Guests grazed through the surprisingly wallet-friendly menu that includes delish bruschetta offerings such as prosciutto with figs and mascarpone and ricotta with dates and pistachios, plus crave-worthy meatballs, shareable charcuterie boards, paninis and salads.
“And that’s why the wall’s there and why we were excited to take the space.” Postino founder Lauren BaileyĮxcitement was at a fever pitch in Postino Montrose on Friday night when all of the 103 dining seats, most of the 24 bar seats and a good number of the 70 seats on the covered patio were filled. “But I also think it’s important to remember how the road was paved. “Gay bars are not really opening up anymore because young people don’t need to go to a gay bar and meet another gay person because they can go anywhere they want and hold hands and be together. The all-day wine cafe’s launch in Houston came in the spring of 2018 in the Heights Mercantile development, where Postino’s introduction of $5 wine from 11 am to 5 pm quickly established it as one of the more popular spots in a neighborhood teeming with bars and restaurants. It’s a beautiful and delicious cauldron of diversity for all, perched across the street from rocking gay bar South Beach.
This Montrose outpost of the Phoenix, Arizona, mothership, Houston’s second Postino, is geared for everyone in the neighborhood. Never mind that the location has embodied numerous gay-centric business incarnations. Where the Montrose Mining Company left off after closing in 2016, Postino is picking up but with a wide-open rainbow coalition focus and an appreciative nod to the past.ĭon’t call this a gay wine bar. If the wildly successful pre-opening parties are any indication, Postino WineCafé in Montrose is poised to rock the neighborhood in similar tradition as its predecessors rocked convention during 36 years of a singularly gay focus.