Off the Vine

This place is located in downtown Minot. It has a beautiful fireplace and piano. Off the Vine also has a great selection of wine for a place located in Minot. I've never gotten there early enough to sample their menu. However, I've heard good things about the cheese plate.

Great wine and beer selection!! Nice atmosphere. The decor and art work are really nice. Knowledgable staff and very friendly. The appetizers we had were very good although I wished there was a little more selection. Maybe a larger cheese and fruit selection to go with the wines.

December 23, 2011 Friday - dinner 6:00 PM
2 adults

Atmosphere - 5 stars
Food - 5 stars
Service - 5 stars

Background - Birthday dinner with my fiancé.

Atmosphere - A classy little bar.  Great art work and love the painted life size horse near the front door.  Later in the night they had a jazz band playing which brought a crowd in.

Food
Appetizer - It is a tapas night out for dinner.  Chipotle meatballs, there were six on the plate each with its own toothpick covered carefully with a red sauce.  They were very tasty.  At the same time we got the Bruschetta Sampler.  This was my favorite one of the night.  One of the samples of Bruschetta was smothered in mushrooms, I would have been happy eating that all night.  What a wonderful surprise as I am not a big mushroom eater.  Finally we finished the night with the Antipasto; salami, ham, many types of cheeses, and a variety of crackers.  I just wish I knew what each of the cheeses was on the plate, the menu did not say.

Main Course - All we ate were tapas so no real main course.

Dessert - We had dessert here too, the only item on the menu is a Tiger cake.  Chocolate cake with some white frosting all drizzled with chocolate syrup.  It reminded me of having a ding dong as a kid, but taking it to the next level.  The cake was chilled.

Service - Our waitress was polite and helpful and always handy for our next order.  What nice surprise to find in Minot.

Future - I would love to go back for some more tapas.