Be bold. Be cheap. Drink wine.

RecessionGirl loves to drink wine, but hates to spend too much. Here’s a toast to the five dollar glass.

The Jake Walk

http://www.thejakewalk.com/

The $5 Montepulciano and $5 Domaine De La Batardiere experience made RecessionGirl feel quasi-fancy. The Jake Walk serves in apple shaped wine glasses that let you get all of your senses involved in the wine experience. In terms of economy, this type of glass may tend to reduce the amount of wine you consume because it easily solicits your sense of smell, whereas drinking wine in the Italian-style, high-ball glass tends to induce more consumption as it misses your nose. RecessionGirl says, consume less, save more.

Joya

http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/35693129/brooklyn_ny/joya.html

The $5 wine by the glass here is hands-down the heaviest pour in all of Cobble Hill. This is consistent and encouraged by the management, I think. Again. I’d like to stress that by volume, this is without question, the most vino for your buck in The Hill. So what that it’s Yellow Tail. I don’t care. Neither does my wallet. If you want more sophisticated wine reviews regarding more upscale brands, RecessionGirl recommends getting down with OPB (Other People’s Blogs). Like James Carville said: “It’s the economy stupid.” Paper cuts rock. Cheap trumps labels. I’m drinking Yellow Tail and I’m lovin it.

The Boat

http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/review/11351710

The $5 glass of house wine here tastes a little bit like a $3 glass. I like to romanticize dive bars as places of retreat that guarantee big bargains and I just wish I was getting a better deal. $5 meets the mark, but I wanna give you a heads up that it tastes quite similar to a $3 glass. Having said that, if they actually carried a $3 glass, I wouldn’t drink anywhere else for the rest of the season. Cash is a King that I obey. Just a pipe dream that I would like to extend to the universe. And also maybe the managing partners of The Boat. Outrageous I know. But so is this recession. Kudos to the Boat anyway for making the list for the $5 glass.

Miriam

http://www.miriamrestaurant.com/live/

Miriam is a fantastic place to get your wine on and keep your wallet in tact. For those of you who haven’t been let in on the not-so-secret secret, Miriam features ½ price bottles of wine on Monday and Tuesday nights. The lowest priced bottle is $20 dollars, which is $10 on discount days. If you are two or more people, you can have a good time and not break the bank. RecessionGirl was sad to see that the Court Street location was recently closed, but the Park Slope location offers the same deal.

Harry Bolands Pub

http://www.yelp.com/biz/harry-bolands-pub-brooklyn

Harry Bolands wins the prize for cheapest glass of wine so far. They sport a $4.50 glass. This might be the closest thing to true love RecessionGirl has encountered. The wine doesn’t taste so good, but at $4.50, it definitely isn’t bad.

Be bold. Be cheap. Drink wine.

And Always Remember:

***No matter how broke she finds herself, RecessionGirl always tips a minimum of 20% for table service of food items and a minimum of $1 per drink ordered at the bar. She recommends you do the same. It’s industry standard, spreads good karma, and more importantly, it might solicit a free drink for you going forward. And RecessionGirl knows the joy of a freebie. We might be broke, but we are defiantly not rude. Servers should be respected via cash contributions and if we can’t swing it, maybe we should opt for nights at home until sufficient funds clear for appropriate tipping. It is completely unacceptable not to pay for services rendered in a drinking or dining establishment. Please don’t fake foreign accents in an effort to slip through the gratuity cracks. Just not cool. RecessionGirl loves you and knows you’ll do the right thing regardless of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Kudos Brooklynites. We’re gonna get through this.