The Vineyard Wine Bar in Havre de Grace, MD Closed now

Reviews about The Vineyard Wine Bar

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  February 12, 2019, by Lauren L
  Had a bit of an odd experience at this restaurant yesterday. My friend and I went for lunch and she ordered the pastrami sandwich, but asked for a different cheese because she doesn't like swiss. She was told there are no substitutions and the chef is very particular about the menu because a lot of thought goes into it. It's a sandwich, people. Seems pretty easy to just slap a different type of cheese on it to please your customer, but whatever. Apparently great chefs are moody. Her sandwich arrived and the pastrami was gristly, so the chef isn't quite as particular about the ingredients. There was also just a dot of mustard on the plate that I guess she was supposed to use for the entire sandwich but it wasn't nearly enough and she had to ask for more (either the chef isn't so touchy about giving more mustard or it was snuck out of the kitchen without being noticed). I ordered the turkey apple brie sandwich, which was fine except that it was glued to the plate by some sticky substance, which made my hands sticky and was rather unpleasant. Finger food shouldn't be glued to the plate with sticky stuff unless the restaurant provides finger bowls. Oh, and the carefully planned sandwiches were served with potato chips on the side. Classy. The only reason I'm giving 3 stars is because the server was very nice and she also recommended wines that we really enjoyed.