Morrie's Steakhouse

Morrie's looks the part — dark wood, white tablecloths, the kind of room where you expect a serious wine list to match the $65 Tomahawk on the menu. The wine program keeps up appearances, but flip past the first few pages and you realize this list is built more for comfort than for discovery. It's a steakhouse wine list doing exactly what steakhouse wine lists do.

The list runs 75 to 120 labels deep, leaning heavily on California with some international coverage that feels more obligatory than curated. There's no real sense of a buyer with a point of view here — it reads like a distributor's greatest hits, the kind of list where you'll find the usual Napa Cabs and domestic Chards without much friction. The Coravin program is a genuine bright spot, opening access to higher-end pours that would otherwise sit behind bottle minimums. Gaps are noticeable in anything old-world or terroir-driven — if you're hunting a Burgundy or a Barolo, you may be hunting alone.

The BTG lineup runs 12 to 18 options, which is respectable for Sioux Falls. At $9 a pour for the house pours, the entry price is approachable, and the Coravin selections push the ceiling meaningfully higher for guests willing to spend. Rotation appears limited — this feels like a static list rather than something that evolves with the seasons.