Ritual Zero Proof in Los Angeles, CA

Melrose Umbrella Co. is a post-Prohibition-themed craft cocktail bar at 7465 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District, open since 2013 from owners Zach Patterson and Austin Melrose. The room is built from salvage: an 1890s fireplace facing an arched ceiling covered in New York City subway tile, and a massive 1920s wooden apothecary cabinet shipped from the East Coast and retrofitted as the back bar, with a string-lit heated patio behind. Its non-alcoholic offering is a genuine nine-item menu across two printed sections. Under "Non-Alcoholic Cocktails" sit five at $15: Not Even Smashed (Ritual zero-proof whiskey, blackberry, mint, lemon, elderflower tonic), the Pa-No-Ma (Ritual zero-proof tequila, prickly pear, green apple, ruby red grapefruit), the Keto Pepino (Ritual zero-proof gin, cucumber, lime, monkfruit, celery salt), The Valet (Pathfinder, Pentire Coastal Spritz, Seedlip Garden 108, orange), and a canned Piña Margarita or Negroni. Under "Non-Alcoholic Beers, Bubbles & Beyond" sit four cans at $7, including Athletic's Run Wild IPA and Deschutes' organic Kernza Golden. Open from noon, closed Mondays; reservations via Resy.

Nativo is a modern Mexican cantina on York Boulevard in Highland Park, owned by Gabriel Paredes and Corrissa Hernandez, who also run Xelas in Boyle Heights. It is a licensed bar built around agave, rum and cerveza artesanal, and it carries one of the deepest standing zero-proof lists in Los Angeles: a titled Zero Proof Cocktails section with six named builds, all made with zero percent alcohol. The list runs a Margarita Mocktail on Ritual Zero tequila with orange cordial, lime, agave and housemade Tajin salt; a Zero Proof Pina Colada; a Paloma Mocktail; a Zero Proof Mojito; a Zero Proof Whiskey Sour with egg whites; and a Zero Proof Penicillin finished with a smoky botanical mist spray. Open to 2am on Friday and Saturday.

Broken Shaker is the rooftop bar on top of the Freehand Hotel in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles, a James Beard Award finalist and winner of Tales of the Cocktail's Best American Hotel Bar. It is licensed, and its LA drink menu carries a dedicated Beer, Wine and Spirit Free tab plus a titled Mocktails section priced at $14: the Verbena Spritz with tangerine, lemongrass, lime leaf and lemon; Violet Thems, marked non-alcoholic and built on Ritual tequila alternative with lavender butterfly-pea orgeat, vanilla and spritz; and Call Me Mother, on Ritual gin alternative with guava, rose water, house-made lemonade and quinine. The rooftop has a pool, palms and sunset views over Downtown, with DJ sets on Friday and Saturday nights.

Zero Lounge is a Y2K-themed bar off Hollywood Boulevard, open Wednesday to Sunday from 7pm and running to 2am at weekends. It is licensed, and its menu carries a titled Mocktails section alongside the cocktails: Tamagotchi Tea, made with green tea, hibiscus syrup, lemon and agave; the Saved By the Bell-ini, built on Ritual non-alcoholic gin with peach puree, agave and soda water; and Slime Time, with lime juice, agave, cucumber, mint and ginger. The room is decorated with Furbies and neon, the DJ booth is built to look like a teenager's bedroom, and the programming runs to trivia, karaoke and DJ sets. Happy hour runs 7pm to 10pm daily. The Infatuation reviewed it in 2025.