The Stranger, July 20th, 2006
BAR EXAM
If "cafe and wine bar" implies modesty of scale, Purple Cafe & Wine Bar defies expectations in the grandest way. The place is so vast, it practically has its own weather systems. Purple occupies the boxy space of the former downtown branch of University Book Store at Fourth Avenue and University Street. At its center is a two-story-high steel tower that functions as a gigantic wine rack. It holds 5,000 bottles, accessed by an exterior spiral stair. A fairy-tale princess could be comfortably imprisoned in this tower. Rescuers would be spurned.
If Purple sounds excessive, it isn't...
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