eve.
tiny spot, wild heart.

Arriving soon to Parrish Street: a woman-owned, plant-draped lounge, venue and community gathering space.

We’re building
Eve to be more than a bar. A low-light, jewel-box of a room crowned by a canopy of plants, it’ll be our hideaway for slow talks and late nights, community gathering and organizing, for big joy and celebration. For all of us.

Out back, you’ll find our alley patio — greenery galore, tables for lingering and connecting at sunset: a pocket of calm where our little city hums just past the edges.

The menu will be tight and seasonal: a sharp little wine list, a few local beers. Selected cocktails sprung from the garden with herbs and florals. There will be have teas, coffees and local small bites, pastries and cakes + other goodies — enough to keep you nourished and lingering. And we’ll have a curated selection of books, textiles, decor, art, potted plants - and weekly, fresh, house-made bouquets of local flowers and herbs - for sale.

We’ll be open to the public each day (afternoon into evening), but Eve will also flex for anything from your private celebrations to chef-driven pop-up dinners, artist showcases to listening parties, community book clubs to midnite screenings. A pot of fresh tea brewed for dreaming up new ideas, a glass of bubbles with a friend before dinner, a jungly cocktail for an all out dance party: whatever your mood or desire, we’ve got the spot. Just give us a little time to make it beautiful for y’all.

Can’t wait to have you. Uma + Jay

who we are.

Jessica Breland is a business whiz, keeper of numbers, and our structural and organizing brain. In college (she played ball for UNC Chapel Hill), she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma. She beat it before moving on to a decade-long, decorated pro-basketball career in the WNBA and overseas - spanning 10 countries. Before retiring, JB started up, operated, managed and then sold the first state-of-the-art Wellness Studio in Durham. A North Carolina native, she's now putting her MBA to good use working alongside Uma to create events, soundtracks (she’s our in-house DJ), experiences and partnerships across the Southeast.

Uma Ramiah is a multimedia storyteller, event planner, community organizer and (obsessive) gardener. After years of experience in the media, music, art and hospitality industries in Southeast Asia, West, Central and South Africa, Latin America, and across the United States, she made Durham her home. She now works with JB to help chefs, artists, festivals, restaurants, venues, businesses and more bring their events, brands and stories to life.

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