Salt

Salt's wine list lands somewhere between ambitious and approachable — 60 to 100 bottles covering France, California, the Pacific Northwest, and Italy, which tells you this kitchen takes its drink program seriously without trying to show off. It feels like a list built for the neighborhood: familiar enough to order without anxiety, with just enough range to reward the curious. Nothing here is going to blow your mind, but you won't be stuck choosing between two bad Chardonnays either.

The regional spread is sensible — France and Italy anchor the Old World side, California and the Pacific Northwest hold down the New World, and that's a reasonable four-pillar structure for a bistro of this size. We'd love to see a little more specificity: which appellations, which producers, what's actually on those shelves beyond the broad strokes. The 60-to-100 bottle range suggests there's real depth somewhere in there, but without knowing the producers, it's hard to say whether this is a thoughtfully edited list or just a catalog of reliable crowd-pleasers. The crab and duck on the menu suggest they at least thought about what grows near seafood and gamey proteins.

Ten to sixteen by-the-glass options is a solid pour count for a neighborhood bistro — enough to give a table of four different options without the list becoming unmanageable. The Mia Perla by the glass at $14 is practically a giveaway given retail sits around $12, so someone here understands that the glass program should actually move wine. We'd like to see more rotation to keep regulars from ordering the same Pinot Grigio on every visit.