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    Outdoor seating
    Happy hour specials
    Dogs allowed

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    Kendyll P.

    This was the cutest little chic taproom on Talbot St! We had a seat by the window on a gorgeous fall day, sipping on a wine flight and shared charcuterie for a casual and relaxing lunch. The owners were so charming and pleasant! Loved this place!

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    Chastain S.

    Stopped in here on my birthday while spending the afternoon in St. Michaels. We were looking for a place to grab a drink and a light snack before dinner and we stumbled upon this place. As we entered, we were kindly greeted by the owner who explained how everything worked. Beer and wine on tap in self-servicing machines. Just need a card and have at it. They will also make mix drinks if that's more your thing. They had a decent amount of options to try. They also serve food. We ordered the pretzel with crab dip, tenderloin sliders, avocado deviled eggs with Shrimp and S'mores. Wow, the food was fantastic and the portions were huge. Great place overall.

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    Nikki M.

    friendly service, good music playing and loved the beer wine and food! We got the Brew board and the creamy rockfish dip which was delish. We will be back!

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    1 year ago

    Great experience! Easy to walk in and get your drinks going. Sarah was amazing! She helped us so much and made our lunch special.

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    1 year ago

    Very nice, clean, friendly, great atmosphere, self pour beer and wine was fun, crab dip was great! And super helpful service!

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    We're so glad you enjoyed your experience! Thanks for sharing a photo!

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    2 years ago

    Fantastic lunch! Loved this place. You can serve yourself wine & beer in different serving sizes. Food is fabulous!

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    Thank you so much, Tashia! We hope you'll come back soon!

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    Always a nice time. Fun wine pours and great food. The staff is wonderful especially Paige and Chris!

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    Cool atmosphere with machines where you can try lots of wines and beers. Very friendly staff. Really liked the prosciutto Brie sandwich.

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    Thanks for the 5-Star review, Jen! We hope to see you again soon!

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    Little spendy but the service and the food was great. Plenty of libations to choose from. We would go back for sure.

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    Thanks a lot, Eric! We hope you'll come back soon.

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    2 years ago

    Choices are good but it's too high tech for this small town. Each wine we selected was run out but did get the tails.

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    Great place.. not stuffy very friendly and clean. Good beer and wine with auto mated dispensing.

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    Thanks for coming in and for the positive review!

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    3 years ago

    Delicious and great service. Wish we had something like this in Annapolis. Thank you for a great experience

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    3 years ago

    Fantastic place! Great atmosphere, staff, beer, wine and food! I would highly recommend and will certainly be coming back!

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    Went to sample beer and wine but discovered that the food is amazing as well. Crab dip and brew board were excellent.

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    Limoncello Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar

    Limoncello Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar

    4.1
    (352 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    Nice and comfortable atmosphere. Service was blazing fast! The food was amazing. Beware the…read morelimoncello martini!, not for the faint of heart The portions were good, all gas fresh and homemade! Wine pours were generous

    Today was my second lunch-time visit to Limoncello in St. Michaels, MD. Because the menu lists so…read moremany unique and tempting offerings, it always seems to take extra time for deliberations. The staff are wonderfully patient! It has a quiet yet cheerful atmosphere. Mecca was our very caring waitstaff. Melissa was the Manager. My companion and I each had a concern, about which we spoke with Melissa. We said we'd mention these in our Yelp review. 1. I came in just after the restaurant opened at 11:30 am. To my horror, the floors were soaking wet. My walking stick (both I and my friend are senior citizens) nearly flew out of my hands. I nearly fell -- but caught myself. Such washing, important as it is, needs to be done -- and be thoroughly dry! -- well before ANY guests arrive! 2. My friend couldn't easily enter the restaurant because the door is very heavy and she couldn't reach the single cleat that was intended as a grab bar. A server came to her rescue and helped her inside. In order to keep us seniors independent and UNembarrased for as long as possible, more grab bars and a railing need to be installed at the primary entry as well as at the secondary one. The 2nd entrance, also on Talbot Street, should be available ALL THE TIME; this entry has no steps into the restaurant, and there are easily reachable tables right there. In many ways I highly recommend this restaurant, with the above-described cautions appropriately taken into account.

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    Spain Wine Bar

    Spain Wine Bar

    4.6
    (692 reviews)
    68.7 mi
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    Had reservations tonight for a birthday celebration for my spouse. Our reservation was at 6:45 but…read morewe got there a little early and ended up getting seated right our reservation time if not a few minutes early which was a great start considering how busy there were! We were seated on the rooftop and had a great view from our table. Immediately we were greeted and brought water and had our drink order taken. Our waitress explained the menu and we decided on all Tapas. The street corn is something I could eat for breakfast lunch and dinner every day so 10/10. The crab dip was delicious as well but not super strong crabby taste which made it about a 7/10 for me. I'm not a huge mushroom fan but I did have one and I enjoyed it a lot! The crispy calamari was a 10/10 as well and the chipotle aioli that came with it was the perfect pairing. The Gambas Al Alijo was also delicious! Perfect amount of seasoning. We also got the flank steak which was very good but we did ask for it to be cooked medium and it came out more well done than anything but still delicious! We ended the night with a nice little birthday surprise tart, complimentary. A very cute touch! Overall we loved the place and I'll definitely be visiting again and recommending!

    Excellent restaurant and wine bar with rooftop views of the bay and the amusement parks with great…read moresunsets. Outdoor seating and lively bar. Great place for a date night or a group dinner. Located on the 8th floor of the Cambria hotel. Park in the red cement marked Spain Wine Bar spaces; blue is for the hotel guests. Delicious food with fun cocktails and wines. Here is what we had over three dinners: - Cheese and Charcuterie Board with Drunken Goat cheese (mild flavor) and Jamon Serrano. It came with olives, apricot jam, and mixed nuts. We ran out of crackers and cheese quickly, so I would recommend getting two cheeses and extra bread. - Roasted Beet Salad - lots of cold beet chunks and sprinkled with Valdeon cheese (white cheese similar to feta), Great way start the visit - Short Rib Bocadillo - really loved this - it was short ribs on a lobster roll (no lobster) and the onions really made the flavors pop - Coffee Rubbed Pork Ribs - not spicy - Mmm mmm good! - Flank Steak with green chimichurri - tender and delicious. It did have tiny ribbons of fat on some of the edges. - Patatas Bravas - good size of roasted potatoes, tomato sauce with a drizzle of garlic aioli - Jamon Serrano Croquettes (ham and cheese) - Lollipop chicken - really good fried chicken legs with lots of meat at the top - Pan Seared Blackened tuna with corn avocado salad and micro cilantro. This was tasty but not a lot of tuna for the price - Pistachio gelato - light pistachio flavor - Olive OIl Cake with vanilla bean ice cream - big enough to share. We enjoyed it and it was different. You don't taste the olive oil. It was a denser golden cake. - Flourless chocolate cake covered in a white anglaise sauce and sprinkled with cocoa powder We had the red sangria which was good and came with a dendrobium orchid. We noticed the amount seemed low, about 1/3 full, in the glass but the table next to use had more like 1/2 full in the glass. I tried the Tiramisu White Russian drink for a dessert, and I really did not love it but just drank it to finish it.

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    French toast topped with fruit brunch menu ... the bread of French toast is insanely good
    Sangria! The ice has the fruit in it!!! How cool and clever is that!

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    Sangria! The ice has the fruit in it!!! How cool and clever is that!
    The Wardroom Market Bistro

    The Wardroom Market Bistro

    3.9
    (34 reviews)
    7.9 mi

    Very nice place! The staff was very accommodating. We were close to closing and felt welcomed like…read morewe were the first people there. We were provided bread to start. It wasn't warm, but it was soft. It was served with an olive oil. Our table ordered the steak, four cheese ravioli, Caesar salad and pasta with butter for the kids. Everything was extremely well! We liked the pasta with butter the best and that was for the kids! Lol. The wine is charged by the ounce. It's almost like a tasting of wines where you can pour it yourself. It was great to allow a chance to try a variety of wines. We stopped in our way to the beach and would like to make it a staple! The steak is not served every night. It is a Thursday-Sunday serving, so it's best to check the special mains as it's not a staple item on the menu.

    Interesting concept, but the execution is not quite there. The ambience is very nice, the service…read moreis good, but the food and wine were unfortunately nothing to write home about. The cafeteria style wine dispensers could have benefitted from somalier staff to explain what the various labels were and what the wines were about, as well as to recommend pairings. I don't like to be on my phone at a restaurant researching wines, trying to decide which values to explore when I'm unfamiliar with all of them. I think my server was too young to know that much about wines beyond the crib notes. I had the tonno crudo which was a lovely dish, but the olive oil had a bitter metallic taste to it, and since raw tuna and the olive oil were the only two flavors of the dish, the olive oil spoiled the flavor a little bit. I highly recommend McElvoy's superb buttery oil from CA. When you have very few ingredients or processes, as is the case in Italian cooking, each of the ingredients has to be over the top. Perfect . I also had the Pasta Medici with lobster and spinach wrapped up shushi-style in two small sheets of house-made pasta and served upended in a small box. The lobster was good, but the creamed spinach did not taste like Florence's best, and I could taste flour and butter in the undercooked pasta. For a signature dish, I would have expected five star efforts, but on this dish only the lobster was really edible. I really want this place to be a success, and I want to have a great experience there. It feels like a good, well-intentioned crew is still getting its act together and working out the kinks. For a very high-quality food experience the servers also need to be sophisticated to help Interpret the dishes and wine for the diners. Keep trying, Wardroom! You've got a very promising vision. If you could re-introduce humans back into the mix, italian-style, you might have a winner!

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