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The natural wine list here won a James Beard Award, and the Michelin star belongs to the kitchen, which tells you this Williamsburg bar is doing two things at once and doing neither halfway. The room is famously small and the wait is famously brutal, but Nick Curtola's seasonal menu follows its own logic, landing somewhere between a great wine bar snack and something you'll think about for weeks. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem is a co-owner, which explains the playlist.

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurant
2. James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
3. Michelin Guide 1 Star

A converted church sanctuary in East Nashville, which at least explains the soaring ceilings and the sense that something meaningful is happening here. The wine list runs over a hundred bottles, and the bar anchoring the room doubles as a social hub for groups settling in for the night. The kitchen plays it loose, moving between bar snacks and more serious plates. Chef Colby Rasavong picked up a Food and Wine Best New Chefs nod in 2025, and the Times put it on their restaurant list that same year.

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2. USA Today Restaurants of the Year
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A counter built around a living tree anchors the outdoor terrace at this wine bar on a shaded Condesa street, and once you've found that seat, leaving feels like a bad idea. The kitchen blends Mexican and Japanese instincts in ways that make complete sense on the plate, and the natural wine list is serious without being solemn. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.

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3. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

Bottles line every wall and stack to the ceiling on Doyers Street, which tells you what you're in for at this tiny Chinatown wine bar before you've even sat down. The team pairs a well-chosen, offbeat list with smart modern Chinese food, and the room fills fast enough that tables spill into the alley. It won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2026, which the elbow-to-elbow crowd seems to have already known for a while.

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
2. Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
3. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

A wild boar's head surveys the room from above while the regulars work through small plates of cheese balls with garlic honey and pork skewers below. This Södermalm wine bar holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand and earns it on Swedish ingredients and three stainless steel tanks of house-distilled gin, with herb and fruit flavors that rotate whenever the team feels like it. Tables are tight, the stools are high, and nobody seems to mind.

1. White Guide Very Fine Level · White Guide
2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

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2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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The restroom walls are lined with illustrated wine descriptions, which tells you exactly what kind of neighborhood restaurant this is. A cozy Columbia Heights pasta house and wine bar, Reveler's Hour runs a rotating slate of seasonal Italian small plates under arched ceilings and muted green tiles. The sommelier who co-owns the place steers you toward bottles you've never encountered, and the housemade pasta is the thing to build an order around.

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2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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A backyard patio that somehow feels like a secret, even though Sonoma Plaza is right there. Valley is a neighborhood wine bar and bottle shop where the list leans into organic and biodynamic bottles from corners of California you haven't thought to explore yet. The short menu of small plates is built for sharing and changes often, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard semifinalist nod confirming the kitchen punches well above its modest ambitions.

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2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
3. San Francisco Chronicle #54 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area

Pascaline Lepeltier, one of a handful of Master Sommeliers in the world, built the wine list here, and it shows: back vintages, unexpected producers, prices that don't require a quiet moment alone with your bank app. The food runs from composed salads to fresh pasta, all of it seasonal and sharper than the "wine bar snacks" framing might suggest. A James Beard nominee for its beverages program, and sitting at number 29 on the Times' 100 Best list.

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
3. The New York Times #29 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City

Desert-toned walls and a condensed, always-shifting wine list set the mood at this neo-bistro and wine bar on Seventh Street. The team pulls from old and new world bottles for both pours and a rotating spritz selection, while small plates from the kitchen give you a reason to stay for another glass. A James Beard semifinalist for Best New Bar, it draws the kind of crowd that actually talks to the table next to them.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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3. AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix

Named for Lucian Freud, this 40-seat wine restaurant and bookshop in Buckhead stocks art and fashion volumes alongside a list serious enough to earn a James Beard semifinalist nod for its beverage program. The seasonal American menu runs to ricotta gnudi and caviar-topped omelets, the kind of food that pairs naturally with whatever the wine director opens next. Shelves full of books for sale make lingering feel practically obligatory.

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3. The New York Times The Restaurant List

Two former railway arches in Haggerston have been turned into a wine-focused restaurant with cobalt blue walls, a communal table at its center, and a surprising amount of natural light for a space that technically lives underground. Membership gets you wine storage and priority reservations, but the 60-cover room is open to everyone. The modern British menu is short and deceptively simple, with small-producer, low-intervention bottles doing a lot of the talking.

1. National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #11 · The National Restaurant Awards
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

The team behind Oxalis opened this Clinton Hill wine bar as a casual second act, and the kitchen takes it as seriously as the cellar. Both lean Spanish: natural wines from small producers, simple seafood, grilled toast, and vegetable plates that hold their own. The bar and open kitchen anchor a cozy room that fills up fast, so arrive early or embrace the wait with a glass of something zippy.

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2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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A wine bar in Middleburg horse country with over 70 pours by the glass, though the food holds its own against the list. Snacks lean indulgent, and the bigger plates, duck confit, lobster curry, hanger steak au poivre, are serious enough that calling this a wine bar starts to feel like underselling it. The chef's cocktail policy runs "no fru fru," which apparently still leaves room for mezcal, Chartreuse, and Aperol in one glass.

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3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Jarad Slipp

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The wine list has a dedicated section for aged Madeira, which tells you something about the seriousness of the operation. This moody Poncey-Highland wine bar holds a Michelin selection and landed on Bon Appétit's best new bars list, but the kitchen pulls its own weight with snacks, shareable plates, and evening mains that feel seasonal without being precious. A James Beard semifinalist for Best New Bar, it draws the kind of crowd that actually reads the back label.

1. Bon Appétit America's Best New Bars
2. Wine Enthusiast Top 50 New Restaurants
3. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

On some nights, the menu at this tiny Lower East Side wine bar runs almost entirely on toast, sometimes composed, sometimes a hunk of baguette left for you to figure out. The kitchen gestures toward France and Vietnam without committing to either, and the eggs mayo spiked with Maggi and trout roe has caused some embarrassing arguments about egg dishes. Stools, minimal lighting, a short pours list. Bon Appétit named it one of America's best new restaurants.

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2. Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
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Bookshelves, wine bottles, and houseplants do most of the decorating at this cozy West Asheville wine bar, which manages to feel like someone's living room without feeling precious about it. Coffee and breakfast sandwiches run through the morning; evenings pivot to oysters, crudo, and a glass of something natural. A James Beard Semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program, it draws the kind of regulars who never seem to be in a hurry to leave.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Eater The 18 Essential Restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina
3. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program

The conceit here is that every night out feels like a dinner party at a sommelier's apartment, right down to the records spinning in the background. Bobby Stuckey, the master sommelier behind Frasca, built this wine bar around the idea that great wine and great music belong together. Wednesday flights pair pours with a specific artist's catalog, moving from Billie Eilish to Hendrix depending on the week. A James Beard semifinalist for its beverage program.

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A French bistro on the seventh floor of the Mandarin Oriental The Landmark, sitting quietly between two of Hong Kong's most decorated restaurants and not making a fuss about it. The wine list runs to 1,600 options, with over 50 by the glass, which explains the name. The kitchen leans neo-Parisian but cooks with enough precision to keep the room sharp without feeling stiff. Forbes Four Star.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
2. South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables

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A neighborhood wine bistro a block from the Hermosa Beach strand, Vin Folk has a Michelin Bib Gourmand and the kind of regulars who look slightly smug about knowing it's there. The menu roams globally, with shareable plates that lean on good technique without announcing themselves. Reservations are genuinely worth planning around, which for a casual wine bar says something the room doesn't need to say out loud.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. Los Angeles Times #31 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
3. Eater Best Place to Be a Regular · The 2025 Eater Los Angeles Award Winners

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The kitchen here runs without a proper gas stove, which makes the lamb ragu over house-made spätzle even more worth puzzling over. Sami & Susu is a narrow Mediterranean wine bar on Orchard Street, with a short seasonal menu that wanders the Middle East, a natural wine list, and a punky soundtrack. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, and the staff seem genuinely unbothered by how much you order.

1. World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Mediterranean Cuisine Restaurant
2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

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The snails are always on the menu, served in-shell with garlic confit and cashew miso butter, which tells you everything about this natural wine bar's sense of humor and ambition at once. The chef came up through serious kitchens, and the small plates land with a precision that the unfussy Shattuck Ave room does nothing to announce. The wine list runs deep on natural bottles, locals fill the parklet most nights, and the Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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1. James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
2. James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
3. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program