First off, ""Jamie"" overcharged me for a bottle of McManis Pinot Noir - a fact I realized only after having returned to the Chicago burbs. She charged me $15.99 for a bottle everyone else charges $9.99 for, and ironically, she was charging $10 a glass for this wine at her 6-stool wine bar in back. Second, a loud-mouthed ""friend"" of Jamie's was at the bar, making it an unwelcome place. It seemed like this place only caters to a small cliquish group of people. After being ushered to the bar as we were trying to leave (once seeing the small, unremarkable ""wine bar""), Jamie's ""friend"" was as obnoxious as anyone could be. The cliquish group of people would have definitely chased away those not looking for a social challenge, but myself, my wife, and our two friends were up for it. We endured a glass of wine each before leaving. My resultant advice is that people not looking for an overpriced cliquish environment (that only seats about 6 people in the back of what would otherwise be called your everyday wine shop) should continue down the street to the (much better) Grape Escape. It's more of an actual wine bar with beer on the menu for those who don't like the wine. At the Grape Escape, you won't feel like you're an outsider if you aren't alleged chums with the owner, and you can have a nice conversation among your friends without people trying to overhear your conversation and then judge you, which is probably what you went to the wine bar seeking in the first place.
Pros: Can't say the clientele aren't interesting
Cons: Overpriced, cliquish, obnoxious
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