U Street's favorite wine hideaway's just opened a back "plaza" featuring an old-world fountain'd, brick-enclosed bocce court, and a villa-roofed bar pouring their extensive wine list, taps like Kronenbourg 1664 and Allagash White, and a spanking new, fittingly-Mediterranean meze menu with everything from tomato marmalade spicy duck sausage, to a pistachio-dressed field green ricotta crostini, to oranges/basil/pomegranate-dressing grilled octopus -- but you knew that was coming, didn't you Paul?

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It's really nice out there. And also, the menu's great; check it out, here.