Women take over historic Sonoma County bar, want to bring back Cotati Crawl

Women take over historic Sonoma County bar, want to bring back Cotati Crawl

Cotati’s historic tavern 8 Ball is soft-launching Saturday under new management: a woman-led team ready to bring good times to the neighborhood bar. In January, Julie LaMalfa Black, Jenafer Keys and Audrey De Vere Hunt announced they had acquired the tavern, making it a woman-led and owned business. Their official slogan for the soft opening is “The girls are calling the shots.” Bartender Julie Black, left, worked at the nearly 90-year-old 8 Bal…