Dry January in Dallas: Where to Drink Alcohol-Free

Redstraw Tea Bar is a fully alcohol-free tea lounge in Carrollton whose 'Tea Artists' hand-craft a menu of cocktail-inspired specialty teas built from fresh seasonal juices and loose-leaf tea. The named list reads like a mocktail card - Peach Bellini (peach black tea with lychee and mango), Grapefruit Punch (jade tea with fresh grapefruit juice), and a run of alcohol-free 'mojitos' (mango-lime, watermelon-rose, matcha-mint). It stays open until 11pm on Friday and Saturday, making it a genuine booze-free option for a late evening out, with everything made fresh to order and no alcohol on the premises.

Community Beer Co. is a Dallas brewery, distillery, and taproom-restaurant founded by Kevin Carr in 2013, now housed in a sprawling former ExxonMobil campus near the Design District. Beyond its alcoholic lineup, Community brews its own non-alcoholic beer under the "Nada" label — making it one of relatively few breweries producing zero-proof beer in-house rather than reselling outside brands. The Nada range includes a flagship IPA, a Hazy IPA, a Pilsner, and a Bock, each roughly 25 calories and under 0.5% ABV; the brewery also makes "Hop'd Water," a hop-infused sparkling water. Nada IPA earned a Bronze medal in the Non-Alcohol Beer category at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. The Nada beers are poured and sold at the family- and dog-friendly taproom alongside food from the on-site kitchen.

Anise is a pan-Mediterranean food and wine bar that opened in September 2021 inside the boutique Drey Hotel at The Village, a redeveloped community in central/NE Dallas. The kitchen draws from across the Mediterranean coast with mezze and shareable plates, and the wine program is the centerpiece — roughly 30 wines by the glass, 10 on tap, and about 135 total. Anise also runs a dedicated, named "Zero Proof" menu: five Lyre's-based mocktails — Eastside Story, Boogie Night, Disco Party, Footloose, and Soul Planes ($9 each) — alongside the Underserved ($8), built on sweet plum, ginger, and lemon with Fever-Tree Mediterranean tonic. With patio seating and a weekday happy hour, it treats non-drinkers to a real list rather than an afterthought.

Catch Dallas keeps a dedicated "Zero Proof" section on its cocktail list with four crafted spirit-free builds rather than a token Shirley Temple. The non-alcoholic espresso martini is built on Lyre's Coffee Originale with salted vanilla and coconut water, while the Watermelon Mojito uses Seedlip Grove 42 with fresh watermelon, mint and lime. Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn non-alcoholic beer is also poured. The zero-proof list runs alongside the same premium seafood, sushi and steak dining room the national Catch brand is known for.

Muchacho keeps a printed zero-proof cocktail section on its bar menu built with real non-alcoholic spirits, not a token juice pour. The Mock-a-Rita swaps hibiscus-infused Lyre's Agave into the house margarita, and the No-Fashioned is built on Lyre's American Malt with chicha morada and orange. Rounding out the list are the No-Groni Sbagliato (non-alcoholic gin, Italian rosso, rose water, non-alcoholic prosecco) and the herbal Serene-Tea (pear, green tea, grenadine, lemon). Dallas's DiningOut named the lineup among the city's best zero-proof cocktails for Dry January.

Uchi Dallas is the Uptown / Oak Lawn outpost of the contemporary Japanese sushi brand founded by James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole, which opened here in June 2015 as the third Uchi location. Set on Maple Avenue (with sister izakaya-cocktail bar Uchiba upstairs), it pairs hot and cold tastings, sashimi, and seasonal omakase with a genuinely built-out zero-proof program rather than a token mocktail. The current menu carries a standalone "Zero Proof Cocktails" section of six named drinks built on premium NA spirits — including the Zero Spritz (Crodino, yuzu, Oddbird sparkling), Mitsu Mitsu (Ritual ZP gin, rosemary, yuzu honey), Akabanaa (Ritual ZP agave, hibiscus-lime), and Jonetsu (Ghia, passion fruit, habanero) — alongside dedicated zero-proof beer (Athletic Brewing Free Wave, Best Day Kölsch) and Oddbird non-alcoholic wines.

El Carlos Elegante, Duro Hospitality's Michelin-recognized Mexico City-inspired restaurant in the Design District, gives non-drinkers a dedicated, printed 'Limonada Stand' section rather than a buried lone mocktail. The $9 zero-proof pours include Ace's Bell Pepper, Jamaica-Hibiscus, and a Pear Lemonade, made with the same scratch-kitchen sensibility as the masa program. CraveDFW singled out the Limonada Stand as 'a pear and hibiscus dream that doesn't skimp on complexity,' and the restaurant features the list for Dry January. It's a genuine named NA menu at an otherwise mezcal- and agave-forward restaurant.

Electric Shuffle is Deep Ellum's high-tech shuffleboard bar, pairing competitive group gameplay with a documented non-alcoholic drink program that includes house mocktails and Athletic Brewing on draft.

A Southern European-inspired restaurant and cocktail bar set within a shaded garden courtyard in Bishop Arts, Paradiso runs a documented mocktail program with five zero-proof cocktails built from house-made syrups and fresh-pressed juices.

Sixty Vines is Uptown Dallas's wine-on-tap restaurant with a documented zero-proof program: three dedicated NA cocktails by name plus a rosé, white, and red non-alcoholic wine list—all available year-round alongside 60 wines on tap.

True Food Kitchen in Preston Center offers a dedicated zero-proof cocktail menu alongside its seasonally driven food program, making it a reliable destination for non-drinkers who don't want to compromise on craft.

XOXO Dining Room is a pink-forward New American restaurant and speakeasy lounge on Ross Avenue in Dallas's Uptown/Oak Lawn corridor, offering a dedicated five-drink zero-proof cocktail menu alongside its full bar and modern American kitchen.

Fount Board & Table is an Uptown all-day cafe and grazing-board shop that keeps a dedicated "NA Wines, Spirits & Euphorics" section stocked with 20-plus non-alcoholic bottles to drink in or take home. Alongside the espresso and charcuterie, the retail wall curates alcohol-free wines, zero-proof spirits, NA beers, and functional "euphorics," making it one of the few Dallas coffee houses that doubles as a spirit-free bottle selection. The lineup is actively maintained — the venue's zero-proof menu category was refreshed in March 2026 — and the shop is run by husband-and-wife founders Olivia and Ryan Genthe.

Ritual, the late-night cocktail lounge that took over the former Alice space in Bryan Place in January 2026, gives non-drinkers a dedicated "Elixirs" section rather than a token Shirley Temple — four spirit-free cocktails built with the same intent as the full bar. The Elixirs were developed alongside the alcoholic list by Paul Ramon, named a Top 50 World Class U.S. Bartender in 2022, so they get the same modern-texture treatment (matcha cold foams, spiced infusions) as their spirited counterparts. The operating team frames the non-alcoholic program as a deliberate effort at "intentionality and inclusivity," not an afterthought.