Next Sunday's review: 13.5 % Wine Bar
Suzanne Loudermilk and I are going to have to stop meeting like this. This is the second time we've reviewed a new restaurant on the same night. (The first was at Taverna Corvino in Federal Hill.)
Last week at the 13.5 % Wine Bar in Hampden, Suzanne, the restaurant critic at Baltimore magazine and a friend from when she worked at the Sun, was sitting at a table next to ours.
It's hard to keep a straight face when we run into each other on the job. I keep thinking about the poor server who might have both our tables.
Maybe we should just pool resources and start reviewing together. We'd get to try more food, which could only be to the readers' advantage. ...
Anyway, I was able to answer one burning question when I got into a conversation with the bartender at 13.5 %: How do you pronounce the name?
He told us there was a lot of discussion about it, but the staff has settled into "13-Five" when they answer the phone.
Look for my review of the food at this so far very popular venture in next Sunday's Arts & Entertainment section.
(Barbara Haddock Taylor/Sun photographer)
Comments
funny coincidence... Glad to see a Hampden restaurant getting reviewed by two local celebrities.
Posted by: NotableM | August 9, 2009 9:38 AM
Jeeze........
I hope those are chairs in the pix.
I really question the folly of parking "My" posterior in one of them.
I still maintain it's hip to be square and clueless.
Posted by: Bud J | August 9, 2009 10:40 AM
I pronounce it Chad Ocho Cinco.
I thought maybe you and Suzanne were on a double date with the owners to see Transformers 2. ■|:o)
Posted by: VoodooPork ■|:o) | August 9, 2009 10:48 AM
I just visited the website and so far no list of wine or beer. If not in the review maybe you could list the wines available here.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | August 9, 2009 9:23 PM
I drove by on Saturday - that place was hoppin' by 1pm.
Posted by: Bob UU | August 10, 2009 7:00 AM
I thought the web address said 13.Swinebar(dot)com.
Posted by: It's Me | August 10, 2009 11:29 AM