PROOF WAS A FANCY-ISH MODERN AMERICAN RESTAURANT FROM OWNER MARK KULLER AND CHEF HAIDAR KAROUM. FOUNDED AS A WINE-CENTRIC RESTAURANT THE WINE PROGRAM WAS BUILT AROUND MARKS VAST WINE COLLECTION AND ORIGINALLY TENDED TO BY WINE DIRECTOR SEBASTIAN ZUTANT. IT WAS A REALLY AMAZING WINE LIST BOTH IN ITS BREADTH BUT ALSO IN THE MANY INTERESTING LESSER-KNOWN BOTTLES THERE WERE. PROOF'S EXEMPLARY SERVICE WAS MANAGED FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE BY GM MICHAEL JAMES

 

I FOCUSED THE COCKTAIL LIST MAINLY ON DRINKS ENJOYED AROUND DINNER. SO LOTS OF APERITIF AND DIGESTIF DRINKS  BUT ALSO WINE-BASED COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS.