Historical March 1989 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
We at West End Wines are delighted and just a bit startled to note that November marked our third anniversary.
These days, that’s a respectable milestone for any venture, whether entrepreneurial or romantic.
A mere thirty-nine months ago we were just a couple of kids with a string of interesting but commercially useless degrees and about fifteen years, between us, in the wine and specialty food trade.
We saw three needs.
We saw the need to do our own thing, as we had already stopped saying back then.
We saw the need to make an honest buck, as we still say today.
Most of all, we saw the need for a small neighborhood shop providing wines, beers, spirits, and cheeses of the highest quality at reasonable prices.
And we thought if we offered those things along with friendly, competent service and advice, we’d do O.K.
So we have.
All the while we slowly and carefully built up our inventory and, a year ago, recklessly doubled our space.
As a result we now offer some three hundred different wines by the bottle and a dozen by the glass from our Winebar dispenser.
We have three dozen of your favorite cheeses and pates, imported and domestic, all cut to order.
In addition to wine, sherries, ports and brandies are available at the bar as are assorted cheeses and pates served with the French bread we order daily.
All of these may be consumed, when the weather permits, at our recently added sidewalk tables.
For three years West End Wines has grown steadily.
For this we thank our many loyal customers.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1989.
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Original source: SD_Times1989_03.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 7.
