Du Vin – A popular downtown wine bar located a few blocks from Cop Central.[1]
Garnet DeWinter said it was a favorite place of hers – close to work, beautiful décor, great people watching, and excellent service, and her preferred drink was Nuage Rose, some sort of frothy pink wine. She also had a fondness for olive straws.
Larinda Mars was killed there in Secrets in Death.
Roarke owned it, and some of the employees included:
- Bentley - Bartender
- Emily Francis - Manager
- Cesca Garlini - Waitress
- Monika Kajinski - Bartender who appeared in Encore in Death and moonlighted at All Elegance[2]
- Curtis (Curt) Liebowitz
- Malory
- Sherry - Cook
- Kyle Spinder - Waiter
Before entering the bar, Eve thought it was a “stupid name for a bar,” but corrected that to “snooty French name for a bar” and called it “fern- and flower-decked” and a “trendy, overpriced drinking hole.”
“The bar itself, a dull and elegant silver, swept itself into an S curve along the facing wall. Mirrored shelves filled with shiny bottles backed it. On the top shelf exotic red flowers spilled out of black-and-white checked pots. Stools with black-and-white checked seats lined the front. An ass filled every seat while other patrons crowded in, keeping the trio of bartenders busy. The generous space, artistically lit by silver pendants twisted into floral shapes, provided room for high tops, low tops, booths, and the waitstaff, dressed in sharply severe black, moved among them.”
The music system lilted with some throaty-voiced woman singing in French, and “struck Eve as entirely too... everything.”
The restrooms were labeled Femmes on one above a stylized female silhouette, and Hommes on the other, with a male silhouette.[3]
In Forgotten in Death, Eve dropped Mira off there to meet Dennis and some friends for drinks.[4]
References:
- ↑ Secrets in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Encore in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Secrets in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Forgotten in Death, Chapter 20