Big list, lots to comb through.
Current thought is maybe a half bottle of bubbles + something more substantial like a Rhone or burgundy, maybe eyeing a Dujac. But open to anything really. 2012 Mount Eden Chard seems appealing and somewhat reasonably priced. There’s a good amount of Piedmont at ok prices. Opportunities are pretty endless on a list like this so make any combo or choose 1 for me!
Not what you asked for, but
a) there are several really good Austrian Rieslings on the list (particularly 2013 vintage, Alzinger my first choice).
b) If that was my budget, I’d go for the 22 Dauvissat Preuses
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If you want a big wine the 2015 Palacios Corullon is a good price.
Leaves $ to get 2 glasses of Ruinart Rose + another bottle, say that Mt Eden
Almost an impossible task - 2013 Le Machiole Paleo 225. 2016 Felsina vin santo 96. 50 bucks left over for a cocktail.
If it were me I’d probably go for the Schloss lieser juffer GG 2019 for $120 which leaves $255 left for a nicely aged red. Saw some good aged BDX in that range at agreeable prices. Also saw some moderately aged Produttori del Barbaresco. If you want to splurge elsewhere though you could also try the 2014 Domaine Karydas Xinomavro. I believe I saw it for about $90.
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‘13 Chevillon Cailles at $275, can add a half bottle of bubbles or a Riesling or something like ‘16 Pelican Savagnin and stay under budget.
You’re a year or two late, there were older Roumier and Levet Chavaroche at like release prices.
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I would get
2011 LdH Tondonia Blanco Reserva at 110
2014 Kupe Escarpment Pinot Noir at 110
Two world class wines at really great prices
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I agree with the schloss lieser GGs being very good at 120, though I wouldn’t have a strong preference between the two. Also really like Fourrier’s Petits Vougeots at 250 for the 2012.
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First post and the dude comes out swinging! 
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More importantly, there are some Piemontese Nebbiolo wines with some age on them (a rare thing in restaurants).
Aside from that Mastroberardino’s riserva would be worth trying if you haven’t before
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I’d be really tempted by the Passopisciaro wines. Rarely see them with age, pricing is very good, like go well with food. I’d get both of them and compare.
I’d do a bottle of Pierre Peters followed by the 2013 or 2011 Fourrier Les Petits Vougeots.
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2008 Haut Bailly. Arguably one of the three or four best wines of the vintage and for me the standout here. If you are sure you are going, ask them to decant the bottle an hour before you come in.
Good pricing on LdH, Musar, Radikon if you want something funky and 2011 Barthod/Fourrier. On champagne, feels like less value but could make V&S or Chartogne-Taillet work.
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I like the LdH + Fourrier combo or a GG Riesling + something. I do know one of the somms here so I will probably reach out since there is no bad option per se.
Maybe even more than that. Hai Tran bought a lot of nice wine then moved on and stuff stayed well priced for years. I drank a bunch of Rayas, Conterno, a bit of that Roumier, etc. for years. Not really a fan of the food, so we usually ate at the bar.
If you want bubbles on a budget because you’re splurging on the whites and reds, why not a Bordelet Granite?
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2008 Trotanoy is killer
1995 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau is a unique wine to see on a restaurant wine list, it is the very first vintage of this special Cuvee. It is excellent and fully mature.
2013 Clape Cornas is excellent. And not far off retail price.
2005 Raffault Chinon for $135. Mature and yum!
If you need some inexpensive, filler wines, I really like Tribut Chablis at $105 and some nice Beaujolais offerings.
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The '13 Alzinger or any of the Hirsch Gaisbergs would be an absolutely awesome choice and the pricing on all seems more than fair for a restaurant.
On the red side, I’d be drawn to the Rostaing Ampodiums (which should be drinking really well right now) or (even better) the '04 or '07/'08 (depending on your preference for ripe fruit or not) Lionnet Cornas.