Peoples Wine
Permanently Closed
Natural wine shop and bar with delicious snacks and curated bottles
Natural wine shop and bar with delicious snacks and curated bottles
"Like the rest of the subterranean Market Line food hall, Peoples Wine will close in April. The team — Jeremiah Stone, Fabián von Hauske, and Daryl Nuhn — are searching for a new home." - Emma Orlow
"After being closed for in-person service for almost a year, People’s Wine Bar on the Lower East Side is teaming up with its Market Line beer bar neighbor, The Grand Delancey, for a night of bar snacks and some curated wine. People’s Wine Bar is especially great if you’re looking to try something you’ve possibly never heard of - they’re always selling new bottles (you can check out their online shop here). Plus, a portion of the sales from the night benefit Welcome To Chinatown’s initiative to preserve Chinatown’s local businesses. Check out the pop-up on Thursday, April 8th from 4- 11pm, and book a table for indoor or outdoor service online here." - Hannah Albertine
"Restaurant menus can be a bit formulaic these days, with each dish described in a minimalist list of ingredients strung together with commas. So, I was delighted and maybe a little unnerved when I came across this freaky-sounding dish at Peoples Wine, the new wine bar/shop in New York City from Hot 10 alums Jeremiah Stone and Fábian von Hauske. “Lobster Mac: cold pasta salad with lobster.” What?! For a brief nightmarish moment, I imagined a Frankenstein of carbs, a gurgling casserole of lobster mac and cheese circa early 2000s and a slippery mound of mayo-lathered fusilli with mealy strands of lobster. Then I remembered this is Stone and von Hauske we’re talking about. I had to order it. I got one thing right: There was fusilli! The lobster mac arrived cold and in an elegant glass bowl, with billowy bonito flakes and thin strips of crispy nori waving me in. They provided the right textural contrast and sharp fishiness to balance all the velvety, creamy goodness of an umeboshi- and shichimi togarashi–powered mayo coating chubby chunks of tender, meaty lobster. I’d never thought of pasta salad as being a particularly balanced dish, but this one had it all: ocean-y umami flavor, a little hit of heat, a much needed sour note, and the right amount of mayo. I had to know how they did it." - ByElyse Inamine
"Note: The bar has closed, but the wine store is still open. Check their Instagram for the latest updates. Like a mermaid or an unfinished play, Peoples Wine Bar in The Market Line at Essex Crossing has two parts. The first is a wine store that looks like a natural wine museum from the year 2055, and the second is a bar with about 20 seats and a condensed list of interesting wines by the glass. They’re both projects from the Wildair and Contra people, which means the snacks are unsurprisingly delicious and slightly expensive. Prioritize the juicy, stuffed chicken wings and chocolate hazelnut cream puff. Despite the fact that the open-air space looks out onto an Ample Hills stall, Peoples feels a lot cooler than what typically happens in the bottom of a food hall. Partly because of the minimalist setting and snacks, and partly because of the store component. On your way out, you can pick up a bottle of anything you tried at the bar. So you don’t have to worry about tracking it down later or fiendishly taking pictures on Vivino. Check out Peoples if you’re interested in natural wine generally, or you want a glass of chilled red to decompress after a movie at the Regal next door." - Hannah Albertine
"Now the duo also has Peoples, a natural wine shop and small-plates bar at the Market Line." - Eater Staff