Red Stache Wine Bar Opens In Hell's Kitchen

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — A new wine bar has finally opened in the former location of a beloved, shuttered spot.

The Red Stache, a 40-seat wine bar with a full kitchen, is the neighborhood's newest place for a post-show glass at 401 West 52nd St.

Headed by industry veterans Ted Arenas, whose other spots include Hell’s Kitchen gay bars, Rise and The Spot, and Shaun Dunn, most recently from the late luxury hotel, The NoMad, who will be heading the beverage program.

"Our goal is to create a community of wine lovers where people can come together to appreciate and celebrate the joy of wine," the bar's website declares.

The wine list, Dunn told W42st, has something for everyone at all sorts of budgets, from "entry-level wines," to bottles for people who are more of a "big spender."

Glasses range from $12 to $23 and bottles start at around $50.

The "big spender" bottle list includes a $245 Bouchard Père & Fil, a $850 Henri Rebourseau and the priciest is a $1100 for a bottle of Antinori Solaia Toscana.

Arenas told the local news magazine that he and Dunn had been talking about opening a wine bar "because I wanted to do something that was more inclusive of everybody, not just the LGBTQ community."

In addition to beer, The Red Stache will also serve wine-based cocktails, like a Rosé Spritz, and a coffee-infused vermouth drink.

The menu features snacks, cheeses, flatbreads, sandwiches and dessert.

Filling a wine-shaped hole on the block, the new spot will finally replace the beloved wine and cheese specialty bar, Casellula, which shuttered earlier this year after new owners abruptly terminated the staff — reportedly after some pay-structure related disputes — and backed out of their prior purchase of the neighborhood joint, reported W42st.

When the owners presented the bar to Community Board 4 in April, they said the new spot will keep Casellula's hours are will be more of a quiet, date-night spot in comparison to Arenas' other ventures.