Dear Restaurant & Butchery ranked “latest and greatest”
Wine Spectator chose 10 places around the country that opened during the pandemic.

Meat eaters — and fans of meat-friendly red wines — should check out Dear Restaurant & Butchery, 2710 Erie Ave., which opened in August 2020 despite the pandemic. Wine Spectator chose them as one of 10 “latest and greatest” wine spots in the country that opened — and stayed afloat — during COVID-19
Their 1,300-plus bottles from France, California, and Italy pair well with chef Brian Young’s meat-heavy dishes (he’s a trained butcher as well) that include Wagyu beef–tartare and his “butcher’s cut plate” of grilled endive and bone marrow–potato confit.