Butcher & Singer
Old Hollywood glamour, serious Napa firepower
Center City Β· Philadelphia Β· Steak House Β· Visit Website β
Reviewed April 9, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
The wine list arrives like it owns the room β and in a 1940s supper club draped in dark wood and white linen, that's exactly right. We're talking 800-plus selections across California, Italy, and France, the kind of depth that makes you want to cancel your next reservation and just sit here all night. This is a wine program that takes itself seriously, and mostly earns it.
Selection Deep Dive
California is the clear anchor β Caymus, Silver Oak, Stag's Leap, Jordan, Ridge Monte Bello, Chateau Montelena, and the full Napa trophy shelf including Opus One, Harlan Estate, and Screaming Eagle if you're feeling spendy. Italy holds its own with Sassicaia, Tignanello, and Barolo heavyweights Gaja and Bruno Giacosa sharing space on the list. France gets the prestige treatment: Chateau Margaux and Chateau Latour are here for the big nights and the expense accounts. The list skews classic and collector-focused β if you want skin-contact Slovenian field blends, this isn't your room, but that's fine, because what they do they do very well.
By the Glass
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a strong showing for a steakhouse, and the quality level is high β Cakebread Chardonnay, Far Niente Cab, Gaja Barbaresco, and Dom PΓ©rignon by the glass are not things you stumble into at most restaurants. The Monday half-price wine night applies here too, which makes these already-elevated pours genuinely exciting. Rotation feels curated rather than random, with the glass list functioning as a highlight reel of the bottle program.
Gaja Barbaresco 2020 β $28/glass
Gaja at $28 a glass is a legit deal β this is one of the great names in Barolo/Barbaresco and the 2020 vintage is drinking beautifully right now. On Monday it's $14. We'll be there.
Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello
Everyone at the next table is ordering the Opus One. Meanwhile, Monte Bello is one of California's most serious and age-worthy Cabernet-based blends, with a track record going back decades, and it tends to get overlooked in a room full of trophy bottles. That's your edge.
ChΓ’teau Margaux 2019
At $95 a glass, you're paying restaurant markup on one of the most allocated bottles in the world β that's a lot of trust to put in storage conditions and serving temperature you can't verify. If you want Margaux, order a bottle you can inspect. If you're going glass-by-glass, the Gaja does more work for less money.
Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon + Dry-aged bone-in ribeye
Caymus is big, ripe, and built for red meat β the fruit-forward richness stands up to the char and fat on a dry-aged bone-in without trying to compete with it. It's the obvious call, which is sometimes exactly right.
Monday β Half-price wine on Mondays β applies to bottles and by-the-glass pours, making the already-strong glass program genuinely great value.
π₯ The Bottom Line
Butcher & Singer is the real deal β a deep, well-managed wine program in a room that actually deserves it, with Bart Riley on the floor to help you navigate. Monday nights, with half-price wine, it becomes one of the better wine deals in Philadelphia.
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