Promising European sophistication and one of Detroit's most extensive wine lists, developer Nino Cutraro has opened the intimate Enoteca-Campo Marzio wine bar on the lobby level of the First National Building at 660 Woodward.
Cutraro, the original owner of the old Intermezzo restaurant in Harmonie Park, says he wanted the 50-seat Enoteca to have the intimate atmosphere of the small wine bars he visits in Europe. The interior, by the Ron & Roman design firm in Birmingham, features a black and bronze décor with chandeliers, dark woods and a marble bar.
"They made an incredible place," he says. "It looks like it was there for a hundred years."
Enoteca will offer a full bar, more than 100 wines in several pour sizes, and menus of small treats, sweet and savory, priced in flights of three or four items. Don't miss the chocolates menu, offering five selections of Rabbit Lane handmade chocolates for $7, with suggested wine pairings.
Cutraro says he loved the Enoteca space the first time he saw it.
"I've been there many nights myself, looking out. The ice rink on the left, the Compuware building to the front. .... Come in and sit at the bar and you feel like you're in a big city. You'll see lights and the people walking. It's very exciting." (Open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Thursday-Saturday313-784-9763
