Downtown Silver Spring’s Beloved Wine Bar Makes a Comeback This Weekend | Eater DC

"Reopening this weekend in a 2,500-square-foot space at 8519 Fenton Street in Silver Spring, Locavino is a reinvented wine bar run by longtime Adega employees Jarrod Jabre and Justin Wallace with Chef Santos Amaya back in the kitchen. I find the menu comfortably familiar—all-day apps; sandwiches like grilled cheese and panini; flatbreads; burgers (including a Frederick County Cabernet burger with a wine-marinated patty, local cheddar, pickles and homemade ketchup on potato bread); hot and cold wraps; pastas; and substantial salads—plus nods to Jabre’s Lebanese background such as freshly-fried falafel in pita or salad form and a mezze board with hummus, tzatziki, and olives. Desserts include local chocolates, mousse, and a chocolate chip cookie bar. The wine selection starts with about 200 bottles (with plans to grow past 300) and 14 wines by the glass, emphasizing producers from Virginia, New York, Maryland’s Old Westminster, small estate and family-run wineries, and an ethos of “wines local to someone.” The 49-seat eclectic room—splashed with wine-inspired red, white, wood, and copper elements and featuring communal tables and two-tops made from salvaged wine barrels—aims for a cozy, familiar vibe for former Adega customers; a new portrait by longtime regular Louis Scotti hangs on the wall. Locavino also stocks roughly 50 beers (four on draft to start, including Silver Spring’s Astro Lab Brewing), allows a small corkage fee to open retail bottles on-site, and will be open daily at 11 a.m. (closing 10 p.m. Mon–Thu, 11 p.m. Fri–Sat, 9 p.m. Sun)." - Tierney Plumb