Taste NY

Not impressed with the lack of graciousness exhibited. Overpriced wines. I bought a bottle of Spaghetti Red that was corked. Took it back hoping to have a conversation and hoped to receive a replacement bottle. The guy started shouting at me as I entered the store. He never let me say a word — just kept shouting and sputtering at me. Yikes! I won’t go back.

Overpriced (even for Grand Central markup standards) and a complete rip-​off. On top of that, terrible service.
I bought a 375ml bottle of Widow Jane Bourbon (aged 8 years) from here for $ 59. With tax, it came out to $ 64. Two other liquor stores in the area (Beekman Liquors, B&G Wine) carry this bottle for $ 38 and $ 45, respectively.
I thought I might have been charged a higher price accidentally. I know stores within Grand Central have major markups to offset their rent, but this was pretty significant, so I decided to call the store owner and find out.
I wasn’t prepared for the rude, condescending, disappointing service. He kept telling me that I didn’t know what I was talking about, that there’s no way people are charging the prices I quoted, and that if I came back into the store, he’d show me the price he paid for the bottle. He was really defensive about the fact that he didn’t mark up the bottle price any more than what other people in the area sell it for, which is just not true.
It was especially upsetting because I didn’t even ask for a refund, exchange (they don’t allow it, anyway), or price adjustment — I just wanted to know what was up.
Caveat emptor, I guess.

If you’re looking for a place to sit around and pass the time in Grand Central Terminal, skip the sketchy food court on the lower level and come here. Staff is friendly, the coffee is good, and there’s even access to free wifi (courtesy of Starbucks across the hall, haha).

Go here now!
you can get a bottle of wine from every winery and do a tasting for your friends,
I decided to do this review for the muffin I had! OMG morning glory! heaven on earth
healthy and delicious and you get great texture from top to bottom

Missed my Metro-​North train this morning and decided to sit down with nice latte– first got the croissant, which was great (so was latte!) Then I kept overhearing people raving about their muffins as I was sitting down reading my book. Couldn’t resist buying a couple as walking out and now I’m tasting them– can’t believe how good they are! Not too sweet and I can really taste the blueberries!
A nice touch in busy New York commuters’ morning. The owner (I this he was) seems very friendly and really treasure each customer as if they’re his friends. Thank you:)

Fantastic selection of NY products. Great beers, wines, syrup and treats. Lots of commuters stopping by to make their trip home a little bearable with beer and wine by the cup. Looking forward to coming back when we are in the area.
You should too!

Taste NY is one of three craft beer stores (not including the track vendors). The others are Beer Table To Go and Central Market. I find it to be the best of three for two reasons. The first is they offer a good selection of NY craft beers (they also serve a selection of NY wines, spirits, assorted cheese and crackers but I am only interested in the beer). Second you can sit inside the store and drink there on tap specials in beer glass not a plastic cup. They do offer to go cups that you can drink on the train along with a selection of cold bottle and can beers that you can also drink on the train. They are always playing great music and the staff is extremely helpful and can answer your questions. If you use Metro North you should stop on by.

Great selection of culinary delights from the great state of New York, yea! The staff was helpful, friendly and fun ppl. And they made a great Mocha-​chino! They are next to the NY Transit Museum and across from Star (bring more) Bucks and this was a perfect coffee. The barista even put a creative design on it.

This store has a few things in stock that I absolutely love and can’t seem to find elsewhere (which unfortunately means I will probably have to go back), but I was so upset by the lack of customer service I experienced tonight.
I managed to make it to Grand Central before 8pm, so I decided to stop in here, grab a pack of cider, and head home on my train. I arrived at the store at 7:56pm. As I am reaching out for the door handle, the sale associate starts locking the door. I say, «Oh excuse me, I just want to grab one thing.» She says, «No sorry.» Then I say, «I just want to grab one pack of that cider right there, I’ll be quick.» She responds with, «No, I already closed the register.» I ask, «What time do you close?» She says «Eight,» so I tell her, «Well I still have three more minutes» (it was 7:57pm now). She just shrugs and says again, «I already closed the register.»
Let me be clear. You close at 8pm — you shouldn’t be closing any registers or locking any doors before then. Also, they use Square (or a similar POS system) on an iPad to ring up customers /​swipe credit cards. You don’t «close» that and it would have taken me literally one minute to grab the cider, pay with a credit card, and leave. I would have been gone before their actual closing time! I guess this store must just be doing CRAZY business that its associates can decide to turn away a sale… Not cool.

Today is opening day and a fantastic day for Taste NY — Grand Central, and New York «Eating their own dogfood» so to speak!
Operated and Curated by the One Woman Winery, one of my two favorite wineries on the North Fork of Long Island and a tribute to the hard work of Claudia and Gabriella Purita, and fantastic wines that they produce.
Featuring all New York themed wines, beers, jams, chips, cookies, sodas, popcorn, cheeses, and the list goes on!
It’s conveniently located across from the Starbucks by track 36&37 at Grand Central Terminal! Stop by for fantastic NYS tastings of whatever they are pouring for the day!
THIS has been a review by Gaurav