New Review Fridays: Bar Baresco
Posted at 04:10:01 PM in At the bar, Bar buzz, Bar openings, Chelsea nightlife, Chelsea restaurants, Just opened, New reviewsby Justine Goodman
This week we review Chelsea's Bar Baresco, yet another spot to hop on the wine bar bandwagon. No big surprises here, but that doesn't mean it's not worth a visit.
Hits: The gleaming high-tech cruvinet (a wine preservation system) behind the bar keeps uncorked bottles fresh, allowing by-the-glass drinkers an opportunity to explore higher-end wines without shelling out the extra cash for a bottle.
Misses: With less than expert advise like, "the older one is probably better," some of the waitstaff could use more wine training, the lack of which only compounds the difficulty of trying to navigate the menu's tiny font in the dimly lit room.
Read our full editorial review of Bar Baresco, then peruse other New & Notable bar reviews or check out our list of spots that are too new to review (but not too new to get you hammered).
I live in the neighborhood and when a friend and I stopped by to have just a glass we were turned away. It was 4:10 and the staff said "we open at 4:30. Now I've been in the hospitality business and the answer that would have gotten me to go back there would have been "you're more than welcome to sit at the bar until the dining room is open. Can we get you a glass of wine?" That wasn't said so I'm not going back. Now the world knows not to go there. The owners are low class, greedy people who earn a bad reputation, then close down and then open a new place hoping the public won't catch on. Save your time and money and go to any of the other lovely places in Chelsea.
Posted by: Susan | June 16, 2008 at 08:50 PM
To boot, when I asked my waiter a couple weeks ago if he knew the wine list very well, he simply said no and then stood there silently. He also brought out our hot entree along with one of the cold appetizers, followed by two other small dishes, forgetting one item entirely. Poor service wouldn't generally prevent me from returning to a good restaurant, but this place's servers really steal the show.
Posted by: Marc | June 17, 2008 at 09:09 AM