Arriving soon to Parrish Street: Eve. A woman-owned, plant draped lounge and gathering space.
We’re building Eve to be more than a bar. A low-lit jewel box of a room thick with shadow and green, where vines creep and leaves spill. A modern garden after dark. A place to gather, rest, conspire and celebrate. For slow confessions and late nights, for delighting, reveling, and becoming.
Out back, our alley will offer a secret garden: lush, tangled, and softly glowing. =Tables tucked under fronds and branches, candles flickering at dusk, the city humming just beyond the hedge. A pocket of calm with a little bite.
The menu will be tight and seasonal: a sharp drink list, local brews. Cocktails and zero-proof offerings grown from the garden - herbs bruised, florals steeped, something bitter, something sweet. Teas and coffees, local goodies and small bites: nourishment meant to keep you lingering. Through the space you’ll find a curated selection of books, textiles, objects, art, potted plants, and weekly house-made bouquets of local flowers and herbs. Plenty of things to touch, take, and tend.
We’re aiming to open Eve daily, from afternoon (for reading and working and meeting) to evening. The space will shift with the night, bending to private rituals and wild celebrations: chef-driven pop-ups, artist showcases, listening parties, book clubs, even midnight screenings. A pot of tea for dreaming and scheming. A glass raised before dinner. A lush, jungle cocktail before the dance floor turns just the right amount of feral. Whatever temptation brings you through the door, there’s room for it here.
Give us a little time.
We’re making something worth slipping into.
the moodboard.
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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