Ritual Zero Proof in St. Louis, MO

The Vandy, the Grove cocktail bar from the STL Barkeep team, opened in early 2023 and treats zero-proof drinking as a first-class program. Co-owner and beverage director Patrick Gioia maintains a dedicated Zero Proof Beverages menu: four $10 NA cocktails — Crimson Gimlet, Pack Mule In Recovery, Nojito and Alternative Expression — built on BARE Zero Proof, Lyre's and Ritual alternatives, plus Leitz dealcoholized Pinot Noir and Blanc de Blanc and Gruvi NA beers. Feast Magazine observed the menu 'has just as many NA drinks as it does tequila-based cocktails,' and Gioia's staff even teaches classes on making NA and low-proof cocktails.

Platypus is the eclectic Grove cocktail bar that Food & Wine named one of the 10 best bars in the country in 2026 — and co-owner Meredith Barry is one of St. Louis's most vocal champions of zero-proof drinking. The chalkboard list of roughly five cocktails rotates constantly, and the NA builds get the same culinary treatment as the boozy ones: recent menus have featured the Flibbertygibbety, with zero-proof tequila, star anise, bitter lemon, and a coffee reduction, and the frozen Jelly of The Month Club made with Ritual rum alternative. Kombucha and NA seltzers round things out amid pinball, live music, karaoke, and comedy nights.