Wine Gate

Sandwiches were substantial and very tasty. Home made chips and good wine list. Recommend the maple breakfast stout.

While I have lived in town for many years, this was my first visit to the Winegate.
First… This restaurant is attached to a hair salon & you can tell as soon as you sit down. The smell of hair products is in the air. I had lunch with my daughter and we both noticed immediately.
Service was quick to attend to us and to provide us drinks. I ordered a feta salad, which had candied walnuts, cranberries, and a raspberry
was very good… But my drink was done early and no service was to be
daughter ordered Nanas chicken sandwich with fries. she devoured the fries, took one bite of the chicken sandwich, and she was done. she told me that it had too much barbecue sauce on it.
So… For two iced teas, a salad, a chicken sandwich with fries… We spent $ 29 (no discount on the sandwich). I went in thinking that I would pay a little more for an upscale place called the wine gate… But with the scent of hair products in the air, it did not seem very upscale at all. on our way out, we noticed a very nice patio which might be nice during the summer months. But I doubt that I will ever come back, Even for that great patio.

Despite some oddities in terms of the hours of operation, I’m generally a fan of this particular locale. If you care for an easy lunch I highly recommend a soup and half sandwich. The daily soups have never let me down, and the sandwiches are consistently delicious.
It’s possibly a bit mislabeled. Wine is available, but given that it’s evening and weekend hours are spotty to non-​existent it’s not the place can recommend for a good glass of wine unless you’re a day drinker. But if you understand what it actually is, a top notch and affordable lunch spot, then you won’t be let down.

I’ve gone here twice. This place has potential, but needs to implement changes on various levels. First off, given that this is a wine bar, you’d expect it to be open in the evenings and especially on weekends, but the hours are more of a lunch café (weekday afternoons, and one Friday evening until 8pm). Most people aren’t going to be able to indulge in a wine bar during their lunchtime work break. They either need to change these hours or change their persona — it’s confusing.
Second, my friend (26yrs) and I (27 yrs) were interrogated about our IDs by the waitress. She asked us several detailed questions, asked us about details of expiration periods, and other intense DMV related details that we had no idea about. Our licenses are and were valid, but she made us feel very uncomfortable and I felt interrogated and stressed before we even ordered.
Last, we ordered a hot pretzel and we were basically served deep fried mozzarella balls. The descriptions on the menu need to be more clear and accurate for people that cannot eat certain foods (cheese for example). We had a sandwich here and a salad, and it was mediocre at best. Also, went to order soup and waitress told us to hold on while she checked what was «leftover from lunch.» Not that there’s anything wrong with this, but just not the way to sell a menu item on a Friday night in my opinion.
Overall, I think the place has potential and is in a good spot, but it really needs to make some edits and improvements on several levels. We were there on a Friday night, it was basically empty, and I think that says a lot in terms of needed to reconsider the whole image and flow of this place. Could be great, but needs some serious work. I hope this feedback is useful.

The Wine Gate has done a lot to improve themselves. Their Panini sandwiches are always fresh and delicious, and their homemade «gate» chips are yummy!

I don’t have much that is nice to say about this place. They are supposed to be a wine bar so one would think they’d have decent food, especially a staple like bruschetta.
We had a group dinner there when we were in town for a wedding and some of the food was inedible. They were out of a lot of menu items (so made 3 people change their orders). One pizza – which cost $ 12 for an individual serving… more than I“d pay in some of my favorite pizza places at home– was so hard it looked/​tasted like a truck had run over it. The «brushcetta» was hardened bread that you could dip in olive oil (the olive oil had a few bits of sundried tomato in it but not enough for everyone to even have a bite of tomato… in the middle of fresh tomato season! no less). Big city prices for terrible food. If your food is sub-​par for dive quality, then at least make the prices more reasonable.
The only pluses – their burger was ok, and the bruschetta provided joke fodder for the rest of the weekend.
Save your money and eat at home.