Dining
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
The whipped feta has roasted peppadews, pistachio and hot honey with olive oil baguettes.
Clink has an outdoor patio to dine.
The menu has sweet pig atbread, cauli ower tempura, whipped feta, a French bloom cocktail and wine.
PHOTOS BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH COMMUNITY IMPACT
Clink Wine Bar + Bites serves dishes catered to wine
Clink Wine Bar + Bites owner Laura Black aims to bring a restaurant experience to wine lovers, she said. “Our food menu has been intentionally designed to be curated to go with our wines,” she said. What’s special about it? Since starting the restaurant in May 2021, Black has expanded the menu, added cocktails and introduced a wine club experience. “There’s an attention to detail and to the craft of making a really great cocktail,” she said. “That theme just ows through everything we do from our beers, our wines, our cocktails [and] our food.” One example of a cocktail they make is the Dr Pepper old-fashioned, which includes Dr Pepper simple syrup made in-house, Black said. Additionally, the wine club is a membership that includes two bottles of wine a month, tasting notes and a recipe to try with the wine, Black said. Clink sta does two educational pairing events a month featuring a four or ve course meal paired with wine, spirits or beer, Black said. What’s on the menu Every week, Clink features di erent dishes, wines and cocktails, Black said.
“Those are interesting [and] di erent,” she said. “This is our way, food-wise, for our chef team to get to play.” Popular items include albondigas, or meatballs covered in tomato cream sauce with an olive oil baguette, the Nashville hot cauli ower tempura, which is a vegetarian option with Cajun coleslaw, arugula, pickled shallots, corn aioli and tortilla strips, and the sweet and spicy shrimp, an Asian-inspired shrimp where they hand-bread the panko, Black said. The restaurant also serves a brunch menu on Sundays, which includes stu ed French toast with berry ricotta, topped with whipped cream, berry compote, and powdered sugar, she said. The wine bar features 16 wines on tap, four beers on tap and 25 wines by the glass or bottle, Black said. The wines get rotated out, with Black bringing in special wines for guests to try. Looking ahead Black hopes to expand Clink around the Dal- las-Fort Worth area. “We do like to be your neighborhood local hangout, but we also like to attract people outside of just Lakeside,” she said. “We’re probably staying right now within DFW for a while, but if the right opportunity comes up, never say never.”
The interior has teal-colored seats and a selection of wines to choose from.
Owner Laura Black aims to bring a restaurant experience to wine lovers with dishes that pair with her wine pairings.
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2601 Lakeside Parkway, Ste. 100, Flower Mound www.clinkwinebarandbitesfmtx.com
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