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WINE BARS: Join The Club At The Cask Room, Where Membership Brings Good Deals

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009 -- Step into the Cask Room and you’ll quickly forget the trolley tracks and the East Village urbanity just outside the door. Faux barrel-covered walls replicate a wine cellar. The lighting is ambient and mellow—just like the mood you’ll be in while sipping among 50 different wines, rotated each month, along with 20 craft beers.

You’re certain to make friends with other patrons in this very intimate setting with little pretense. There’s a welcoming mentality, and lots of good cheer.

There isn’t a full kitchen, but notable noshes include paninis made with Horsehead deli cuts and fresh-baked bread from Bread On Market. Unique tapas include prosciutto and goat cheese-stuffed dates, and sweet-and-spicy peppadew pepper bites.

Wine by the glass averages $8. You can imbibe guilt-free while searching for the perfect bottle—leaving room in your wallet to Secret Santa yourself with a wine club membership. And as the holidays approach, The Cask Room has an option that will show you that if it’s not really better to give than to receive, both are at least on even par.

The nearly-four-year-old wine bar offers a $30 wine club that provides a minimum of two bottles per month. Wine club members must pick up their selections, but that’s a chore you’ll be pleased to check off your to-do list.

“Wineries have reduced their prices due to the slow economy, and new vintages are ready to premiere,” says owner Mike Kallay, “so I’m passing the savings on to my loyal members.”

Wine club members can also attend tastings for free, or at a significantly reduced fee, including a free food-and-wine pairing before Thanksgiving (to find that perfect toast for tryptophan).

The November offerings provide an economic-friendly buy with three magnums suitable for turkey feast pairings (valued at $130).

The Cask Room has promotions nearly every day of the week. Monday is half-priced bottle night, and Sundays bring out half-priced glasses. During weekday Happy Hours there’s always one red and one white glass of wine for $5.

THE CASK ROOM

550 Park Boulevard, #2104

619-822-1606

caskroom.com

Hours: Sun. 5-9 p.m.; Mon-Thurs 5-11 p.m.; Fri-Sat 5 p.m.-midnight.


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