1/2 Price Wine Nights in the SF Bay Area

The economy is hitting all of us where it hurts, and the possibility of splurging on a fine bottle of wine in a restaurant is about as likely as Bernie Madoff getting away with his ponzi scheme with only a slap on the wrist. While visiting friends in L.A. this past weekend, it came up during conversation that they had recently eaten at a local steakhouse that offered ½ price wine on Monday nights. What a concept!!! I had never heard of such a thing, but during these tough economic times, creative offerings like this will certainly get customers into restaurants…I would go in a heartbeat. So, I did some research and came up with 10 restaurants in the Bay Area that offer ½ off wines or similarly good deals:

1. Solstice – half-price bottles on Monday nights
2. Perry's - half-price bottles on Monday nights
3. Levende Lounge - Wine Wednesdays: half-price bottles with $20 minimum food purchase
4. Harry’s Bar – half-price bottles on Tuesdays
5. Ruth’s Chris – half-off bottles on Wednesday nights for any bottle under $100
6. Santi (Geyserville) - Cheap Vino Wine Night on Tuesdays offering half-off wines
7. Lark Creek Restaurants (Lark Creek Inn, One Market, Yankee Pier, and others) – half-price wine month in July
8. Cuvee Restaurant (Napa) – half-price bottles on Thursdays
9. Maverick - 40% off bottles Monday nights (I found a reference to this, but couldn’t validate it)
10. Bacar - Monday's 5:30 - 7pm half-price wine by the glass in the bar (although I couldn’t find confirmation of this, it’s interesting to note that Bacar also offers a wine list that includes 50 bottles of wine under $50…not bad!)

Have any additions to this list?