Louie's Wine Dive & Clayton Kitchen

"Went on a Tuesday evening and the place was hopping. Good happy hour drink specials. The wine list is, of course, excellent and there’s also a decent selection of beers. The toasted ravioli appetizer and chicken piccata were both outstanding. Our waitress was extremely attentive."

"A great local place. A lot of options and great appetizers. Loved the brussels sprouts. We drank Manhattans, which were pretty good, so can’t say much about the wine selection. It was a weekday, but they were still pretty busy. Had to wait about a half an hour for a table. So plan ahead or maybe use OpenTable."

"Had been wanting to try this place for quite a while, in particular because reviews mentioned that nearly their entire menu can be made gluten free, but was particularly surprised to see that their fried food is also gluten free. I am also dairy free, so am generally not too excited/optimistic when reading things like that as the batters used for frying tend to have dairy in them. I didn’t see anything in the menu or the reviews mentioning whether the fried food is dairy free. When we arrived I asked the waiter if the fish and chips contained dairy and he checked with the kitchen who informed him that they do not–yay! (I did not verify whether the batter for the other fried items was dairy free). I went ahead and ordered the fish and chips. When it came out, it came out with ketchup rather than the tarter sauce or aioli that I expected. When I asked the server, he mentioned that this was because the sauces had dairy so he requested that it not be put on the plate. I was very impressed by his thoughtfulness. The fried fish was good, although it was missing that sauce to take it to the next level. My partner ordered the tortellini and he loved it. Overall, the experience was very positive, in particular as relates to my food restrictions, and although pricey, we would likely come again."

"One word: DECEIVING! It looks like a cute little restaurant tucked away in a bustling part of Clayton. A nice patio area outside with an equally quaint inside. The decorations and lighting are great for a date night, which happened to be exactly the occasion I went there for. Alejandro, our server, was hilarious and personable. We had such a great experience talking to him. My girlfriend ordered some mint, tequila based drink (I don’t drink so I don’t remember the name). It came in a very pretty glass and she said it tasted really good. Here comes the best part. We ordered Emily’s Apple Harvest Salad and the Blackened Salmon Salad and split the Spicy Shrimp Diablo Pasta (something like that). The salmon was some of the best tasting salmon I’ve had in my life. I loved my salad, too and the pasta was a great way to finish the evening. The portions were large and filling and we definitely could have left some for a second meal, but it was so good we chose not to :) I paid (obviously) and I was expecting to have a hole in my wallet, but given we got 3 entrees and a drink, it was very very cheap given the quality."