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New restaurant/wine bar coming to Five Points
High Park Village in Five Points already has a star-studded lineup stacked with standouts like Timber Pizza Co., Seaboard Wine and J. Betski’s—but there’s a new spot poised to hang the moon.
Enter Stellar, a concept by local Mandy Tamplin set to bow this month in the former Taste location. No stranger to restaurants or Raleigh, Tamplin spent nearly 20 years as a wine rep around town before leaving and eventually opening a wine bar in Portsmouth, Virginia, with the same moniker as this new spot.
The oenophile purchased the space with Seaboard Wine owner Doug Diesing, who she met during her early days selling wine in Raleigh, and Daniel Willis. “[Doug] told me about this great place, Taste, that was for sale,” says Tamplin. “And we welcomed the opportunity to work together again.”
Diesing emphasizes Stellar will be a casual neighborhood spot with a cozy interior dishing innovative craft cocktails and modern American shareable plates + elevated comfort food from executive chef Tory Glossner that pull inspiration from across the globe. Diesing will also be curating an out-of-this-world wine list while Tamplin focuses on the food and feel.
“We really just want to be a neighborhood place where people want to come two or three times a week that’s very comfortable—and offers delicious and inspired food and drinks,” maintains Tamplin.
In addition to those, ahem, stellar offerings, the spot will host live music on the weekends as well as a BYO vinyl night to keep the vibes high. And in the not so far away future, Tamplin and Diesing hope to open a pass-through between their two spaces to allow for the likes of winemaker dinners and classes. Houston, we don’t have a problem with this news.
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