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Church Street Cellars
Posted by: guy ()
Date: March 30, 2009 01:05PM

Anyone been to this place? I thought it was overpriced and amateurish.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: tinfoil hat ()
Date: March 30, 2009 02:08PM

I agree,way to overpriced, especially as its a MACHINE that is serving you. 4 bucks for 1 oz of wine is way to much. go to any restaurant and you can try any wine for free.

I would only go there again to drink a bottle that was good value.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: gross ()
Date: April 23, 2009 11:18PM

Gross food, shitty service, rude owner, this place stinks. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overpriced. This place used to be good, what happened?

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: tov_local ()
Date: May 08, 2009 10:54AM

Tuesday night is a great night to go, 50% off wine. The service is quick and the people are friendly. Nice place to relax and enjoy a glass of wine.

Perhaps it's not the venue that stinks, but your attitude.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Tinfiol Hat ()
Date: May 14, 2009 12:28PM

no really trust me, its not

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: aly_d ()
Date: October 24, 2009 11:44PM

The owner is an asshole.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: lamboman ()
Date: May 21, 2010 09:38PM

The owner is an asshole...that much is for sure.
And, he's a Cubs fan.
Would you want to go in business with someone who went 102 years without winning?

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Sideways ()
Date: May 28, 2010 09:29AM

Church Street Cellars no longer has half-price Tuesdays, and now the place is empty. Their prices are absurd, and the employees that were there at the time knew virtually nothing about the wines they sold... I didn't have a ghastly experience, but nothing compells me to come back.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: snowdenscold ()
Date: June 09, 2010 06:53PM

I went once last year - the atmosphere and food were fine, but I agree on the overpricing. $8 for a half-glass of wine and $4 for a sample is a little crazy, IMO. I think it was like $15-20 for a full glass.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Wine Lover ()
Date: June 20, 2010 06:30PM

Wine Street Cellars is a bit of a let down. I have been 3 or 4 times. I have yet to find a wine I like. Their selectios are quite narrow. And the prices are outrageous. I think they have to charge high prices to pay for the silly automated serving machine (a cute waitress would be much better and cost less) and I imagine the rent is out of this world. Still, I suspect they will be around for a while. There are a lot of pretentious snobs in Fairfax who will pay the price.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: skavman ()
Date: July 19, 2010 11:03PM

Agree with the overall feeling of this thread. I live in Vienna, and Church Street Cellars looked like a cool place to hang for a glass of wine. But one visit was enough. The prices were high, which I could understand on some level, it's a business and the rent is probably very high. The automated pouring machines are momentarily interesting if you have never seen a system like that in action before. Our food was inedible, and probably the worst food I have been served by an establishment in a decade, just awful. The owner seemed pretentious and rude. It wasn't a welcoming place at all, and it seemed like an imposition just to get an employee to explain the system to us,and then it was done in a begrudging manner. The food, the service, and the self-important attitude of some,not all, of the employees/owner, was enough for me and my wife to agree, we would never spend a dime in that place again. And if anyone asks I freely recount my one miserable experience CSC, where the other patrons were more helpful than the people who worked there. Usually,I would give an establishment a second chance, but there was so much wrong during our only visit... you can't buy that kind of bad advertising.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Bibulous ()
Date: July 23, 2010 06:12PM

Accurate review, Skavman...expensive, WITH an attitude...that's a one/two punch that says I won't go back there...

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Vienna girl ()
Date: March 09, 2011 07:39PM

tov_local Wrote:
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> Tuesday night is a great night to go, 50% off
> wine. The service is quick and the people are
> friendly. Nice place to relax and enjoy a glass of
> wine.
>
> Perhaps it's not the venue that stinks, but your
> attitude.

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Re: Church Street Cellars
Posted by: Vienna girl ()
Date: March 09, 2011 07:41PM

I think it's closed! Surprised it took so long.

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