Our Mission
To create space that gives people the greatest opportunities to “lean in” to relationships around the basic premise that good drinks and good conversation are the best path to community.
Recent Press
The Dining Table Podcast | Reinventing the private club with Kim Bosse
Jan 26, 2023 – Much of the private club-based social experience has been defined by exclusivity. When Kim Bosse sought something more inclusive, she joined forces with a childhood friend to create Birch Road Cellar, a neighborhood-based BYOB social club. In this episode of The Dining Table, Manilow explores what communal socializing means, especially when it's not in your own home... listen to the full episode here
5280 Magazine | A Private BYOB Club is Coming to Denver
Jan 31, 2022 – Longtime friends Kim Bosse and Sharon Provins were sharing a bottle of wine in Bosse’s Chicago home one day in 2013, trying to decide where to go for the evening. Both women were in their 30s, and Bosse had young kids at the time, so they didn’t feel like going to a bar, but they also both wanted to get out of the house. As the conversation went on, they found themselves wondering: What if there was a private space where they could sip wine and enjoy each other’s company?... read more
May 19, 2019 – The location is the third for Birch Road Cellar and first outside of Chicago. The bring-your-own-booze club is intended to give people a new option for gathering with friends that gets them out of the house but away from traditional bar settings — “your best night out that feels like the perfect night in,” reads a tagline on the club’s website… read more
Fortune.com | Birch Road Cellar rethinks the private club
Nov 9, 2019 – Fortune/Naomi Tomky. Accessibility is hardly the word that most often comes to mind when discussing private clubs, but Sharon Provins and Kim Bosse, founders of the five-year-old Birch Road Cellar, aren’t shying away from it as a goal. Tossing out the old models that excluded members on the base of class, race, religion, or gender, and rejecting the idea that there needs to be a shared professional goal, the two women started the company to serve a personal need they had identified: a better place to drink... read more
Chicago Food Magazine | An interview with the founder of Birch Road
Nov 2, 2021 – CFM/Emily Larsen. Birch Road Cellar is a women-owned, BYOB, members only neighborhood clubhouse with locations in Roscoe Village, Lincoln Park and Seattle where wine, work, and community intersect. Founders Kim Bosse and Sharon Provins had a goal of creating a space built on an appreciation for the little things that make life great; conversation, good people, great food, and exciting drinks... read more
303 Magazine | Denver's newest BYOB Hot Spot
Jan 14, 2022 – Birch Road is a fun, collaborative, inclusive space for friends to catch up and let loose without the hassle of waiting in long lines at crowded bars — and it’s coming to Denver’s Highland neighborhood in just a few months...read more
WGN TV | Woman-Owned BYOB clubhouse with all-inclusive, come as you are vibe
Oct 26, 2021 – Chicago Scene/Tom Barnas. “…It’s 100% BYOB, there are no bartenders, there are no servers, our members think of this space as an extension of your living room,” Bosse said. “The club is always set and ready with everything you need. Pick up some takeout, we’ve got serving platters, plate ware, glassware, napkins. And when you’re done put it in the bus tub and go on with your night…” read more
Seattle Met | Private Club Inviting Seattleites to Come In, Stay Awhile
Oct 19, 2021 – Seattle Met Magazine. When childhood friends Sharon Provins and Kim Bosse founded Birch Road (a nod to the street they grew up on), they were simply craving a place where they could open a bottle of wine and talk all night. Somewhere that was “out”, but felt like a great night in. They decided to create their very own neighborhood clubhouse, and it turns out, other people were interested too …read more
Whisky Advocate | Take your whiskey club out on the town
March 24, 2020 – For clubs that wish for maximum free rein, establishments like Birch Road Cellar—a BYOB members-only club with locations in Chicago and Seattle—may be a great option.… read more