"Are the glasses stubby? No. June opened in 2015, before stubby glassware took off. Is it quirky? Not really, and it doesn’t need to be. What’s it good for? First dates. You’ll see so many. June has been around for nearly a decade, but the Cobble Hill wine bar doesn’t feel dated. With its host stand, full dinner menu, and extensive catalog of bottles, this place is a little more traditional than the new arrivals on the scene—but it mostly just feels like a neighborhood hang. You can camp at the bar and have a drink or two with someone you met on Hinge, or you can sit at a table and chat with a few friends over grilled asparagus and ricotta toast. The intimate room is filled with carnivalesque globe lights, and it’s always stuffed with people chatting about siblings, careers, and romantic expectations." - bryan kim