The Heritage Grille is now The Gramercy Restaurant and Lounge

The Heritage Grille & Wine Barrel on Heritage Links Drive in Wake Forest now operates as The Gramercy Restaurant & Lounge. The date of the name change has not been published.

The Gramercy’s website gives the address as 1228 Heritage Links Drive in the Heritage neighborhood, with the phone number (919) 435-0312. The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce member directory still lists Heritage Grille & Wine Barrel at that same address and phone number, with Ben Thomas as the contact. The restaurant’s website does not say whether ownership changed along with the name.

The restaurant’s OpenTable reservation page still sits at a web address built on “the-heritage-grille-wake-forest,” but on September 30, 2026, it showed the Gramercy name, the Heritage Links Drive address and the same phone number. The older Heritage Grille website was also still online that day under the old name.

The Town of Wake Forest’s new-business list, which runs from January through August 2026, has no entry for the Gramercy name or the Heritage Links Drive address.

Dining room, bar and lounge

The OpenTable listing describes three spaces: a formal dining room for an upscale dinner, a bar dining room for an informal meal, and a cocktail lounge that still carries the name The Wine Barrel. The Gramercy’s own website splits the business into two sides, the restaurant and The Gramercy Lounge, and describes the lounge as a place for small plates and signature cocktails.

OpenTable lists the cuisine as contemporary American, comfort food and Southern, with a business casual dress code, a patio and parking in a private lot. The website also offers takeout ordering, group reservations and private parties.

What is on the menus

The restaurant menu posted on the Gramercy’s website covers brunch and dinner, with sandwiches and flatbreads in between. It includes these dishes and prices:

• Brunch entrées run from $12 for biscuits and gravy or shakshuka to $32 for beef short rib and eggs.
• The “Gram” Croissant, with scrambled eggs, aged cheddar and applewood bacon, is $14.
• Appetizers include North Carolina crab cakes for $17, beef tartare for $19 and a charcuterie board for $26.
• The Gramercy Steak is offered as a 14-ounce prime ribeye for $57 or an 8-ounce filet for $60.
• Other dinner entrées include wild mushroom risotto for $28, a bone-in pork chop for $38 and lamb chops for $54.

The separate lounge menu leans toward shared plates and sandwiches:

• Bulgogi lettuce wraps with kimchi and gochujang crema are $16.
• Crispy pork belly bao buns are $17.
• Six chicken wings come with a choice of truffle garlic parmesan, plum soy or buffalo sauce for $14.
• The “Gram” Burger, with house-ground beef, pimento cheese and bacon, is $18.
• Shrimp scampi over linguine is $27, and steak frites with an 8-ounce bavette is $38.

The drink menu lists signature cocktails at $15 and $16, including the Garden at Gramercy with gin, lavender syrup and cucumber. Wine by the glass runs from $9 to $20, according to the website.

Hours, phone and weekly specials

The Gramercy’s website lists these hours for both the restaurant and the lounge:

• Tuesday hours are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Wednesday and Thursday hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Friday and Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The website lists no Monday hours. The OpenTable page gives different hours, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The phone number is (919) 435-0312.

The specials page listed these offers for September 30 through October 6, 2026:

• A three-course midweek prix fixe dinner is $34.95 per person, with half-price select wines, starting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• Draft beer is $2 off on Wednesday, and a glass of wine is $3 off on Thursday.
• Sunday brunch in the restaurant, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., has $5 mimosas and $5 Bloody Marys.
• Bottles of wine are half off in the lounge on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Well drinks are $6 on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Separate from the golf club

The Gramercy’s Heritage Links Drive address is different from that of the Heritage Golf Club clubhouse, which is at 1250 Heritage Club Avenue, according to the club’s Visit Raleigh listing. That listing names the clubhouse restaurant as 1250 Heritage.