Grand Cru

August 21, 2007
Nice place. Too small--couldn’t get a seat on a Thursday night. Two really good taps and a couple of less interesting ones--Oud Beersel Gueze for $7 isn’t bad, and the other beers were $5. Nice decor, albeit the coolers for the wine and beer aren’t fancy. Not a place for a special trip--too few beers to justify that--but definitely a place to go if you’re on the north side of Baltimore. Good restaurants and an independent movie theater in the same area, so it’s a good destination for an evening.

March 28, 2006
Rather cool - only wish I had more time (and $$$) to check out not only this but the the whole interconnected market. Did take a walk around the place with beer (La Chouffe draft) whlst eyeing very good looking wares of other shoips. De Dolle stout on tap as well. The small selection is VERY select and probably worth the trip.

January 30, 2006
These guys are under the radar as a beer joint. They have six rotating handles of small brewery local stuff and Belgian beers. They also have quite a few big bottles to choose from with a small ($3) corkage fee over retail price. They just put in a beer engine & are pulling cask ales every other weekend.

August 11, 2005
The best newcomer on the Baltimore scene. Six quality drafts and at least a hundred super quality micro and international choices in the back. Stellar. Bring your own food in--I’ve even seen people chowing down on steaks--from the several local joints, or orders tasty apps here that are prepared at the nice Italian joint next door. Take your wino friends, and actually enjoy yourself.

May 4, 2005 [ Updated May 24, 2005 ]
This place bills itself as a wine bar, but they always have six good beers on draft and over 100 beers available in either large bottles or six packs. Since this place is a cross between retail and a bar you pay a small corkage fee (around $3) to open bottles of beer. Imagine paying $12 for a 750ml Cantillon lambic and only shelling out $3 more bucks to enjoy it out of crystal stemware at the bar. Perhaps the best part of this establishment is the bring your own food option. That’s right either bring your own food or ask a bar tender for menus of surrounding restaurants. I recommend Yeti for Indian and Al Pacino for pizza/middle eastern. It is great to sip on a draft Chimay White while waiting for your chicken tikka masala to be delivered.