We’re inside one of New York City’s most iconic dining destinations, the former Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle, home to legends like Per Se and Momofuku, and we’re putting Bad Roman’s wine list under the microscope. 🍷
Is this new-age Italian-American hotspot building a list that works for every guest walking through the door, tourist, local, power diner? We break it all down.
From a $115 Perrier-Jouet that actually makes sense in Midtown Manhattan, to a Super Tuscan page our reviewer calls “very clever,” to a half-bottle section that quietly doubles as one of the best upsell tools we’ve seen, there’s a lot to love here. But there are also some surprising gaps. No Pinot Grigio on an Italian restaurant wine list? A Masseto priced at $1,400 when a small tweak could sell so many more bottles? And why are skin contact wines leading the white page?
We score it, we’d drink from it, and we tell you exactly what we’d change.
3.5 out of 5 stars. Watch to find out why: