Comments on: Red Bar Winery & Bistro Grand Opening http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/ Fri, 18 May 2012 13:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Susan http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47965 Susan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:32:04 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47965 My Husband and I went for dinner last week and I have to say that we loved it! The food was wonderful. The service was great too. Everyone was very friendly. The manager that was working was very nice and stopped by to see how everything was and gave us some free tastings of the 'Red Bar' wines. We thought that was a nice touch. And she had Jim the owner give us a tour of the back part of the place where he makes his wines. Very interesting, love that, nice touch! We will be back! My Husband and I went for dinner last week and I have to say that we loved it! The food was wonderful. The service was great too. Everyone was very friendly. The manager that was working was very nice and stopped by to see how everything was and gave us some free tastings of the ‘Red Bar’ wines. We thought that was a nice touch. And she had Jim the owner give us a tour of the back part of the place where he makes his wines. Very interesting, love that, nice touch! We will be back!

]]> By: RS http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47552 RS Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47552 Glad to hear the many positive reviews for Red Bar Winery! Glad to hear the many positive reviews for Red Bar Winery!

]]> By: Mary http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47550 Mary Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:58:45 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47550 My husband, daughter and I went to celebrate a birthday on Wed. July 1st-I wanted to try this new restaurant in Elgin and could not have been happier with what we found. Open and airy with exposed brick, colorful paitings, high tin ceilings with friendly wait staff. Both Jim and Doris took time to come up to our table and chat. We felt very welcome... The food was great-we shared all four appetizers, the carmelized onion & goat cheese thin pizza and several glasses of wine. We will definitely return! My husband, daughter and I went to celebrate a birthday on Wed. July 1st-I wanted to try this new restaurant in Elgin and could not have been happier with what we found.

Open and airy with exposed brick, colorful paitings, high tin ceilings with friendly wait staff. Both Jim and Doris took time to come up to our table and chat. We felt very welcome…

The food was great-we shared all four appetizers, the carmelized onion & goat cheese thin pizza and several glasses of wine.
We will definitely return!

]]> By: RS http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47398 RS Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:48:16 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47398 Paul, we can allow non-registered users to post comments on the blog side because WordPress, the blog software we're using has a good spam filter. If we allowed non-registered users to post to the forum, which doesn't have a good spam filter, it would be unmanageable. If you want to post to the forum though you should just register. It takes literally ten seconds, and you have nothing to lose. Paul, we can allow non-registered users to post comments on the blog side because WordPress, the blog software we’re using has a good spam filter. If we allowed non-registered users to post to the forum, which doesn’t have a good spam filter, it would be unmanageable.

If you want to post to the forum though you should just register. It takes literally ten seconds, and you have nothing to lose.

]]> By: alan http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47393 alan Sun, 31 May 2009 00:39:13 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47393 I went there last night for dinner. It was excellent. I had the Neopolitian pizza and my wife had the scallops. Both were fantastic. Cupcake and chocolates, along with a couple of dessert wines for dessert were delicious too. Great wines and Jim was very helpful in helping us choose wines. He also gave us a tour and explanation of the wine making process. We will be back for sure. I went there last night for dinner. It was excellent. I had the Neopolitian pizza and my wife had the scallops. Both were fantastic. Cupcake and chocolates, along with a couple of dessert wines for dessert were delicious too. Great wines and Jim was very helpful in helping us choose wines. He also gave us a tour and explanation of the wine making process. We will be back for sure.

]]> By: Corinne http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47392 Corinne Sat, 30 May 2009 23:14:06 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47392 Went to the Red Bar for lunch with a frend. Panini's, Soup, Chocolates and Cupcakes were great! My friend and I each did a sampling of Whites and Reds. The owner, (Jim, I believe) couldn't have been more helpful and engaging. The wines were awesome. I do hope this place does well. We need more places like this in Elgin! Went to the Red Bar for lunch with a frend. Panini’s, Soup, Chocolates and Cupcakes were great! My friend and I each did a sampling of Whites and Reds. The owner, (Jim, I believe) couldn’t have been more helpful and engaging. The wines were awesome. I do hope this place does well. We need more places like this in Elgin!

]]> By: Paul http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47384 Paul Thu, 28 May 2009 14:46:50 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47384 Agree with the review of Casa Lara. Worse than Jalapenos. http://elginite.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=688#p688 Same menu, same price, portions are half of Jalapenos. I always left Jalapenos stuffed to the gills, downed with decent Margaritas. Luckily we asked for another basket of chips and salsa before our order arrived so that I had something to eat after dinner! The waitress was also the bartender and pay phone answerer. Good for her we were the only dinner patrons at 7pm on a Saturday night (always plenty of bar patrons). On the plus side at least the dining area TV's weren't on (we were asked if we wanted them on). Note to restaurants: I don't go to sit down restaurants to watch TV. I try to avoid restaurants that have TV's in their dining area. WE won't go back to Casa Lara - ever. I have yet to find a great Mexican cuisine restaurant in Elgin, which is really quite amazing given the population of Mexicans in Elgin. P.S. I posted on this thread because I don't have to log in here unlike the thread on Casa Lara. What's up with that? Agree with the review of Casa Lara. Worse than Jalapenos. http://elginite.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=688#p688
Same menu, same price, portions are half of Jalapenos. I always left Jalapenos stuffed to the gills, downed with decent Margaritas. Luckily we asked for another basket of chips and salsa before our order arrived so that I had something to eat after dinner!
The waitress was also the bartender and pay phone answerer. Good
for her we were the only dinner patrons at 7pm on a Saturday night (always plenty of bar patrons).
On the plus side at least the dining area TV’s weren’t on (we were asked if we wanted them on). Note to restaurants: I don’t go to sit down restaurants to watch TV. I try to avoid restaurants that have TV’s in their dining area.
WE won’t go back to Casa Lara - ever.
I have yet to find a great Mexican cuisine restaurant in Elgin, which is really quite amazing given the population of Mexicans in Elgin.

P.S. I posted on this thread because I don’t have to log in here unlike the thread on Casa Lara. What’s up with that?

]]> By: klubgal http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47374 klubgal Wed, 27 May 2009 17:29:40 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47374 Anyway...thanks for the website! I plan to check Red Bar out this week. I'm all about supporting the local places instead of the corporate chains on Randall Road. Anyway…thanks for the website! I plan to check Red Bar out this week. I’m all about supporting the local places instead of the corporate chains on Randall Road.

]]> By: alan http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47373 alan Wed, 27 May 2009 14:29:18 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47373 I got it off of a business card that I grabbed at the fest. Maybe it wasn't on all of them for some reason. I got it off of a business card that I grabbed at the fest. Maybe it wasn’t on all of them for some reason.

]]> By: klubgal http://elginite.org/blog/2009/05/20/red-bar-winery-bistro-grand-opening/#comment-47372 klubgal Wed, 27 May 2009 12:35:16 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1902#comment-47372 Hmmmm well maybe they should put their website on their flyers abd the promo materials they were giving out at the Wine Festival. Hmmmm well maybe they should put their website on their flyers abd the promo materials they were giving out at the Wine Festival.

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