by Jameelah Mullen
August 29, 2025
The sibling-owned institution opened in 2021.
USA At present topped 1010 Wine and Occasions because the Finest Wine Bar in America 2025. Situated in Inglewood, California, the posh institution is the primary and solely Black lady–owned wine bar in Inglewood.
Situated on the intersection of La Brea and Centinela, the wine bar boasts the most important number of Black-owned manufacturers, together with Taraji P. Henson’s Seven Daughters wine and Issa Rae’s Viarae Prosecco.
USA At present praised the institution for its broad number of wines and its meals menu, which provides fusion dishes impressed by the diaspora, reminiscent of black-eyed pea fritters, fried fish, champagne waffles, and rooster wings, in addition to Nigerian-style Suya beef skewers.
“We’re very grateful for it. We’re very excited. It’s form of surreal,” Le Jones, co-owner of 1010, instructed the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Le, a trademark legal professional, and her sister Leslie Jones, an occasion planner, opened the wine bar in 2021. The sisters mentioned they have been uninterested in having to go outdoors of Inglewood for an upscale wine expertise, so that they determined to open a enterprise within the metropolis. Jones mentioned they confronted challenges beginning a brand new firm on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“After we first walked into this area, it was actually arduous to think about it to appear to be what it does now. And so now the truth that hundreds of individuals have walked out and in of those doorways over these 4 years is a big accomplishment for us,” Le Jones instructed the outlet.
The Jones sisters bought the constructing and remodeled the ten,000-square-foot mixed-use area right into a hub for dwell leisure and occasions. The co-owners say they hope to encourage different aspiring entrepreneurs to begin companies locally.
Now in its fourth yr of enterprise, the first-place award acknowledges not solely 1010 Wine and Occasions but additionally the contributions of African People within the wine business, who personal lower than 5% of wine firms.
Folks outdoors the larger Los Angeles space can be a part of the 1010 Wine Membership. With memberships beginning at $130 a month, members obtain a curated number of Black-owned wines and revel in reductions on-line and in-store.
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