Barbrix

This Silver Lake wine bar feels like home away from home—a cozy den of elevated, wood-beamed ceilings over a 360° bar and L-shaped dining room gives way to an open kitchen. The ever-changing wine list—after two cases of each bottle is popped and poured, a new wine takes its place—presents affordable and accessible value wines from around the globe with a focus on the marriage of food and drink. Sit on the patio or square, four-sided bar as you sip over 50 pours by the (Riedel) glass from California Syrah to Rhone Valley reds and share plates like deviled eggs ($9), pork and ricotta meatballs ($11) and a seasonally changing assortment of cheese and charcuterie ($6-$28). The service is friendly, occasionally witty and eager to help, mirroring the lack of pretentious wine snobs here—just real, neighborhood folk, that are happy to have a great place to eat and drink on the Eastside.