Stake Chophouse & Bar

The wine list at Stake arrives feeling like it means business — 300-plus bottles deep, anchored by California heavyweights and a French backbone that earns its Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator every year since 2016. This isn't a chophouse that threw together a wine list as an afterthought. Someone here actually cares.

California dominates in all the right ways: Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Shafer Hillside Select, and Stag's Leap S.L.V. sit alongside Paul Hobbs and Caymus Special Selection, covering the full spectrum from cult to classic. France holds its own with Château Margaux, Château Lynch-Bages, and Domaine Leroy Burgundy — a name that alone signals this list is playing at a different level than most island restaurants. Italy shows up credibly with Gaja Barbaresco rounding out the depth. The gap is everywhere outside these three regions — if you're hunting Iberian bottles or anything from the Southern Hemisphere, you're on your own.

Twenty to thirty-five options by the glass puts Stake in serious territory for a chophouse — most steakhouses hand you eight Cabs and call it a day. Pours run $14 to $28, which tracks for the neighborhood and the caliber of wine. Whether the rotation stays fresh or calcifies into the same safe lineup is worth asking Courtney Griffin, the sommelier on staff, when you sit down.