Great food, grocery store wine list
East Plano · Plano · Tex-Med (Texas and Mediterranean Fusion) · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 25, 2026
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The room is genuinely nice — bright, modern, the kind of place that makes you want to linger. Then you open the wine list. It reads like the endcap of a Total Wine on a Tuesday, and not the good endcap.
The concept promises Spain, Greece, California, and Italy — which sounds adventurous until you realize those regions are represented almost entirely by grocery-tier brands rather than anything with a story to tell. There's no Tempranillo from Rioja with some age on it, no Greek Assyrtiko to make the mezze plates sing, just the usual cast of Meiomi, Kim Crawford, Josh Cellars, and Ménage à Trois doing their thing. For a kitchen that's clearly putting thought into the food, the wine list feels like it was assembled in about twenty minutes. The Mediterranean angle of the cuisine practically begs for a Pecorino, a Vermentino, or a Garnacha — none of which appear to have gotten the invite.
Eight to fourteen pours by the glass is a reasonable count, and the $10–$16 price range won't shock anyone in Plano's casual-fine dining scene. The problem is that the pours almost certainly mirror the bottle list — meaning your glass options are the same recognizable labels you've bought at Costco, just marked up considerably. There's no evidence of any rotation or adventurous additions keeping things fresh.
Decoy by Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon — $44
It's the least offensive markup on the list at roughly 2x retail, and at least Decoy has some actual structure and depth behind the Duckhorn name. It's still overpriced, but if you're ordering a bottle, this is where you lose the least ground.
Decoy by Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon
On a list where everything else is grocery-shelf filler, Decoy is quietly the most legitimate bottle here — it actually has winemaking credentials behind it. Most people will reach for the Josh or the Meiomi out of habit, but this is the one worth upgrading to.
Ménage à Trois Red Blend
A $12 bottle priced at $32 is a 167% markup on a wine that costs less than a movie ticket. It's not interesting enough to justify the price at retail, let alone what they're charging here. Hard pass.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc + Hummus and mezze small plates
Kim Crawford's grassy, citrus-forward profile has enough acidity to cut through tahini and play nicely with bright herb-forward mezze flavors. It's not a thrilling pairing, but it's the most logical match on a list that doesn't give you many options for Mediterranean food.
Wednesday — Wine Down Wednesday: 50% off bottles of wine. Exact exclusions not published, but the deal appears to apply to most or all list bottles. This is the only night the markups make sense.
❌ The Bottom Line
Come for the Tex-Med Chicken Kabob and the lamb, stay for the food — but seriously consider ordering a cocktail instead of wine unless it's a Wednesday. Wine Down Wednesday's 50% off bottles is the one legitimate reason to engage with this list; at half price, even the steep markups become defensible.
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Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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