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Trying to walk in at Barbette at 8 p.m. on a Friday night probably wasn’t a great idea, but we were lucky – only about a five minute wait for a place at the bar. Before the first course was served, we were offered a table, but the bar felt so comfortable that we stayed where we were. The big draw for me was the Beaujolais Nouveau menu, which the restaurant is serving nightly, through Monday. The whole Beaujolais Nouveau hype is a little silly, in my opinion – as is paying $8 a glass for what used to be