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Dream House Lounge is New Orleans' first brick-and-mortar zero-proof bar, opened in July 2022 in the Central Business District by Dr. David J. Wallace (Oba Yoko). It's a fully alcohol-free wellness lounge built around what Wallace calls "conscious cocktails," rooted in Black ancestral healing and mental-wellness programming. The drink menu is split into named sections — "Conscious Cocktails," "Shroomtails," and "Sophisticated Sips" — with house mocktails such as the Dreamarita, Lavender Dreams, and Dream Water, alongside canned Mocktail Club sips and zero-proof spirits like Cut Above. Beyond drinks, the space offers an oxygen bar, coffee and tea, small bites, classes, and an apothecary. It has since added THC- and adaptogenic-mushroom-infused beverages, so it is alcohol-free but not substance-free.

Wallace Dry Goods is Ardmore's first fully non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened in early 2024 by owner Robin Cummiskey on the Main Line at 1 West Lancaster Avenue. Styled like a traditional bottle shop — shelves of "whiskey," wine, gin, and mixers — it stocks zero liquor; everything is alcohol-free. The shop sells NA spirits, beer, wine, cider, mixers, bitters, syrups, and ready-to-drink cans, plus barware, so non-drinkers have the same tools to build cocktails at home. Brands carried include Ghia, Ritual Zero Proof, Cut Above, Seedlip, Lyre's, Athletic Brewing, Abstinence, and Mingle Mocktails. A daily in-store tasting bar pours rotating samples and the occasional craft mocktail, and the shop hosts classes and events. Wallace Dry Goods was named Best Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shop in Philadelphia Magazine's 2024 Best of Philly awards.

Bar Botanico is a plant-filled Lawrenceville cocktail bar with a strong zero-proof lineup built on NA spirits. Signature mocktails include the Cut Above Mezcal Sour (Cut Above NA mezcal, coconut water, lapsang, jalapeno, lemon, vegan foamer), a Seedlip Highball and a Seedlip Espresso Martini, plus Red Ribbon seltzer and house-made pops. It is frequently cited among the city's best mocktail bars.

Tucked into the lower level of Noto in St. Peters, Bormio channels the Alpine crest — Northern Italy, Switzerland, Austria and beyond — into hearty mountain cooking and one of the St. Louis metro's most serious zero-proof programs. The bar prints a dedicated non-alcoholic menu headlined 'Clear views.': five $13 signature mocktails built on craft NA spirits, from the Ash & Fig (Cut Above zero-proof mezcal, caramelized fig, lime) to a pine-laced Mountain Forager and an NA Espressotini made with Lyre's Amaretti. Best Day Brewing's hazy IPA, Weihenstephaner's NA weissbier and alcohol-removed Mionetto prosecco round out the list. Feast Magazine named the concept — then called Bacaro — its Best New Restaurant of 2024.

Coltivare is a garden-driven Italian restaurant in Houston's Heights neighborhood, opened in 2014 by award-winning chef Ryan Pera and partner Morgan Weber as the flagship of their Agricole Hospitality group. Known for rustic Italian cooking with a Gulf Coast perspective and produce from its own backyard garden, the no-reservations restaurant pairs its kitchen with a serious zero-proof program. The dedicated "Zero Proof Cocktails" menu leans on Houston-made Cut Above zero-proof spirits alongside Lyre's, in named drinks such as the Not & Tonic (Cut Above zero-proof gin, elderflower tonic, grapefruit, lime, mint, green peppercorn) and Et Tu, Brute? (Amaro Lucano Zero, Lyre's Italian Spirit, Topo Chico). Non-alcoholic beer and wine round out the list. Coltivare was named "Best Mocktail List" in the Houston Press Best of Houston 2022 awards, recognized as an early adopter of zero-proof drinking in the city.

HiFi at The Finn is a vinyl listening lounge on the mezzanine of The Finn, a chef-driven food hall at 712 Main Street in Downtown Houston. It opened in spring 2025 and is inspired by Japan's kissa bars — intimate, music-forward rooms where records and analog sound take center stage, with vinyl spinning and rotating DJ sets Wednesday through Saturday. Beverage direction comes from F&B director Terra Velasquez. The bar runs a genuine zero-proof program alongside its cocktails: house-made and spirit-alternative builds, several anchored by Cut Above zero-proof spirits, plus hands-on mixology classes teaching guests to make spirit-free drinks. Named mocktails include Tang, Tang, Taaang (Cut Above tequila, lime oleo, agave, house tangerine soda), No Speed Limit (Pathfinder Hemp & Root, Cut Above whiskey, black cherry, coffee), Kiwi No. 0 (fresh kiwi, citrus, crushed ice), and Pine the Time Away.

Jethro's Cocktail Lounge is a retro, midcentury-inspired cocktail bar that opened in April 2024 in a Montrose pocket bordering Midtown, in a roughly 2,200-square-foot space with lounge seating and a patio. It's the project of hospitality partners Russell Malixi (a Houston native), Wade McElroy, and Andrew Corbett, who also run concepts in Los Angeles. The compact menu pairs about ten cocktails with a smashburger, a plant-based burger, and fries — the food known for a value $7 smashburger-and-fries combo. Alongside the full bar, Jethro's runs a small but genuine zero-proof program built on real non-alcoholic spirits: four named house mocktails priced at $10, including the Watermelon Fresca (Cut Above zero-proof agave, watermelon, lime), the Botanical Crown (Empress 1908 0.0, honey, Topo Chico), Peach Blossom, and 9 Out of 10.

PKL Social is a pickleball-driven sports bar and beer garden in Houston's Heights/Washington Corridor area, opened in March 2024 on Shepherd Drive beside its sister restaurant FM Kitchen & Bar. In August 2025 the two concepts merged under the PKL Social name, and a 2025 expansion added golf simulators, four pickleball courts, 25-plus screens, and a large patio. The full-service bar runs a real zero-proof program anchored on Cut Above, a Houston-made non-alcoholic spirits brand. Press coverage of the venue's mocktails highlights the Pa'no'ma (Cut Above Agave Blanco, grapefruit, lime, agave), a Gin & Tonic on Cut Above Gin, and a spicy mezcal-style margarita with Cut Above, pineapple, lime, agave, and jalapeño, plus a house non-alcoholic PKL Cherry Limeade. The restaurant and beer garden are all-ages; the pickleball and golf-sim areas are 21+.