Filet & Vine

In Montgomery’s Old Cloverdale neighborhood, Filet & Vine has spent close to three decades operating as a hybrid market, deli, and bottle shop, a combination that keeps neighbors coming back for a hand-cut steak one day and a bottle of wine for dinner the next. Founder Derk Lyerly opened the business in 1997 and welcomed the public in March 1998, and the store has grown steadily ever since.

The market side of Filet & Vine centers on hand-cut steaks and sliced Boarshead meats, alongside fresh produce, prepared casseroles, salads, and house-made seasonings that regulars use to round out their own home cooking. It functions as a genuine neighborhood grocery alternative for shoppers who want higher-touch meat and produce selection than a standard supermarket offers, without needing to drive across town.

The deli counter serves gourmet sandwiches, soups, and salad bar options, along with a popular “meat and two” plate that leans into classic Southern comfort food. With seating for 140 people, the space works as a genuine lunch or dinner destination as much as a grab-and-go market, which has helped it become a fixture for both quick weekday meals and slower weekend visits.

The BottleShoppe portion of the business rounds things out with roughly 15,000 bottles of wine and more than 750 beer varieties, a scale that puts it in a different league than a typical grocery store wine aisle. For customers building a dinner party or just restocking at home, the combination of a well-stocked meat counter and a serious beverage selection under one roof is a large part of the appeal.

The business has expanded twice since opening, now occupying more than 6,500 square feet with a staff of around 18 employees, growth that reflects both community support and recognition within Montgomery’s business community. The Montgomery Chamber of Commerce honored the store with its Emerging Thirty award in 1999, an early signal of the trajectory the business would go on to follow over the next two and a half decades.

Filet & Vine is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 6pm and Saturday from 7am to 3pm, a schedule geared toward weekday shoppers picking up dinner and weekend cooks stocking up early. For anyone exploring Montgomery’s specialty food scene, Old Cloverdale’s mix of market, deli, and bottle shop under one independently owned roof offers a rare combination that larger chains rarely attempt to replicate at this scale.

The house-made seasonings and rubs have become something of a signature for the store, sold alongside the meat counter for customers who want to recreate the same flavor at home that they might otherwise only get from the deli’s prepared plates. That kind of crossover between what the deli cooks and what the market sells raw is part of what makes the shop function less like two separate businesses and more like one continuous food operation.

Wine selection at this scale requires real staff expertise, and the BottleShoppe side of the business leans on that knowledge to help customers pair a bottle with whatever they picked up at the meat counter, or simply navigate a wall of options for a gift or a party. With more than 750 beer varieties on top of the wine list, the shop has become a regular stop for Montgomery residents building out a home bar as much as a dinner.

Neighborhood grocery trips, quick lunches, and dinner party prep all happen under the same roof here, which is part of why Filet & Vine has remained a fixture in Old Cloverdale for close to three decades. It is the kind of specialty market that residents build routines around, whether that means a weekly stop for the meat and two plate or a monthly trip to restock the wine rack.