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The brainchild of Coly Den Haan of Santa Barbara, Certified Sommelier and Entrepreneur, The Must is a concept wine bar and gastropub featuring more than 50 local and global wines destined to be a ?must? visit location for wine and beer enthusiasts. Each of our guests, wine enthusiasts and novices alike, is treated to multiple ways of enjoying and learning more about wine and food pairing in a...
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The second Sunday of every month, the bar features a wine class from 11am-3pm. Learn about wine pairing while tasting wines and sampling items from the kitchen. Tickets are $40/person or $30/person for groups of 2 or more people.
Not into wine? The bar has 8 beers on tap, many brewed locally in SoCal.
The kitchen is open, serving mid-day meals, weekdays between 11:30am-2:30pm.
Editorial Reviews from the web
Discover more than 50 global and local wines, a handful of beers on tap and creatively twisted comfort food snacks at this Downtown L.A. wine bar.
Other Reviews from the web
Great wine bar across the street from the new Down and Out where Charlie O's used to be. The beer menu is stellar including Malt Liquor. The wines are great too. Food wise, the one item I'd recommend is the Chicken Pot Pie. Not overly heavy and delicious. Only complaint may be the temperature from time to time -- can get hot. If you're downtown checking out the emerging restaurant scene, add...
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As a west side resident, it’s a special occasion for me to make the trek downtown. I heard about the Must Wine Bar through a friend, so I decided to check out the menu online. They had me at buffalo shrimp and grits, vegetarian “hamburger” helper and fluffernutter.
The bar scene was an eclectic mix of downtown artists, after work financial types and probably a few west siders looking for...
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The menu made me laugh and then made me very, very happy.
The fact that I could order The Must Meaty (soy) Hamburger Helper and a Colt 45 in a paper bag intrigued me. So I went with the Hamburger Helper and wine (I'm not that hipster). The dish was some of the best comfort food I've had- more like a vegetarian version of beef stroganoff.
If that wasn't enough to make me a fan, the wall...
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