55 Degrees Wine Shop in Atwater Village

At long last, the time has arrived. I just received a bulletin from the Atwater Village News blog that 55 Degrees is finally opening. Hark, the angels do sing! Here's the brief note:

"Join friends and neighbors for complementary wine tasting at Atwater’s newest “wine cellar” on Saturday, February 16th, from 11am to 11pm. "

I know I'll be there...probably from 11a to 11p.

Atwater Village Wine Bar

In the continuing saga of whether there will be a new wine bar/shop going into the space next to the new Starbucks (should that even ever open) has taken yet another twist and turn. True, a pizza and wings shop is going in, but it is going in the back of the building, behind the H&R Block. I, of course, asked a man who wasn't so much as working on the pizza joint, but rather an investor or something, and he said that the wine shop was still going to open. If it ever does, it will go between the Starbucks and H&R Block...but not for another six moths. So, in the end, quien sabe?