Alder Alley · Unmarked Door
We open what we’re excited about and pour it by the glass. Ask what’s open tonight — that’s the whole menu.
Reserve a SeatTonight
Skin-contact Ribolla
Radikon, Friuli — orange, tannic, a little wild
$17
Chilled Gamay
Domaine Chamonard, Beaujolais — bright, crushable, cool cellar
$14
Pét-nat Chenin
Domaine Bobinet, Loire — cloudy, appley, faint funk
$15
Field-blend Red
Il Farneto, Emilia — savory, low-intervention, unfiltered
$16
Skin-contact Riesling
Judith Beck, Austria — waxy, dried apricot, long finish
$18
Bottles run out mid-service. What’s crossed off the chalkboard is gone until the next delivery.
Late Kitchen
The kitchen is one induction burner and a cold case. It makes four things: a cheese plate that changes with what the cheesemonger has, marinated white anchovies on toast, a single hot dish that rotates weekly, and olives warmed in their own oil. Nothing is fried. Nothing takes longer than ten minutes. The point is to keep you drinking, not to feed you dinner.
“People ask for a wine list. We hand them a chalkboard and a pencil eraser mark from last night’s crossed-off bottles. That’s more honest.”
Word of Mouth
“I’ve stopped asking what’s on the list. I just say ‘surprise me’ and it’s never once been wrong.”
“The anchovy toast alone is worth the unmarked door. Bring cash, they run a tab on a notepad.”
Visit
Alder Alley, behind the dry cleaner, buzzer marked “N”
Six of twelve seats held for walk-ins after 9pm. The other six can be reserved online for a two-hour pour.
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Nightjar pours 30 natural wines by the glass and runs a late kitchen until close. Twelve seats at the bar, no bottle list handed to you — ask what's open.
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