New York Beer, Wine & Spirits

Good Selection

1. Astor Wines &…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Greenwich Village

tried a Green Tea Wine there that was awesome. I need to get a case of that. They also have a very good selection of sake. I was looking for Dassai 50 in particular but they only had the small bottle...

2. Bierkraft

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Park Slope

samples (I had to restrain not to be too greedy). The beer selection was really varied and plentiful and not grossly overpriced either. The cheese is pricey but has a good selection. The most...

3. Warehouse Wines &…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Greenwich Village

Good selection and prices, extremely friendly staff.   A good selection of great low- and high-end wines; their prices on both ends of the spectrum are lower than average. They also have hard to find...

4. Trader Joe's Wine…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/East Village

F**k Chuck - good wines are available here, too. A particularly nice cache of Italian Wines, a huge California section (it's Cally-owned, after all) and a decent French selection which could be a lot...

5. Kyotofu

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen

it all!!! Try anything on the menu because its all good, not to mention the sake selection is unbeatable. but to throw out a few things the tsukune, the cupcake, and the black sesame tofu are a good...

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Good Value

1. Trader Joe's Wine…

Neighborhood: Manhattan/East Village

PROS: They manage to bring some pretty good (drinkable and even somewhat enjoyable) values for the dollar.  No offense too all of those who like the $2.99 stuff when I exclude it from the "drinkable...

2. Boulevard Tavern

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/East Williamsburg

The neighborhood bar for everyone, even if you don't live in the neighborhood. Warm and welcoming, good value, and good people I actually WANT to support.  Good DJ nights, and lots of specials. Great...

3. Hagi

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

of rubbery squid.... blah...  all in all though, a pretty good meal, pair it with $7 bottles of sake, and you got your self a par-tay!...

4. Uva Wines

time looking for a specific bottle you read about, chances are that you aren't going to find it.  But... you will find lots of other good stuff that you'll soon find out is quite good as well....

5. Smith and Vine

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Gowanus

in the middle of the store of $10 (or is it $15?) and under wines. These value wines aren't Yellow Tail either- every bottle I've gotten has been consistently good, if not great.   It seems like the owners...

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