V Bar & Café: As the sun dips beneath the horizon, this bohemian coffee shop/café morphs into an unpretentious but sophisticated wine bar. With over 35 wines by the glass and 45 by the bottle, V is more Left Bank than left politics, but if you’re hankering, feel free to delve into some of the literature on the bookshelf, where Marx and Engels reside. Communal tables are dimly lit by ubiquitous candles as the music, which is bartender-dictated, reflects the rise of the bourgeois hipster: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Interpol. Indie tunes, a robust Valpolicella...it’s the modern American dream. |
