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Don't let the neon beer signs in the window spur notions of raucous baseball cap wearers and Chester-the-molesters: Under this pub's luscious low light and high wood-beam ceiling, you're more likely to see graying bohos from neighboring brownstones clinking thin-stemmed wine glasses at dark wood tables. Though stucco walls and brick trim further the wine boîte aura the grand cherry wood bar also offers affordable drafts of Guinness, Stella, and Shock Top in addition to hard liquor. Beneath the jukebox playing mix of CDs contributed by patrons, a wooden barrel stores games like Jenga, Scrabble, and Pictionary: Perfect ways to rev the brain for pub quiz nights every other Wednesday. Those who take their recreation standing up can play foosball while the real thing is projected onto an expansive screen overhead. — Jackie Schneider