Ritual Zero Proof in San Francisco, CA

Trick Dog is a cocktail bar at 3010 20th Street in the Mission, opened in 2013 by Josh Harris and known for elaborately designed, fully themed drink menus that the team reinvents roughly every six months. Harris is sober, and the bar deliberately integrates zero-proof drinks into the same menu sections, with the same creative names, as the full-proof list rather than isolating them as a separate category — so a non-drinker gets the identical ordering experience. Past alcohol-free builds include Puppy Pose, a creamy green milk punch with wheatgrass, yogurt and non-alcoholic spirits, and the Wydah, built on Ritual Tequila Alternative and Wilfred's aperitif. Trick Dog was named Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2025 Spirited Awards and has twice won World's Best Cocktail Menu.

Wildseed is a 100% plant-based restaurant on the corner of Union and Buchanan in Cow Hollow, serving a Mediterranean-leaning menu of shareable plates, mezze, and pizzas. Its bar treats non-alcoholic drinks as a real category rather than an afterthought: a dedicated mocktail list and a "0% ABV" refreshments section appear right on the cocktail menu. Zero-proof builds lean on NA spirits and house ingredients — fresh juices, shrubs, kombuchas, and homemade extracts — including a Negroni AF (NA Ritual gin, melati amaro, house aperitivo, orange), a Love & Lavender (NA Ritual gin, lavender, butterfly pea tea, Wilderton citrus, fee foam), an NA Spicy Pineapple Margarita (jalapeño-infused NA tequila, pineapple, lime, Tajín), and a Serenity Spritz. Lower-effort options include Charcoal Lemonade, Koast Kombucha, house sodas, and cold-pressed juices, making it a dependable spot for an alcohol-free dinner out.

The Barnes is the restaurant and bar on Powell Street inside the Union Square hotel of the same name, open daily from 5pm to 11pm. Its beverage menu carries a named non-alcoholic section of three built cocktails priced at $16, the same as most of the alcoholic list: a Non-Alcoholic Negroni made with Ritual zero-proof gin, Lyre's Italian Spritz and orange; Your NA Poolside, combining Lyre's Italian Spritz with Ritual agave blanco, lime and almond syrup; and Never Been Kissed, built on Seedlip Spice with lime, hibiscus, ginger beer and mint. Athletic Brewing's Run Wild IPA is stocked at $8 alongside a non-alcoholic Asahi. The kitchen runs shareable plates, a superfood salad, burgers and steak frites.

Comstock Saloon is a North Beach bar on Columbus Avenue built in the style of a nineteenth-century San Francisco saloon, with a long mahogany bar, a classics-led cocktail list and a kitchen serving through the evening. Its non-alcoholic drinks sit in a dedicated section of the printed menu and are made to the same specifications as the full-proof list. Five are named: the Torino Spritz, with Martini & Rossi Floreale, non-alcoholic sparkling wine and seltzer; the No-No Nogroni, built on Lyre's gin, Giffard aperitif and a house kombucha standing in for vermouth; Sbagliato Sbagliato, the same kombucha vermouth with NA sparkling wine and Giffard aperitif; Spruce Goose, with Pathfinder, black tea, Giffard aperitif and lemon; and Freebird, with Ritual rum, Giffard aperitif, pineapple and lime.

Third Rail is a cocktail bar on 20th Street in Dogpatch, known for craft drinks served alongside house-made jerky. Its approach to alcohol-free drinking is unusually practical: rather than confining zero-proof options to a short list, the bar marks individual cocktails on the main menu as available as non-alcoholic, so the same builds are offered either way. Four of the shaken drinks carry that note, including the Yuzu Cute with elderflower, yuzu, pineapple, lemon and mint, the grapefruit-and-elderflower Pawloma, the house Third Rail with lemon, honey and orange bitters, and the smoky Evil Twin. The menu also lists one purpose-built zero-proof cocktail, Dragonfly, made with Ritual Zero Proof tequila, butterfly pea flower, agave, lime and clove.