Andrew Jacono and his son A.J. Jacono opened Bibliotheque in SoHo in 2022 as a hybrid bookstore-cafe-wine-bar where 10,000 books snake across walls and sofa backs beneath kinetic art and original pieces by Matisse and Calder. The wine list — Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2024 and 2025 — runs 700-plus varietals and 3,000-plus bottles weighted toward French and Italian, formatted like a novel in 14 thematic chapters (Short Stories, Romance, Art History, Fantasy). Evenings bring small plates built from outside vendors — Bien Cuit pastries, Murray's cheese, Hudson Valley Duck — sourced charcuterie and conservas designed to ride alongside the glass pour rather than headline. Time Out named the room one of the world's 10 most beautiful book cafes for 2025; no Michelin, no NYT critic's review, no chef-of-record — the wine program and the library room are the editorial substance, and that's the right register to come for. For SoHo's bookstore-by-day, wine-bar-by-night concept where the format singularity is the substance.