Best Mocktails in Chicago, IL
Chicago anchors the NA scene with In Good Spirits, a dedicated NA bottle shop running supper clubs and mocktail workshops, plus Prazbar, the city's first NA wine bar. Strong cocktail programs at Nobody's Darling in Andersonville, Kumiko and The Aviary in the West Loop, and Billy Sunday and Lost Lake in Logan Square round out the map.
14 verified venues · 4 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These Chicago venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- ★★★★★?
A World's 50 Best Bars honoree tucked in a River North basement, Three Dots and a Dash brings the same obsessive tiki craft to its dedicated mocktail menu that it applies to its rum-forward cocktail program.
Signature NA drinks- Sunday Scaries
- Honeycrisp Nombie
- Con Artist
- ★★★★★?
Michelin Green Star–holding pasta restaurant in Logan Square with a dedicated 'Spirit Free Treats' menu built on the same zero-waste, fermentation-forward philosophy that drives the kitchen.
Signature NA drinks- Mushroom Sour
- House Kombucha (rotating seasonal)
- Cranberry-Orange Shrub
- ★★★★★?
Arbella is a globally inspired cocktail lounge in River North with a dedicated six-drink zero-proof menu, dim lighting, DJ sets, and small plates — a full night out that doesn't require alcohol.
Signature NA drinks- Smoking Kills
- Secret Window
- Glad Matt Is Gone-Lada
- ★★★★★?
LÝRA is a modern Greek restaurant in Chicago's Fulton Market from DineAmic Hospitality, offering wood-hearth-fired Mediterranean fare alongside a documented non-alcoholic drinks menu that includes two named zero-proof mocktails and an alcohol-removed wine list.
Signature NA drinks- Halara
- Cypress
More NA-friendly venues in Chicago
These venues have NA programs but haven't published a specific mocktail menu we can quote — call ahead or ask your bartender.
What makes a great mocktail?
A great mocktail isn't just a cocktail with the alcohol removed. The best non-alcoholic drinks are designed from the ground up around the flavor profile, mouthfeel, and ritual of a craft cocktail — without leaning on alcohol as a shortcut.
The signal: named drinks on a published menu, fresh-pressed juices, house-made shrubs or syrups, bitters and tinctures for complexity, and increasingly an NA-spirits section (Lyre's, Seedlip, Ritual, Wilderton, and others) used the same way a cocktail bar uses gin or whiskey. The opposite: an off-menu "we can make something" with no specific drinks, defaulting to soda, juice, or sparkling water.
That distinction is why we rank venues by NA Program Strength rather than treating every "mocktail option" as equal. A bar that lists three named NA cocktails on its printed menu is doing the work; a bar that says "we can probably do something" is not.
Frequently asked about mocktails in Chicago
4 venues in Chicago serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include Three Dots and a Dash, Daisies, Arbella.
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