Main Street Ellicott City. Not a destination as often as we lived in Columbia. But we really need to remedy that.
Friday we headed there to drop off a rug to be cleaned. And decided to stay for dinner. Our first visit to Pure Wine.
It will not be our last. What a fun place to have dinner. Particularly if you can snag an outdoor table overlooking the main street below.
And whatever is above the old Earle theater.
We also could see the new site for a second Mutiny Pirate Bar.
This could be interesting in the future. Wine Bar and Pirate Bar. Right across the street from one another.
Everyone who knows us is aware that we love the family owned businesses. Not the chains. We are happy to report that we loved Pure Wine.
We started with rockfish tacos. One for each of us.
Paired with a Falanghina del Taburno.
Followed by this.
Truffle fries. OK, we could eat these all night. Perfect with the wine.
Finally, we decided to have some pinot noir with a charcuterie board. I love the fact that these small plates don’t stuff you and you can pick and those and match food to wine. They offer 2.5 ounce, and 5 ounce glasses. Some half bottles. And, of course, full bottles. Great wine list but a little sparse on local wines. Their only flaw in my world.
As for that board.
The current selection has six meats. Six cheeses. You can pick a board of three or five. We picked wild boar salami, smoked prosciutto, and smoked duck breast, plus two cheeses. A crotonese and a chandoka.
We are planning our next visit when we pick up our rug from its cleaning. You know we like a place when we plan a return visit.
I do love old town Ellicott City.
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