She began hosting non-alcoholic pop-up bars in early 2022. “And of course I was in the best city ever to try.” Credit: Quinn Myers/Block Club Chicago Non-alcoholic wine for sale at 2048Ī few months after the trip to New Orleans, Adams launched an LLC under the name Prāzbar (pronounced praise-bar). “It fit right in with what I always wanted to do,” Adams said. There were now numerous companies offering low or non-alcoholic options, buoyed by a burgeoning movement taking off across the country - and in Chicago. What Adams found, she said, was a totally new landscape for sober spaces and non-alcoholic brands than what existed in 2015. That inspired her to once again start looking into the “non-alc” scene. Years later, that dream was reignited during a 2021 trip to New Orleans with her aunt, who was looking for a specific brand of non-alcoholic wine, Adams said.Īdams and her aunt called all over the city and stopped by several different shops, but came up empty. But I had no money and I was young, and I just didn’t know. “I found myself at a point where faith was a big part of what I was doing, so I wanted a social space for the faith-based community to hang out,” without alcohol, Adams said. The idea to create a spot centered around non-alcoholic beverages first came to Adams in 2015, when she was looking for a way to create an outlet for people in her faith community. “So I said, ‘let’s do this.'” Credit: Quinn Myers/Block Club Chicago 2048 owner Quenjana Adams hopes to offer non-alcoholic wines from all over the world, including some not currently available in Chicago And I like to stand out,” Adams said in an interview last week. “I hadn’t seen a wine bar, or a wine shop, that was exclusive to non-alc wine.
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It’s the latest in a series of new bottle shops in the area catering toward non-alcoholic beers, wines and spirits.īut unlike Humboldt Park’s Bendición Dry Bar or In Good Spirits in West Town, 2048 will serve only low and non-alcoholic wines, all between 0 percent and. Prāzbar starting gaining traction during a series of pop-ups last year in Bronzeville and more recently in West Town, leading to Adams’ spot on Chicago Avenue.
is the first brick-and-mortar store for owner Quenjana Adams, who has been hosting wine pop-ups and tastings for the past year and a half around the city.Īdams launched her business Prāzbar in late 2021 after years of thinking about the best way to serve non-drinkers in her faith community. UKRAINIAN VILLAGE - A wine shop dedicated to showcasing low and non-alcoholic wines - including some brands not often found in Chicago - opens Friday in Ukrainian Village.Ģ048 - its named inspired by its address at 2048 W.
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