Are any folks on this board running a wine bar/retail hybrid?
I am working on a business plan in this space and would love to pick some brains if there are folks out there.
I realize that all concept are a little bit different, and state and local laws are a significant impact (this would be in Chicago), but would love the opportunity for some existing wisdom anyway!
Where are you now in this journey? This post got buried under others since January.
Still working on it. Business plan and concept developed.
Scoping locations… but we have a very narrow focus and nothing great available right now. Also likely will require zoning changes. Chicago is complicated.
There was a place in the town next to us called Rosie’s Wine Bar, part wine store and part restaurant. You could pull a bottle off the shelf and have it with your meal, they added a nominal mark up for that
Let me know when you open 
gives me an excuse to visit my brother and drink wine!
HI
My spot is a winebar retail. More wine bar than retail but retail is growing.
Happy to help.
angie
You should try to reach out to Ed Moore of The Third Corner in San Diego. He’s been doing hybrid wine shop/wine bar/restaurant for at least 20 years. As far as I know the first to do so
Division Wines in Portland … you walk in and the split is left right. Left side shelf’s filled with retail. Right side nice long bar with tables. Awesome wine btg great food.
Sea Horsey in Lincoln on the coast just opened this summer and they are tiny boutique style. Curated wall of wine with some tables for glass and small bites.
If you dm Sea Horsey folks on IG I’m sure they’d chat!