than a Zinfandel but smooth almost like a Cabernet. Nice way to end the evening.
I will return.