Eastside Beltline Wine Bar and Wine Shop Hazel Jane’s Closes Next Door to Cold Beer in Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta | Eater Atlanta

"Located on the Eastside Beltline next to Kevin Gillespie’s Cold Beer, Hazel Jane’s was a Revelator Coffee–backed wine bar and bottle shop named for Hazel Jane Raines, the first Georgia woman to receive a pilot’s license and a WWII WASP and RAF ferry pilot. I saw beverage director Melissa Davis (Staplehouse) and a knowledgeable crew build a regular following with nearly 150 wines by the glass complemented by small plates from chef Brad Morris; the lengthy list ranged from dusty old-world reds and whites to skin-contact and sparkling wines, hard-to-find bottles, vermouths and fortified selections, and they tracked customers’ sips via a “passport.” Hazel Jane’s ceased dine-in and patio service in late March and operated as takeout and a small retail shop until closing permanently on September 5 due to pandemic-driven financial troubles, a reality Revelator president Josh Owen said made it impossible to run the business as a gathering spot through takeout alone." - Beth McKibben