Comments on Joey in Astoria: Winegasm - A Group Tasting Worth Repeating

I also was excited to see a new wine bar open in o...

2008-07-31T15:19:00.000-04:00

I also was excited to see a new wine bar open in our area, only to be disappointed by the surprising high prices and small portions. The staff I found very friendly, tho at times inattentive. Overall the food was good, but unsatisfying.

In all, a good place to stop in for a drink, but I imagine that for most, hard to afford much more.

To Joeys Gang I thank you for your wonderful revie...

2008-07-26T22:22:00.000-04:00

To Joeys Gang I thank you for your wonderful reviews the greatest compliment a chef can ever recieve is from the ones who taste and experience ones creations as EXECUTIVE CHEF JAMES B. LUCAS
and founding team member to your winegasm exprience I thank you and all of astoria for this chance to bring you something new healthy and different in dinning expriences.
As I move on to new ventures I am confident that the staff I have embrassed and entrusted with the foundation of excellence will maintain this for our many friends of winegasm.
Thanks agian Astoria and Joey,s Gang!
Yours Truely
Founding Team member and Executive Chef James B. Lucas

that cake looks delectable!

2008-07-21T12:49:00.000-04:00

that cake looks delectable!

You've told me to go here and I just can't find th...

2008-07-16T20:02:00.000-04:00

You've told me to go here and I just can't find the time. Now I think I'll have to make the time.

I'm telling you...it's AWESOME. Best thing there!

2008-07-14T18:23:00.000-04:00

I'm telling you...it's AWESOME. Best thing there!

Bacon wrapped prunes?? I don't know..

2008-07-14T16:38:00.000-04:00

Bacon wrapped prunes?? I don't know..

I shared your initial enthusiasm when Winegasm ope...

2008-07-14T12:59:00.000-04:00

I shared your initial enthusiasm when Winegasm opened, despite that awful name (why do all the cute, new wine bars in astoria pick ridiculous names like Winegasm and Rest-au-rant?).

I've visited Winegasm three times, now, and though the wine selection is great, the quality of the food and service is uneven. The service is confusingly both overattentive at times and absent others. Once I waited far too long for food only to have appetizers and entrees come out at once. Another time the wait staff forgot about a friend's order. When it arrived, the mac&cheese was refrigerator cold in the middle.

These things might forgivable because its Queens, where prices are generally lower. At Winegasm, though, entree specials can hover around $20, and bottles of wine, though good, are no bargain. Given the prices, these problems are not forgiveable.

If Winegasm wants to compete, it should take a lesson from some of the better run wine bars in the boroughs (DOC Wine Bar in Williamsburg is phenomenal). For now, I still haven't had my winegasm.