The Top 10 Wine Bars Near Northern Smokes
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Rank 3. Mott 32
Elevated Chinese
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By day a butcher shop, by night a narrow wine bar where the knife work on steak tartare matters as much as the meat itself. The namesake 48-ounce côte de bœuf and steak frites anchor a Parisian-leaning menu; the butcher's table, scrubbed clean, opens for private bookings. French wines by the glass at the zinc counter.
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Rank 5. The Daughter
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 6. Enoteca Sociale
Italian
A marble counter curves through this Roman trattoria like an embracing arm, the kind of place that makes solo diners feel instantly adopted. Nearly everything arrives from the kitchen's own hands—charcuterie, pasta, even the arancini—but what matters is the cacio e pepe, silken and obsessive, the dish most tables refuse to leave without.
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Rank 8. Grey Gardens
Contemporary
The room crackles with the kind of controlled energy that comes from knowing exactly what it's doing. Jen Agg's Augusta Avenue spot pairs a sharp wine list with a compact, shifting menu where a bowl of cavatelli—oxtail, fried tripe, chili oil—demonstrates real technical assurance. Nothing here, from raw oysters to house-made pasta to a pair of considered desserts, coasts on concept alone.
- Air Canada 2017 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Foodism 2025 · Legendary Icon · ICON Awards · Jen Agg
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Rank 9. 7 Enoteca
Italian
A handsome room in downtown Oakville where banquettes carve out intimate corners and wood-fired pizzas emerge blistered and crisp. The kitchen treats pasta and pizza with equal precision—trecce with crab, 'nduja with stracciatella—while a tuna crudo with gnocco fritto signals the care applied throughout. A neighborhood anchor that cooks as confidently as it carries itself.
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