Wine connoisseurs, step right up (and everyone else, too)
Similar to the food menu, the cocktail program will mirror New York but will morph over time. The cocktails are Italian-leaning, with three or four different spritzes, and multiple different riffs on Negronis. There’s also a classic cocktail section. “If you want a martini, we’re going to give you an ice-cold martini that we pre-batch and pour tableside,” explains Black.
The wine program is where the restaurant truly shines, boasting over 4,000 bottles that are a mix of Italian, French, and American. “My goal is to have the best wine list in Los Angeles,” Black says. The list will have bottles ranging from $60 to $18,000, including some that beverage director Truman Flanders claims no one else in L.A. can offer.
“This restaurant will have extremely expensive bottles, but we’re going to price them to be a bit more obtainable for the average consumer,” says Flanders. “You might see La Tâche on the menu that would typically go for $8,000, but we’ll have it for $3,200. This is still expensive, but to the people that actually go and buy these styles of bottles, it’s a deal.”
But fear not — you can also get bottles like the Bibi Graetz Casamatta Vermentino, an incredible Tuscan wine for $80, or a Monteraponi Chianti for $125.
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