“It’s that concierge level of service that we’re trying to go for here,” he said.
What makes them special?
Coal Vines hosted its first special ticketed event at the end of March, where guests saw a live opera performance paired with six courses and six wines, Wick said.
“Not only did we pair the food with the wine but with the song as well,” he said. “It took a long time to work out how to pair all three of those together, and it was a hit.”
The eatery plans to continue hosting special events for guests, including additional Italian opera nights, a tango night and an evening with tenor singers.
“What we wanted to do was provide an entire experience for people,” Wick said. “That means bringing some form of entertainment into what they’re doing.”
On the menu
Coal Vines’ pizza is scratch-made with fresh ingredients, Wick said. The pizza menu includes the freestyle pepperoni, which has regular pepperoni, cupped smoky pepperoni and crisp pepperoni with black pepper and garlic. The El Chappo pizza has housemade sauce, mozzarella, ground Mexican chorizo, cilantro and lime.
The restaurant also serves pasta dishes with housemade sauces, including its vodka sauce.
“[The vodka sauce is] exceptional and everything that we put it with turns into an exceptional dish,” Wick said. “We got four pizzas [that] have it on now.”
Wick also highlighted the restaurant’s drunken meatball dish, which is large meatballs topped with vodka sauce, cilantro and cheese.
Signature cocktails include the Affogato cocktail, which has two scoops of gelato, a shaken espresso martini and a Cadbury chocolate stick imported from the U.K.
“That chocolate stick concept comes from England when I was a little boy,” Wick said. “If you were a good little boy, you would get soft serve ice cream, and they would stick one of those sticks in it for you.”
The restaurant also has a selection of over 90 wines, he said.
Looking ahead
Though Coal Vines plans to take a hiatus from events during the summer, new monthly events will begin again in August with its third Italian Opera night, Wick said.
Wick also said that Coal Vines recently released a new cocktail menu and will add more wines to their selection.
“We’ll go the extra mile to make sure people are happy and feel they got value out of [coming to Coal Vines].”
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