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The Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen

434 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10024 40.784457 -73.977743
at 81st St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
646-863-3896 Send to Phone

Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Hours

Sun-Thu, 1am; Fri-Sat 2:30am

Nearby Subway Stops

1 at 79th St.; B, C at 81st St.-Museum of Natural History

Prices

$11-$23

Special Features

Dine at the Bar
Notable Wine List

Profile

Two things distinguish the Tangled Vine from other Upper West Side wine bars: the Mediterranean menu of David Seigal, formerly of Mercat, and the wine program overseen by author and importer Evan Spingarn, whose passion for the grape suffuses the 160-bottle list. Spingarn once worked at Nancy’s, where he must have cultivated his Riesling fetish; the varietal is well represented, with eleven choices, and offered as a “trio,” a flight of three themed two-ounce pours. But the list, which identifies each selection as biodynamic, organic, or sustainable, covers considerable old-world ground, as does Seigal’s menu. Crostini are topped with ingredients like chickpeas and morcilla, and larger plates include scallops à la plancha, fideos negros with squid ink and braised cuttlefish, and braised lamb shoulder with heirloom polenta and preserved lemon. — Robin Raisfeld & Rob Patronite