Seedlip in Milwaukee, WI

The Edison is an upscale New American restaurant in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward from the family-owned Benson's Restaurant Group, set in the ground floor of the restored 1914 Commission Row warehouse. Its speakeasy-inspired bar keeps a dedicated "Spirit Free" section on the standing drink menu, so non-drinkers get composed, named zero-proof builds rather than an afterthought. The lineup runs from a Seedlip-based garden cooler to a dessert-like Butterscotch Espresso Notini, and the restaurant is a featured stop on Visit Milwaukee's Mocktail Trail.

The Bar at Saint Kate is the art-filled lobby bar of Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel in downtown Milwaukee's Theater District, where live music plays nightly amid rotating gallery works. It anchors one of the city's more serious hotel mocktail programs, originally built with Lost Whale mixologists Daniel Beres and Trip Duval, and it remains a fixture on Visit Milwaukee's Dry January mocktail trail. The crafted zero-proof list runs alongside full cocktails, wine and beer, so it is a hybrid rather than a fully alcohol-free room. Note that the Bar has recently added intoxicating THC-infused sips, which are separate from its genuinely alcohol-free mocktails.