Fadensonnen — Restaurant in Baltimore

I'm revising my review, after visiting last night for the Good Love Bar reunion. I haven't seen some of these people for twenty or more years, and they were all great.

Now comes what's not so great...

Your people are awful. I bought a bottle of wine for $48, and you automatically added gratuity (w/ tax = $62.50)--DUMB. Furthermore, it took the bartenders 30-plus-minutes to print my check, so we leave the bar debacle to socialize with our friends for a few minutes, and your bartender throws the rest of our wine away. We bring this to their attention and they look at us like we're lying.

• NEWS FLASH * THE WINE SUCKED, AND WE'RE JUST SUPPORTING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS (exactly the way we supported your spot when I lived in the area). Nevertheless, your bartenders, who clearly srewed-up, offer to give us an already opened bottle of the same wine, which we reluctantly accepted.

I reopen a tab to cover some drinks for any friends that we meet. Drinks were ordered. Check was asked for; still yet, we still have half of the wine left in the "new/old" bottle.

I asked the bartenders if they could put the wine-saver stopper back in the bottle for us. I offer to pay $5 for the stopper, and to pay a 125% tip on a $35 check. I just need my problem solved, and I like to solve problems (whenever possible) with generosity.

The bartenders gave me a dirty cork off of the bar, and said they couldn't accommodate us because it's not their bar.

This is so bad that I have never heard my partner, since 2014, say the words "DON'T...

I love this place. Fadensonnen is kind of a garden of delights, with a varied drinks menu of beer, natural wine, sake, unusual spirits, plus a small but extraordinary array of things to eat. What stands out is how alive everything is, all presenting unusual flavors and full of soft surprises with each taste -- somehow fitting both comfort- and novelty-seekers. The atmosphere is exquisite and strikes that same balance of familiar but transporting, both in the downstairs taproom (more beer centric) and upstairs wine/sake bar. My favorite spot is the upstairs corner table, sitting facing the entire room -- somehow the proportions and lines and stark beauty of the space feel out of a dream, I just love it. A perfect spot for good conversation and peeling back the layers. Foodwise, the misozuke tofu is one of the best interesting vegan nibbles you will ever find, and the mushroom pate is amazing (such savory depth, nice herbiness, rich but not palate-deadeningly fatty at all like these things can sometimes be) -- fellow vegetarians rejoice! Note that there isn't a full menu, just a thoughtful selection of substantial small plates to enjoy alongside a glass of something...

I am in love with Fadensonnen! It’s only been around for a month or two and I’ve been there probably 10 times! The price to quality ratio on the glasses of wine is unheard of anywhere, I am unsure how they even make money on it. All the by the glass selection is priced equally at $11, and they were pouring a bottle that sells for well over $50 for that price (Susucaru) (but that was just a lucky night I guess)! The selection is so thought out and the staff is immensely knowledgeable.The sake selection is unmatched in Baltimore. The beer selection is also quite perfect, from immensely high quality lagers to weird and outlandish living beers to match the living wine they serve both up and downstairs. I have gone so many times and imagine myself going regularly there for quite a while. And while the food options are more bite sized morsels, that are perfect for snacking on while drinking, the bread, that a lot of the food comes with/on, is otherworldly. That Russel sure knows how to make a godly loaf of bread! Fadensonnen, don’t change a thing! Your delicious, weird, eclectic in a way only you can be, approachable, knowledgeable, you take me on a journey,...