Chefs craft traditional European fondues & more amidst exposed brick & wrought-iron lanterns at locally owned & operated Back Bay restaurant

• Expires Oct 6, 2012
• Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 more as gift. Limit 1 per table. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Dine-in only. Not valid for alcohol. Depending on option purchased, valid only for prix-fixe menu or fondue prix-fixe menu. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Not valid on holidays, Restaurant week & special event/occasions. Not valid for OpenTable reservations. Reservation required by phone. No sharing; Extra fee for additional guest(s) may apply.
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• $49 for a French meal for two with two appetizers, two entrees, and dessert for two off the prix-fixe menu (a $98 value)
• $55 for a fondue meal for two with one cheese fondue or raclette, five individual meat or vegetable items from fondue entree selections, and chocolate dessert off the fondue prix-fixe menu (a $110 value)

A common scene at The Wine Cellar: servers toting percolating pots of gruyere, emmental, or gorgonzola to diners, who in turn dip skewers of bread or potatoes into the steel cauldrons of melted cheese. This celebrated practice of submerging things into other, more scalding things isn't the only European tradition The Wine Cellar draws upon; its menu culls culinary influences from around the great continent, including France and Switzerland. In addition to sizzling up pots of oil or vegetable broth in which guests can cook their own beef, tiger shrimp, or rabbit, the chefs forge a spread of transatlantic entrees, including stewed beef Bourguignon and ravioli in mushroom-cream sauce. They accompany this transatlantic fare with an international wine list, which sports hearty reds and delicate whites from vineyards and grocery-store aisles around the world.

Although the menu remains firmly rooted in the Old World, the dining room evokes classical American aesthetics. Exposed brickwork and wrought-iron lanterns surround the tables, and two walls sport a hand-painted mural of a Boston streetscape.