Substantial international wine list: some bottles in the $30 range, more $40 to $60, topped with many pricey selections.
Downstairs, there's a more organised and pricier selection plus a vinyl record store, a coffee bar, event space and puffy sofas to sit on, but upstairs is also home to a crochet store, art installations and endless winding corridors and corners that are filled with ceiling-high shelves of books.
Kōenji is also a hub for vintage clothing shops: from Yakusoku's baby-pink frills to the pricier selection of high-end menswear in Kissmet and its brother store Laugh, where Dries van Noten trenchcoats share the racks with rare knits from Yves Saint Laurent and Comme des Garçons.
The vast pan-Asian menu includes foie gras with tuna sauce, rack of lamb in coffee sauce, wasabi prawns and a long, pricey wine selection.
Ixora offers an extensive list of teas, including two pricey white selections, peony and silver needle.
WINE AND BEER -- Large wine list ranges from the moderate to pricey; a rotating selection of specialty drinks, like the Nutty Irishman.
Though much of the selection was pricey, I found a bunch of $1 "twig pencils" — colored pencils made from actual tree branches, for my artistic nephew Grady.
Of 29 East End chardonnays that Tom Matthews, the executive editor, reviews, only one, Wölffer Estate's '98 Estate Selection, was pricier ($28) than Sherwood House's.
Even some pricier restaurants offer a selection of cheap eats during happy hours.
