louie's wine dive

great new spot. great new spot!! the staff is very friendly and knowledge about the menu. our waitress recommended the pork gnocchi and it was one of the best dishes that i've had in the city. the prices were very reasonable and i can'twaitto go back.

i have worked in many bars and kitchens in my life. i know how hard the first few months after opening is and can be. with that being said, louies is doing amazing! i have been there 4 times since opening. seems like a lot i know, the wife love the smores. the main problems with the start of a restaurant is consistency with the food and service. all 4 times i have been, have been far above par. the food comes out with the same look and taste every time, which shows the restaurant has good legs. the service has shown to be knowledgeable and the menu and wine selection as well as kind. i love this new addition to waldo! it's refreshing to have a new great place to go out for dinner that's not a bar in waldo. sure, there is awaiton friday and saturday night, and yes the kitchen gets backed up. but its worth the wait. in a few months this will be a waldo staple....and still on a 2 hourwaitcause its that good!

food good, management not. we have been to louie's before and the food is great! the problem seems to be the maitre d. tonight, they lost our reservation and told us we couldwaitdownstairs and have a drink and appetizer, until a table opened up. we went downstairs and there wasn't anywhere to sit, also didn't appear to havewaitstaff, you had to get drinks from the bar down there. the hostess could not tell us how long it might be to get a table.
we finally got fed up enough to leave and i told the hostess to take our names off the list as we were leaving. she was very apologetic and nice and offered us free appetizer coupons and said she'd bring the manager over.
the manager came over and did not know they'd lost our reservation. i told him what happened and he basically just stared at us and didn't really comment.
i'm not expecting anything for free, i don't mind paying for a good meal, what bothered me was the fact that i made our reservation early in the day and they somehow lost it and the manager didn't really seem to care, nor did he try to do anything about it.
i hope they figure the reservation system out, it is really a good restaurant in the neighborhood, but i won't expect to get a table with a reservation again, as this is the second time this happened, since the place opened a month ago!

loved loved loved this hot new spot in waldo! great wines and fabulous food for all! i can'twaitto go back as i'm sure to become a regular.

wonderful, excellent new restaurant!!!. went tonight for the opening and loved everything about the ambiance, food, wine, people, and location. really neat that they have keg wine.. how sweet is that??? i had the four pork gnocchi and it was fabulous.. i would definitely have it again... i cantwaitto go back to louies for my work christmas party in december. what a fabulous new place!!!!! :)