If there’s any moment Amanda Atler will cherish for the rest of her life, it’s opening day of her dream wine bar.

She barely slept the night before. That September afternoon — between the ribbon cutting, the crowd standing in the sun, and striking open a bottle of sparkling wine with a saber — one memory stands out.

Atler was holding a tray of complimentary prosecco samples near the entrance when she got momentarily cornered.

“There were so many people,” she recalled. “There were so many people, it was amazing.”

In that moment, she not only saw how a once-distant dream of welcoming the community into her space had come to life, but also felt the pure joy that came with it.

“I was standing there looking out over all the people who were happy and excited to be there. They were with fami

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