Jimmy's Tequila and Carnes

The wine list at Jimmy's Tequila and Carnes is exactly what you'd expect from a place that put 'Tequila' in its name first — twelve labels, all familiar faces from the grocery store wine aisle, nothing that suggests anyone spent more than twenty minutes curating this. It's not offensive, just aggressively average.

The list reads like a greatest-hits album from the mid-2000s: Kendall Jackson, Beringer, Robert Mondavi, Columbia Crest. These are reliable, mass-market producers that show up everywhere, and they show up here too. There's no regional exploration, no nod to Spanish or Latin wine traditions despite the restaurant's cuisine identity — a Tempranillo or a Malbec would feel right at home here and are conspicuously absent. The lone outlier is the Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, which at least gestures toward something outside California, and the Sangre de Toro Cabernet has a Spanish label even if it's a workhorse bottle. Twelve labels is a small list; twelve labels this predictable is a missed opportunity.

Every bottle on the list is also available by the glass, which means the entire wine program is effectively a by-the-glass program — and that's actually its strongest feature. Prices run $6.99 to $9.99 per glass, which is genuinely accessible and keeps the entry point low. The range doesn't rotate or surprise, but at least you're not locked into a full bottle of something you're lukewarm about.