Owner Maura Passanisi hopes wine bar will become a community gathering spot.
Maura Passanisi is opening Mo’s Wine Bar in Alameda in June to showcase wine from women in the industry.
Maura Passanisi, the owner of Mo’s Wine Bar in Alameda, is hoping her new business will become a community gathering place when it opens on Park Avenue at the end of June. She plans to focus on wines made by women. You don’t have to like wine or be drawn by the opportunity to support an Alameda native’s woman-owned and operated enterprise to want to hang out at Maura Passanisi’s Mo’s Wine Bar.
“In Alameda, you could get a decent glass of wine at a restaurant, but they mostly closed at 9 or 10 at night,” she said. “I wanted to provide people here with what I enjoy: a glass of wine on a Sunday or a Tuesday night after work. I want to make Mo’s a real community gathering space.” “I did it because friends came back from another festival and asked, ‘Where were the women?’” she said. “Featuring women winemakers and producers has been my drive and focus ever since. Until the pandemic stopped it all. There was no way to do a festival that felt right. In 2023, opening a bar is taking way longer than I imagined, but I definitely want to bring back the festival and similar events for the bar.
Along the way to those goals, Passanisi is perfecting the beverage menu, courting a chef she hopes will turn out Mo’s rotating, seasonal food menu focused on fresh produce and directing the bar’s interior construction and design.
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