The Grape Adventure

After finding The Grape Adventure on the Gravy app.; I went there. The food is absolutely excellent.  Scott is knowledgeable and interesting To talk to regarding wine. Prices are decent and the wine is excellent.  I enjoyed the atmosphere of being surrounded by the racks of wine too.
Thanks for a great lunch and wine tasting.

Only the second time in my life visiting Kent, so I whip out the Yelp! app and search for  "$$$ wine nearby" and find this place which is in a somewhat ramshackle strip mall.  Sure, why not.

This is a nice locally owned wine shop, bar, restaurant & espresso stand.  Big place.  

Here is the most memorable detail.  The waiter (very nice guy) went to the table next to us and broke out in a deep, operatic rendition of "Happy Birthday To You" in Italian.  Obviously he was professionally trained, and I'm guessing moonlighting somewhere at a nearby theatre.  Wow.  You don't get that at the stale corporate wine bars like Purple.  Bravo, che è stato un grande pezzo di una canzone, isnpired e molto talento. Voi ragazzi cazzo di rock!  They had live music that night, and later said waiter and one of the waitress did a couple improv songs.  Sweet.            .         .
 Had a multilingual night, thus the variety of languages used here.

Cespedes just hit a 2-run bomb!  Sorry, got distracted.

Wine menu by the glass and bottles is very nice.  Bottle mark up is fair.

Small plate menu is extensive.  Stuff 'shrooms and spicy nuts were great.  The antipasta was a little light for my taste, but  just spent 2 weeks in Europe so my reference points were a little out of kilter.  

Dinner menu has nice variety and what I saw & smelled served was tempting.  But Mexican food was on my mind so I skipped dinner.  

A definite must visit.  Worth driving out of the way for?  Yes.  But make sure its live music night.

I am so glad that this place exists.  It is really a great, personal wine shop with a great restaurant inside.  The food is fantastic and Scott and Katie are very approachable about wines and cater to your tastes.  

If you plan to come here often, consider joining the wine club.  There really is no catch.  You get FREE tastings once a week, and the fee is two bottles of wine, picked for your preferences once a month, always under 30 dollars.  With the membership, they also allow you to pick out wines while you eat and drink them at the bar with no corkage fee, and take the rest home.  Totally worth it!

As many people have stated, they will turn you away on busy nights if the have several reservations, but that has never bothered us.  I think it is nice to know that if I do ever make a reservation, we can rest assured knowing we won't have to wait for a table, which is excellent treatment of loyal customers in my opinion.