Upper West Side Wine Bars

Kosher

600 Columbus Avenue 10024
Cross Streets: 89th St.
201-621-3603

Hours: Sun-Wed 5pm-8pm & 10pm-1:30am, Thurs 5pm-8pm & 10pm-2am, Fri 11pm-2am, Sat 10pm-3am

Did you know there is a budding, growing Kosher wine scene?  Well, the team behind The Cellar (as well as the team behind Basil Pizza and Wine in Brooklyn) does and wants to share – and dispel your assumptions that all Kosher wines taste like they were made from grape jelly. In fact, it seems as if the market for Kosher wine has never been so extensive, nor the options so exciting: sourcing from France to South Africa, Israel to Australia, Argentina to California.

The first Kosher wine bar in Manhattan, The Cellar actually is nestled within the home of Darna, a Kosher Moroccan restaurant.  They will feature the finest Kosher wines, along with a list of exotic beers, original cocktails, and tasty Moroccan bites.  “We wanted to create an environment wherein people could connect over the exploration of kosher wine and craft beer.”

Currently, kosher consumers can either go to a Kosher restaurant to eat and drink, or to a bar, lounge, or club and not eat or drink the wine.  It’s frustrating not to have a cool, alternative hangout that the dietary restrictions.  Now there is.

The Cellar doors are open Sunday-Thursday for happy hour and reopens again at 10 pm.