Cut Above in Houston, TX

A garden-driven Italian restaurant in Houston's Heights neighborhood from chef Ryan Pera and Agricole Hospitality, Coltivare pairs its rustic, Gulf Coast-inflected Italian cooking with an award-winning "Zero Proof Cocktails" menu built on Houston-made Cut Above spirits, Lyre's, and Seedlip, plus non-alcoholic beer and wine.

HiFi at The Finn is a Tokyo-inspired vinyl listening lounge on the mezzanine of The Finn, a chef-driven food hall inside the historic Jones on Main building in Downtown Houston. Built around a curated turntable system with rotating DJ sets Wednesday through Saturday, the room is kept deliberately quieter than the food hall below so the music stays audible. It opened in 2025, with Filipino-inspired small plates — lumpia, adobo, pancit — curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Cunanan. The zero-proof program is genuine rather than token: named builds anchored on Cut Above alcohol-free spirits, including Tang, Tang, Taaang with Cut Above tequila, lime oleo, agave and house-made tangerine soda, and No Speed Limit, which layers Pathfinder Hemp & Root with Cut Above whiskey, black cherry and coffee. The bar also runs mixology classes with a dedicated non-alcoholic option.

Jethro's Cocktail Lounge is a retro, midcentury-modern room on the Montrose side of the Montrose/Midtown line, opened in April 2024 by hospitality partners Russell Malixi, Wade McElroy and Andrew Corbett — the team behind Ma'am Sir LA, Horse Thief BBQ and the Arroyo Club in Los Angeles. Dark woods, geometric shapes and black booths pair with a walk-up bar and an airy patio, and the compact menu runs about ten signature cocktails alongside smashburgers and fries. Its zero-proof program is small but genuinely built on real non-alcoholic spirits rather than juice: four named mocktails at $10, including the Watermelon Fresca with Cut Above zero-proof agave, watermelon and lime, and the Botanical Crown with Empress 1908 0.0, honey and Topo Chico. Peach Blossom and 9 Out of 10 round out the list.

Zanti's River Oaks bar keeps a standing "Zero-proof" section on its permanent cocktail menu, not just a seasonal add-on: Berry Brezza, Mora di Zanti, Piccola Rita and Senza Fashion, built on Seedlip Garden, Seedlip Notas de Agave and Cut Above Non-whiskey (each $15, matching the alcoholic cocktails). Each January the bar layers in Dry January specials such as La Mora di Zanti, Marg No Rita, Panoma and Tiki Good. Houston outlets DiningOut and Click2Houston (KPRC) each named the zero-proof list in January 2026 Dry January roundups, evidence of a maintained program rather than a one-off.

Turner's Cut is Ben Berg's opulent, Gilded Age-inspired steakhouse in Houston's Autry Park, and its bar list carries a genuine four-drink zero-proof program built on Seedlip and Cut Above non-alcoholic spirits rather than an afterthought syrup-and-soda pour. The same $12 mocktails — Strawberry Rose Refresher, Spiced Pear, Margfreerita, and Kosnopolitan — are shared with sister restaurant Prime 131 under the Berg Hospitality Group's beverage program, and were independently confirmed by multiple Houston Dry January roundups.