"Enoteca Nostrana is a splashy wine bar in Buckman with a modern Italian design in the form of soaring ceilings, a quartz bar, geometric floor tiles, cork-topped bar stools, and a two-story glass-encased wine cellar that holds 3,000 bottles. The menu here is short but fabulous. Its strengths are the shareable antipasti plates: the charcuterie plate, a smoked oyster dip, and the burrata served with focaccia and peperonata. And if you arrive early enough to catch happy hour (from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.), you can order $9 pizzas from the fuller Nostrana menu next door. Because of its stylish ambience, this restaurant feels like a quick jaunt to Europe. Come with a date or with friends, sit at the bar, and catch up while sipping on an unusual Canary Island white." - Hannah Wallace
