Ritual Zero Proof in Nashville, TN

Café Roze is an all-day café and restaurant in East Nashville's Lockeland Springs area, opened in 2017 by chef-owner Julia Jaksic (a longtime New York chef, formerly of Employees Only and Jack's Wife Freda) with business partner Eric Lincoln. The vegetable-forward kitchen runs from morning coffee and breakfast through afternoon wine and dinner, and was named a Recommended Restaurant in the inaugural 2025 Michelin Guide American South. Its beverage menu carries a genuine, clearly labeled zero-proof selection rather than an afterthought: dedicated "N/A Wines & Kombucha" and "N/A Beer" sections list a Lyre's Classico non-alcoholic sparkling, the St. Agrestis Phony Negroni, Walker Brothers citrus kombucha, and Athletic Brewing's Cerveza N/A. There is also a built NA cocktail, the Florentina Spritz, made with Ritual NA tequila, lime and grapefruit topped with the St. Agrestis Negroni.

Rare Bird is the rooftop bar and lounge atop the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville, perched on the building's 13th floor with views over the skyline and the Cumberland River. It opened to the public in March 2018, built around a "draft cocktails and uncaged spirits" concept in a colorful, design-forward setting. The bar is walk-in only and runs a daily "Golden Hour" happy-hour menu on weekdays. Alongside its full cocktail program, Rare Bird keeps a small but genuinely named zero-proof list that leans on dedicated NA spirits rather than just juice-and-soda mocktails: the Lemon Julip is built on Seedlip Grove 42, and a non-alcoholic riff on an Aperol Spritz uses Ritual N/A Gin with Giffard aperitif. A spirit-free "Daiquiri-Ish" rounds out the no-proof options. It's a scenic, tourist-popular rooftop where a sober guest can order something genuinely composed.