James Trees's Arts District follow-up to Esther's Kitchen — a Mediterranean wine bar that runs as an evening counterweight to the day-bright pasta room a few blocks away. Trees is a multi-time James Beard honoree and a 2026 JBF Best Chef Southwest semifinalist; the menu reads as Eastern Mediterranean small plates with a deep, mostly Old World wine list. The room is darker and more intimate than Esther's — built for an unhurried second glass rather than a lunch turn. For Trees's evening register in the Arts District corridor.