Now Mortgage Banker Kevin Pianfetti has preapproved your visit to a spot that feels
like you're dining in a European wine cellar. It's an interactive experience offering over 200
wines on tap alongside artisanal cheeses and charcuterie. But he says the classic entrees
are definitely worth a taste. It's in Delray Beach and it's called Wine Room Kitchen and Bar.
My name is Ana Malatesta and I'm the general manager of
the Wine Room Kitchen and Bar in Delray beach.
My name's Blake Malatesta and I'm the executive chef here.
The idea of this concept started with our
owner that has been successful with it for the last 15 years in Orlando, in Winter Park.
And it was so successful that he decided to open another one in the heart of Delray Beach.
I think with other restaurants it's a dining experience. Here,
the food really kind of highlights the world of wine in this establishment.
There are so many different restaurants on the avenue,
but none of them can compare to what we have over here.
What the wine room is, is actually a world of wine, cheese,
great food and hospitality brought together under one roof.
You have to, Kevin, describe walking into this place for me, please.
Atlantic Avenue, we call the Delray. The is not on the end, but we have the ocean, okay? So
you walk, you walk through a barrel, a big wine barrel. You have over 200 wines on tap there.
You just put a credit card and take a sip, whatever you want, from low end to high end.
[Michelle] Oh, you buy a card, and from the there you can taste any wine.
Any wine, oh yeah, it's unreal. And they give you clean glasses.
[Michelle] What a huge tap that must be.
[Kevin] I'm sorry.
[Michelle] It must be an enormous tap.
Oh, it's unreal, the barrels. The cheese shop there is in domestics as well imported,
fine cheeses which you can have as an appetizer or as a snack. What we had, my wife had these
chicken salad, which was superb, lots of greens and sliced chicken that was very elegantly done.
My wife had pasta dish there that was very good.
[Michelle] I think it was mushroom.
[Kevin] Thank you, yes, it was mushroom pasta, yes. And I had a double pork chop, which was
[Michelle] A double pork chop? Wow, how was that cooked. Was it grilled?
Yes, and it was delightful, just delightful.
I love them
The ambiance there, there's nothing else like that in South Florida that I know about.
You had the cheese platter, right?
Oh, it was wonderful. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we had the vita Italian platter. It was just delicious.
We were very, very, very pleased with it.
Amanda, you went for date night.
[Amanda] Yes.
And how'd you do?
We were very, very excited about the menu. We checked it out before we left the house. We
didn't have the best service. We were forgotten about frequently.
[Michelle] That's a shame.
I know. And we could tell that our server knew
that she was really busy inside. So that was a little disappointing.
You did love your starter.
I did love the starter. We got the chard octopus fra diavolo, which was, oh my God.
[Michelle] I think Kevin likes that a lot too.
[Amanda] It was so good. The outside was perfectly crispy,
the inside was nice and tender. It's just a really, really yummy flavor.
Did you have wines glass.
[Amanda] We did.
Did you go to
No, so we, we sat outside. So by when we ordered
[Michelle] Did you know about the wines
No. [Michelle] On top?
So we saw a sign outside, after we had sat and ordered, that said 200 wines by the glass.
Are there wines on the menu?
Yeah, there were, it's like three whites and three reds.
Yeah, that's a very short menu of wines. 'Cause I looked at it as well and I'm like,
I was surprised because you would not know, if you looked at that menu, what was inside.
Right, so we sat outside and we hadn't gone in to check out the inside yet.
So how did you know that they had this wine by the glass program?
We sat inside. And our waiter who was great, Saxon,
he explained everything twice because we were just overwhelmed with it. It was incredible.
So when we asked about it, she told us and we're like, oh.
And what did you, what else did you have?
I actually ordered the mushroom pasta as well. And the pasta, like the texture was really delicious.
I really, I mean, I thought that just a little pinch of salt would have just been perfect.
I mean, the experience was nice and we would definitely go back
to try it again. Maybe try something different. Maybe it was an off night.
There's also a lack of people right now in our business.
Right, so I don't hold it against them at all. Like I get it.
So what else did you guys have?
I'm from New Orleans originally, so my dining out experiences come from there, which is just,
it's an event. I mean, you go out to go out to eat. And this was very close to that for me.
I mean, everything was paced, as I prefer it, very slow.
He was great explaining everything to it because it really is a different setting
when you walk in and you see just the vast array of wines, so you can choose from.
Do you have to pour a full glass or can you do a tasting?
There are three different levels. The sip, the half a glass and then a full glass.
Oh, I like that. What is your wine of choice when you go or do you always change it up?
There's a Sancerre wine there from France.
Oh, it Sancerre, yeah.
[Kevin] Sancerre is superb.
The Sancerre with cheese, ugh, it's already so buttery. And then you add some cheese
into the mix and it's just so delicious.
I only take a sip so I can taste more.
I will go back, just for that experience, a little more prepared for it because it
really was a treat. We had the Dilia Italia cheese and charcuterie. I had the cocovan,
which was wonderful, prepared in a wonderful burgundy sauce. And then we had the best dessert
I've had in I don't know how long. They had beignets, and there were these round fried, yummy
cinnamon sugar, delicious balls of, I don't know, they were just so good, but they were huge. And we
got six of them and we are like two tiny little people. We just stared at this plate and they
And did you see them as, did you have?
Oh, we got them
Oh, you had them. Did you like them?
Oh, yeah.
Yet they come with three sauces of passion fruit, which was delicious.
It was a salted caramel source, and my favorite was the chocolate ganache with pepper.
[Amanda] It was a little spicy.
Oh, that was, it was just to die for. And we took them home because I had them later.
Ours did not make it out of the restaurant.
All right, well, Kevin, Wine Room Kitchen and Bar was your choice, please sum it up for us.
Like no other places in South Florida.
Between the quality and extent of the wine, the cheese and the food, big winner.
Perfect. Amanda.
Everybody has an off night every now and then,
so I'm not gonna hold it against them. And I can't wait to get to try it again.
Denise.
It was wonderful. I definitely will be going back with a plan.
You can a barrel of fun at Wine Room Kitchen and Bar, located 411
East Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Open daily for lunch and dinner and for brunch on Sundays.
Reservations are accepted. The average price for dinner, without drinks, is about $60.