What drink to orderThe food is mostly Euro-leaning, but not slavishly so, and the same is true of the drinks – it’s mostly classic except when it’s not, so the best way to describe the list, a tidy one-pager, is “things Kirbie thinks you’ll like to drink”. You might start with a longneck of Czech lager, or have a piercingly cold Vesper Martini (the one James Bond invented, with gin and vodka). Wine-wise, we’re not talking paragraphs and paragraphs of choices of regions or grapes, but instead a tight, smart edit of just one, maybe two choices per style – but a good choice. You want Lambrusco? How about pale, blushing, dry Paltrinieri Radice di Sorbara? Pinot? How about the Maximus from local pioneers of the natural, Hochkirch? Glasses are all offered on a blackboard list that changes from night to night (if not bottle to bottle), making sure every one is fresh, and every visit unique.
