More on the Wine Loft

Oh, Groupon. The savior of my social life. Morgan insisted that we venture out last night, and I happily obliged. There was talk of gay boys joining us, but a text message from one saying that he had had a "long day o" and stating that "om jave," was enough to indicate that they were bailing. But who needs 'em anyway! Day-o, me say day-o! Daylight come and me wanna get drunk!

As Morgan stated the ambiance in the Wine Loft was very hip and modern. I was a little disconcerted by the fact that I was forced to sit on a poof, and the table was even with my clavicle, but there was wine to drink, so it can't be all bad. What scared me more was the clientele. Now, I know the Gulch is ... different. I mean, who moves to Nashville, TN and chooses to live in a luxury studio apartment with no grocery store close by when they could have bought a 3 bedroom single family house with a yard and a garage? Well, I know I only saw them from far away and did not really get to interact with them, but my guess is: douchebags. Wait, can I say that on a blog? Look, I'm a lawyer. So I don't know a lot about food or wine or other classy stuff, but I know a douchebag when I see them. And I saw a lot of them last night.

Personally, I found the prices to be a bit high. Especially, since there is a very popular wine bar (Rumours East) on the East side and its sister bar in the 12S area (Rumours), which are much cheaper. Although with the Groupon, I guess that doesn't really matter. Yay for Groupon making overpriced hipster bars affordable for the lowly masses.

As for the food, I was not that impressed. Granted we only tried Three Spreads (olive and fig tapenade, hummus, and baba ganoush), but it just didn't wow me. Plus, it took the waitress a good 15 minutes to bring us more pita bread. Morgan's theory was that she had to go slay the great Pita beast. I think it probably had more to do with the fact that we weren't ordering the Dom and rolling with our groupies.

Wow. This review took a very negative turn somewhere around paragraph 2. Oh well. What disappointed me most about the Wine Loft was leaving and realizing that even though we were in "the Gulch," there was no where we wanted to bar hop to. I'll be more into that whole area when it has more to offer, but until then, I will continue to judge it harshly (and probably unfairly).

To close, I still had a fabulous night out with Morgan. We always do. But next time, my vote is for Rumours East.

P.S. I have my own Wine Loft Groupon that I intend to use with my mom, so watch for that review. Maybe I'll change my mind and grow to love the place. Or maybe not.