Idle Hour Wine Bar

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So, I’m not a big wine guy but this place is all about the view, the view, and the view - like this place is literally on the water which very few bars are. Right on 50 - it’s actually easy to blow by unnoticed but it is quite a little gem. 

Okay, to be honest it’s also about how they welcomed my dog with a full-sized dog biscuit. You need to be 21 and over to enter - luckily by dog was 35 in dog years. 

You can buy bottles from their selection or certain wines by the glass. You can go big with glasses of Caymus or Silver Oak or they have other good wines with more reasonable prices (ok so maybe I drink a little wine on occasion). They also have beers, some port (yes, I know that’s wine) and a pretty good-looking food and snack menu.  

It feels like you are in someone’s nice house when you go as the main seating area is like a dining room with stunning views of the lake and the other seating area has couches that also look out over the lake. They also have an outside area where you can sit on a deck basically on the lake.