Make It A Double: Cork Wine Bar and Hill Brewing Company

Over the past year, Ferguson has welcomed a wine bar and a brewpub. Both are positive additions to the north-county municipality, the sort of ventures that often wind up in the city or the better-heeled areas of the county. Yet both also raise an interesting question: Is it enough merely to sate diners' increasing interest in wine and craft beer? Click here to read more from Ian Froeb's reviews of Cork Wine Bar and Hill Brewing Company. Photos by Jennifer Silverberg.

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Cork Wine Bar in Ferguson, MO.

Inside Cork Wine Bar, owner Mike Lonero chats with customers from behind the bar.

Owner Mike Lonero pouring a glass of wine at Cork Wine Bar.

A flight of full-bodied reds offered at Cork Wine Bar. They are 14 Hands Cabernet Sauvignon (a 2007 from Washington), Sterling Vintner's Collection Meritage (a 2007 Central California Coast) and Navarro Malbec (a 2008 from Mendoza, Argentina).

Supporting local brewers at Cork Wine Bar.

A sausage pizza at Cork Wine Bar is house-made Italian sausage, piquillo peppers, fresh mozzarella and spinach on herbed flatbread.

Sliders - house-made burgers with crispy prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil pesto, grainy mustard, arugula and toasted brioche buns at Cork Wine Bar.