When you want a casual glass of wine...

[Pei]

What are your favorite places to stop for a glass of wine when you don't necessarily want a whole meal? I feel like I used to know a lot of places where I could stop in for glass that didn't cost over $8, or a half glass of something very nice. Now, not so much. The Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant is always available, but where else? Restaurants, wine shops, bars, or hotels all welcome.

[Robert Lauriston]

Cav, Terroir, Hotel Biron.

[SarahKC]

I'm going to second Cav. They have wonderful food and you can easily just get a cheese plate or a bowl of soup. It's also a lovely space to be in.

[vliang]

Second Robert's picks

[stomsf]

Yield Wine Bar!

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Yield Wine Bar
2490 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

[Calvinist]

In Bernal Heights, Vino Rosso

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VinoRosso
629 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA

[originalfig]

I second all the suggestions so far, and offer up two more:
- Uva is a stylish place in the Lower Haight, nice cheese plate, some salumi and salads if you're peckish and they never seem to mind if you're not...
- The wine list at Eos, that old standby, went through a rough patch for a while but rebounded nicely in recent times, these days there's always something interesting & delicious on the list. Plus the mushroom dumplings are insanely good, if they ever take them off the menu I will be forlorn.

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Eos Restaurant & Wine Bar
901 Cole St., San Francisco, CA 94117

Uva Enoteca
568 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

[Lori SF]

Every single one mentioned is good. A few more-
A16 & Bar Bambino Cafe and Wine Bar- for Italian wine
1550 Hyde Cafe & Wine Bar- good list and nice atmosphere
Pres a Vi- Impressive wine list, not so impressive food. Bonus if its not cold and foggy out early evening on the patio can be nice.

[Robert Lauriston]

A16's bar area might be a nice place for a glass of wine right after they open, but it's usually packed with people waiting for tables.

[David Wishart]

Yes to Cav, Birron and Terroir. Also:

District
http://www.districtsf.com/

Hidden Vine
http://www.thehiddenvine.com/location...

[Robert Lauriston]

Hidden Vine changed hands.

[SteveG]

And Terroir is on hiatus, rumored not to be reopening.

[Robert Lauriston]

The fire sprinklers in Terroir's building went off and flooded the place. They put everything in storage pending the (last time I checked) actively ongoing repairs. They did an event at Wexler's two weeks ago.