Skip to main content1416 SE Stark St., 683-3676, ensowinery.com. 4-10 pm Monday-Thursday , 4-11 pm Friday, 1-11 pm Saturday, 1-10 pm Sunday.
Our 2014 Bar of the Year, Enso's Southeast Stark Street
tasting room has nearly everything a wine bar should: thick, oaken
serving trays, a garage door opening on sidewalk seating, thistle and
lambs ear in vases and a parlor-style seating nook. Like its unique
chandelier, bare light bulbs artistically draped from a tree branch
above the curtained doorway to Ryan Sharp's urban winemaking production,
Enso mixes rustic and refined. Italian olives ($4), Alma chocolates
($5) and Olympia Provisions with bread ($17) populate the simple menu.
The small staff is friendly enough to serve you hearty pours and flights
($10), but won't hover. In back, Sharp's "human-sized" operation makes
accessible blends for the everyday drinker. The wines ($6-$14) are
inoffensive but not extraordinary, granted the bar's set high in the
promised land of Willamette Valley winemaking. A short list of pints,
one prosecco cocktail and a handful of outsider's wines sprinkle variety
on the blackboard menu. It's this mix of easy-drinking wines and and
unpretentious atmosphere that give Enso undeniable clout in the
garagiste scene.
Happy hour: 4-6 pm. $1 off drinks and bread boards.
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