Wineworks has great food and a pretty good wine se...

Wineworks has great food and a pretty good wine selection. Their recommendations are almost always spot on, they have live music and the atmosphere is nice. It is also walking distance from my house. So why the two stars?

A couple of reasons but what it really boils down to is snobbery. Twice my wife and I have arrived here early on a saturday (4:30 to 5:00 ish). The first of the two times we walked in and there was not a single patron inside, only staff. The hostess asked if we had reservations, to which we replied no. She informed us that they were booked and could not seat us but we could go to their sister restaurant next door. A little irked, we went next door and ate some not so good food and decent beer. When we walked out at 6 there were two couples seated at wineworks. The rest of the restaurant was EMPTY. So much for booked!!!

A similar thing happened a couple of months later, arrived early, almost completely empty, was told they were booked. We said we just wanted appetizers and wine so the hostess relented to seating us. We stayed and had dinner and wine for a couple of hours. When we left the restaurant was still half empty.

They think they are a much higher end establishment with much more demand than they are or have. Their wine selection is decent but nothing to write home about for the level of snobbery exuded by the front end staff.

We take the drive to Uncorked now for the better food/wine/service.