Inwood Local Wine Bar & Beer Garden — Restaurant in New York

You can't go wrong with Inwood Local. The food is so tasty and always consistent. The kobe beef burger, middle eastern meatballs, caprese, pork and beef sliders, and the pizettes are some of my favorites. The atmosphere is fun and relaxed. All kinds of people come to hang out at Inwood Local. Families bring their young children, which would typically be nuisance, but some how its actually enjoyable to see them running a muck and playing outside in the garden area. Young adults come to gather and enjoy the vast craft beer selections, and older crowds seem to enjoy the wines. The front of the beer garden is a bar type setting and in the back of the restaurant has picnic tables and high top tables under a tent like room. Its heated in the winters so you stay pretty cozy as you booze. Off the back area is an enclosed outdoor garden type setting that has tables and chairs for outdoor...

This place is like many establishments in Inwood-you want them to be much better than they actually are but they just can't put the complete package together. It often smells like dead mouse and they constantly have issues with being able to accept credit cards. The food is mediocre at best (although they have good pretzels), and the beer list is varied-though finding something you actually want to drink can be a challenge. The craft beers tend to sway towards the odd and are often Porter and stout heavy. Need more IPA's and more seasonal appropriate beers. Service is ok. One bathroom is a problem when crowded. It's pretty family friendly, but their outside space is essentially wasted because you can't really sit at tables outside because of issues with neighbors and noise. I come here often because it's pretty much the only of it's kind in the area, but it really...

Yesterday was the first time I'd been back since it had closed during the pandemic, and while it'd reopened quite a while ago, it just didn't seem to fit into my schedule or location.

Nonetheless, I was very, very pleased to be back. I was with a friend who was very impressed and said he wished he had a place like this where he lives downtown. Casual vibe, very good food and wine, and very pleasant service with reasonable prices, probably helped by not having hard liquor service. While bespoke cocktails are the rage these days, it's nice to have a place that focuses on wine and beer. I know that I, and expect that we, will...