Where to Wine and Dine
When you want the wine to be more than a supporting player in the culinary cast.

You’re headed out for dinner, and for this occasion you want the wine to be more than a supporting player in the culinary cast. Where do you go in Bergen for a truly memorable bouquet?
A half-dozen answers emerge from a recent issue of Wine Spectator magazine, which honors with its 2015 Restaurant Awards places that know how to pour a really fine glass—including six eateries in Bergen:
Bacari Grill
Washington Township
Wine strength: California
Wine pricing: Moderate
Corkage fee: $15
The Capital Grille
Paramus
Wine strength: California
Wine pricing: Moderate
Corkage fee: $25
Esty Street
Park Ridge
Wine strengths: California, France
Wine pricing: Moderate
No corkage fee
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Edgewater
Wine strength: California
Wine pricing: Expensive
Corkage fee: $25
The Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern
Ho-Ho-Kus
Wine strengths: California, France, Italy
Wine pricing: Moderate
Corkage fee: $20
Park West Tavern
Ridgewood
Wine strength: California
Wine pricing: Moderate
Corkage fee: $20
For more on these and other Bergen County restaurants, see page 76 in the October issue of Bergen Health & Life. Salut!