The three owners call it an 'experimental wine bar' and its first event is tonight offering Fried Chicken and Champagne.

Fortnight Wine Bar has opened at 79 Dorrance St., Providence, with 35 seats and a promise of wines made by real people with minimal chemical or technological interference.

It may sound more like a restaurant on "Portlandia" as Fortnight's three owners, Elizabeth McDonnell, Mike da Cruz, and Chris Norris-LeBlanc, say they have designed the wine bar as a workers’ cooperative.

"Beyond fair compensation for their time, profits from Fortnight will be recycled back to the broader project of building sibling cooperatives in other areas," a press release reported. It also said "Fortnight is a casual, experimental wine bar driven by a love for all things delicious and well made."

Tonight it hosts its first special event called Fried Chicken & Champagne from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. A la carte sparkling wines will be offered but the special is $18 for chicken and a tasting of four wines. Beer is also on the menu.

The menu will offer pickles and brines, braises, rillettes, cured and smoked foods. "We’re dedicated to keeping prices low, even for the good stuff,” said Norris-LeBlanc in the announcing press release.

The wine bar is at the corner of Weybosset Street, in the space that once housed Aruba Steve’s. The owners designed and built their new space with a floor made from repurposed slate roof shingles, and two large communal tables made from old growth pine floorboards and an old mill fire door.

It's open daily from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. It's location makes it perfect for a cocktail bar crawl that includes the nearby Dorrance, The Eddy and the Rooftop at the Providence G. Dec. 21 is billed as "Cocktail Night" on a list of special events.

Learn more on their Facebook page at Fortnight Wine Bar, at fortnightpvd.com or by calling (401) 572-3355.