In 1946, David Martin, Jr. opened the original Martin Wine Cellar in half of a shotgun double on Baronne Street at the corner of General Taylor. As legend has it, the entire back stock of the store consisted of a single case of Canada Dry soda. Over the next 60 years, the little wine shop expanded into the premier purveyor of wine and spirits in the city, with a gourmet deli (turned bistro) that created its own identity as one of the city’s preferred lunch spots.

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