The Wine Cellar Tavern

This place is very friendly, for your average neighborhood bar.  It's charming and a nice change of pace from crowded downtown bars.  The menu isn't very extensive, but the drinks were very delicious and the nachos were fairly tasty.  I really enjoyed the Peppermint Patty, a hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps that was rich and minty and very smooth!  The service was friendly and attentive, but they left us alone to drink, talk, and hang out for hours on end without unnecessary interruption.  The jukebox plays a wide variety of different music, but there's no music playing consistently, although when it does, you can still hear yourself talk over it.  The news and sports on three different TV's over the bar is nice enough, and the tables (though tall!) are plentiful and comfortable, with hooks on the wall behind you to hang up your coat/purse.  It's very cozy, feels like a combination dive bar/friend's basement, and is a nice place to hang out and meet up.

Ye Olde Wine Cellar neither specializes in wine, nor is it in a cellar. It's your average beer pub. It is located in a tiny enclosed mall (more like a corridor) attached to a supermarket.

The pub has two entrances, one from the outside and one from the enclosed section. The glass windows to the enclosed mall (facing the supermarket's bottle return machines) has bamboo shades, probably so the patrons don't feel like they're in a zoo display, or to prevent wholesome families on a food shopping trip from seeing consummation of adult beverages (actually probably both).

There's a good selection of draft beers and other drinks, the bathrooms are clean, and the staff is friendly. There is also a relatively large pub food selection. As a result, especially with the "Vestal Curve," I'm giving this place four stars.