Wow, this town is getting cooler and cooler!  I love my neighborhood wine bar at Chester Creek Cafe, it's like Cheers. . .  it's very cozy and the wines are always fabulous.

ahhh, I beleive that is TAPPIS, Adam... Chester Creek/At Sarah's Table is fab.  Love it after a UMD event or a concert.  Always quiet and although the selection is small wines are good. ALTHOUGH (are you reading this At Sarah's Table owners?) they close too early.  You don't need to stay open until 2am (although...) but at least 11?!?!? Just late enough for a post concert cab...

Ok yes I read that (we close too early).
Our wine bar rush seems to be over at around 7:30.
But we do have a new person (Charity) who is booking some music.
What time do you feel is prime wine bar time?
CB

I've heard rumors that the parents of a certain VIP on this board have a very wide selection of MD 20/20.  It's not exactly Sarah's Table, and there's no topless Norwegians, but for West Duluth it ain't to shabby.

Tell me more about this new ownership of Lake Avenue Cafe of which you speak.

Derek Snyder, Mark ??, and Micheal "Cheeks" Schrempfer are the new owners.

Mark and Derek are doing the day-to-day thing. 

Derek is a wine/food freak. Mark is a manager-extraordinaire, and Cheeks can build/fix anything.

I helped them remodel last week...you should stop in and check it out, it's beautiful. The tables are gorgeous reclaimed wood from Duluth Timber; hand cut, sanded, and biscuit-jointed.

The menu will be slowly changing. Don't worry, though - the favorites from the old menu will be kept.

There will soon be a rock-base lunch counter, as well as a 6-8 seat bar in the back corner.

Damn, Duluth is getting cooler and cooler by the day! Good luck to this new venture. Lake Ave Cafe is the very first restaurant Mr. Calk and I dined at when we moved to the Twin Ports many moons ago, so it has a special place in my heart.

Sorry to have sorta high-jacked the thread...

I'm only involved on the periphery, helping out where I can.

OK. There are new owners of LAC. One of the new owners of LAC was going to open a restaurant next to the Fetus. Instead, he partnered with Mark and Cheeks and bought LAC.

CCC wine bar had live music several times last summer, it was pretty fabulous. I hope they do try to have live music in there this winter.

Hey Carla, I think later is better too, and Lisa Kane was awesome at the CCC.  I love the wine bar there, but it could be open later.  What would you do for food though?  Kitchen closes at 9.