Martini in New Orleans, LA

Cure is an Uptown New Orleans cocktail bar opened in 2009 by New Orleans native Neal Bodenheimer on a then-storm-damaged stretch of Freret Street — a move widely credited with sparking the corridor's revival. It won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2018 and placed No. 21 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026. Alongside its acclaimed classic and seasonal cocktails, Cure maintains a rotating "Zero Proof" section. Documented spirit-free builds include The Tide Is High (orange syrup, grapefruit, lemon, cinnamon, mint) and the Gulfside (cucumber, mint, lime, peach bitters, sparkling), plus The Eureka, built on Martini & Rossi Floreale with verjus blanc, black tea, demerara, and Fee's bitters. Einbecker Alkoholfrei is the house non-alcoholic beer.

Jewel of the South is a French Quarter cocktail bar and restaurant set in a renovated 1830s Creole cottage on St. Louis Street, with a courtyard and parlour rooms. It opened in 2019, co-founded by acclaimed bartender Chris Hannah (a French 75 Bar veteran) and Nick Detrich; Hannah remains beverage director. The bar ranked No. 6 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 — its fourth straight top-10 finish — and appeared on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Its cocktail menu carries a dedicated "Spirit-Free Sips" section with four named zero-proof drinks: the Floreal And Tonic (Martini & Rossi Floreale, tonic, lime), the Faux-Groni (Lyre's Dry London, Martini & Rossi Vibrante, Bols Fluère bitter), the Blueberry Sling (Mockly Blueberry, rose, mint, soda), and the Tangerine Daisy (Mockly Tangerine, basil, lemon).