Wine Escape

A former art gallery on 44th Street now holds this narrow wine bar, a few steps from the Broadway houses that keep it busy before and after curtain. Hardwood floors, brick walls and rustic fixtures fill the room, with a garden space out back away from the block's foot traffic. The kitchen sends out Mediterranean small plates: hummus, falafel, beef croquettes and a house zucchini pancake, alongside cheese and charcuterie built to go with the wine list. The room stays open from mid-afternoon to midnight, pouring wine by the bottle or the glass.