Jojo’s Raw Bar & Grill

Jojo’s Raw Bar & Grill sits along Wellington Trace, in the part of the village further west toward the equestrian communities, and it is one of the few restaurants in Wellington built around late night hours. Doors open at three in the afternoon every day and stay open until two in the morning on most nights, stretching to three on Friday and Saturday, which puts it in a different category from the family-oriented, early-closing restaurants that make up most of Wellington’s dining scene.

As the name suggests, the menu centers on raw bar staples, oysters, shrimp, and other classic seafood, alongside the grill side of a typical American pub menu. That combination, a raw bar paired with a full bar and grill food, gives it a niche that few other Wellington restaurants fill, since most of the seafood-focused spots in the area lean toward sit down dinner service rather than a late night bar atmosphere. Jojo’s functions as both a place to get a plate of oysters and a place to grab a late drink after other kitchens in town have closed.

The restaurant asks customers to call directly for reservations, ordering, and job inquiries rather than routing everything through a website or app, which is typical of a small, independently run bar that prefers a direct relationship with its regulars over a heavily automated system. That kind of setup tends to build a loyal local following, since regulars get to know the staff by name rather than interacting with a corporate call center or app-based reservation system.

Given its location on Wellington Trace, Jojo’s draws from the western and southern parts of the village, including residents near the equestrian venues who want a late option after events wrap up for the day. It remains independently owned and operated, and its late night hours, seven days a week, make it a rarity in a town where most restaurants and bars close well before midnight. For anyone in Wellington looking for a raw bar and a drink later in the evening than most local kitchens stay open, Jojo’s is one of the few options built specifically around that time slot.

The suite itself sits in a plaza on Wellington Trace alongside Kontiki, giving that section of the corridor a small but distinct nightlife pocket separate from the more restaurant-heavy Forest Hill Boulevard area. Regulars tend to treat Jojo’s as a wind-down spot after dinner elsewhere, or as a starting point for a night that begins with oysters and drinks. The bar’s willingness to stay open into the early morning hours seven nights a week, rather than only on weekends, is unusual enough in Wellington that it has become a defining feature of the business rather than just an operational detail.