Dry January in Phoenix: Where to Drink Alcohol-Free

Set in the historic Luhrs Building downtown, Bitter & Twisted is one of Phoenix's most decorated cocktail bars — open since 2014, and a top-ten finalist for Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It takes its zero-proof side as seriously as the rest. Alongside a dedicated spirit-free menu, the team says roughly 60 percent of the full cocktail list can be built without alcohol, and the bar has developed non-alcoholic versions of a dozen or so menu staples rather than a token pair. Named NA drinks have included the Nada Colada, the fizzy hibiscus-sage-cinnamon Miss Nightingale, the Rhubarb-Ba-Arandas, RUM DMC, an NA Pornstar Martini, and Hasta La Vista, Berry! — zero-proof mezcal and Martini & Rossi's non-alcoholic aperitif with a triple-berry shrub and soda.

A hidden underground speakeasy beneath Sip Coffee & Beer Garage in the Arcadia Lite neighborhood of Phoenix, 36 Below pairs a transportive, candlelit room with a dedicated 'Zero Proof' section of non-alcoholic glasses built with the same care as the cocktails. The menu rotates around immersive themes; on the current Midnight in Paris list every zero-proof drink is a $14 alcohol-free twin of a signature cocktail — Kiwi's Nest, Château de Chambord, Epernay, Monet's Garden, and Palais Garnier — built on N/A spirits, house cordials and foams. Earlier spirit-free builds such as the Artemis, Earth, and Foam on the Rim retired with the previous theme. DiningOut Phoenix listed it among the metro bars worth visiting specifically for a mocktail in May 2026. Entry is via the coffee shop above; reservations are advisable at weekends.

A Biltmore-area New American restaurant and whiskey bar open since 2013, The Gladly pairs a serious beverage program — 350-plus whiskies and a James Beard-recognized kitchen — with a permanent, menu-printed 'Zero Proof' section. These are crafted non-alcoholic cocktails built on real NA spirits like Seedlip and Lyre's rather than a token mocktail: the Hellfire works Seedlip Grove 42 with blueberry puree, orgeat, citrus, ginger beer and cracked black pepper; A Botanist Walks Into a Bar uses jalapeno-infused Seedlip Garden; Truth or Consequences is built on Lyre's Italian Orange with strawberry and grapefruit oleo. Phoenix New Times has repeatedly named it a go-to for alcohol-free drinks that are actually printed on the menu.

A fourth-floor cocktail bar above the Residence Inn/Courtyard in downtown Phoenix, Little Rituals was a James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding Bar Program in both 2024 and 2025 — and it treats its alcohol-free drinks with the same seriousness as the spirited list, with roughly 40 percent of the menu available without alcohol. Syrups, infusions and foams are all made in house, which is what separates these from sweetened juice. Named non-alcoholic builds include the N/A Paloma (spirit-free blanco tequila, seasonal grapefruit soda, key lime, sea salt), an N/A White Grapefruit and Koji Paloma, and the blackberry-lemon Big City Nights.

An upscale cocktail lounge on 1st Avenue in downtown Phoenix, built around the conceit of a fairytale garden and its resident peacock, Penrose. The botanical theme runs through the drinks rather than stopping at the decor, and the non-alcoholic builds are made from the same components as the rest of the list: Seedlip Garden and Seedlip Grove worked with butterfly pea flower, lavender and fresh herbs. DiningOut Phoenix listed it among the metro bars worth visiting specifically for a mocktail in May 2026. It opens Tuesday through Sunday from 4pm, running to midnight on Friday and Saturday, and sits a block from the light rail — easy to reach without driving, and easy to leave when the rest of the group is still going.

The downtown Phoenix pub from one of Arizona's most acclaimed breweries — and one of the few anywhere that brews its own non-alcoholic beer rather than stocking someone else's. Arizona Wilderness released ARIZO[NA], billed as the state's first non-alcoholic IPA, with bright citrus, balanced bitterness and a snappy finish, and donates 2 percent of its sales to the Arizona Trail Association every year. The taproom also pours Wild Water, a zero-proof sparkling water hopped with El Dorado and Mosaic. Founded in 2013 by Jonathan Buford and Patrick Ware and named Best New Brewery in the World by RateBeer within months of opening, the company built its identity on water stewardship in a drought state — its slogan is "Drink Like You Care".

Tucked into a historic 1890s brick bungalow beside Pizzeria Bianco on downtown's Heritage Square, Bar Bianco is chef Chris Bianco's wine-and-cocktail bar — and, in practice, the room where you wait for a table at one of the most famous pizzerias in the United States. Most of its non-alcoholic drinks pair Seedlip spirits with house-made syrups, producing layered, low-sweetness builds like the citrusy Vinifera Spice and the herbal Mariposa Milk. Phoenix New Times has singled out that Seedlip-and-housemade-syrup pairing as exactly what separates the list here from the sweetened juice most restaurants hand to non-drinkers while they wait for a table.

A wine bar and bottle merchant on San Marcos Place in historic downtown Chandler, at the southeastern edge of the Phoenix metro. It describes itself as equal parts wine bar and conversational destination, and its non-alcoholic drinks are made from real NA spirits rather than soft drinks: the Citrusy Glow is Seedlip Citrus with fresh lemon, and the Spice Girl works berries against Seedlip Spice. DiningOut Phoenix named it among the metro bars worth visiting for a mocktail in May 2026. Open from 11am on weekdays, with a nightly Rebel Hour from 7pm seven days a week, and quiet enough to hold a conversation in.

A gastropub in the middle of Old Town Scottsdale that has been trading since 2011 and passed its fifteenth anniversary in February 2026, Citizen Public House is best known locally for the Original Chopped Salad — and, less obviously, for treating its non-alcoholic list as part of the bar program rather than an afterthought. The spirit-free builds run on real NA spirits: the Gemini pairs Seedlip Grove 42 with butterfly pea flower tea, ginger syrup and lemon, and the Nojito works pressed mint, elderflower tea syrup, lime and soda. Phoenix New Times included it in its round-up of metro bars where alcohol-free drinks are actually printed on the menu.

The Scottsdale outpost of the Chicago steakhouse, sitting on Camelback Road with a bar and lounge that runs a daily Tower Hour from 4pm. Its non-alcoholic drinks are built from real alcohol-free spirits rather than juice — the Lavender & Luxury pairs CleanCo non-alcoholic gin with lychee, honey and a foam, and the Like a Virgin is a spiced take on a margarita. DiningOut Phoenix named it among the metro bars worth going to for a mocktail in May 2026. A steakhouse rather than a bar, so expect to be eating; the zero-proof drinks sit alongside a large wine and spirits programme.

An all-day cafe and bar in downtown Chandler, in the southeast of the Phoenix metro, built so that the alcohol-free options are the point rather than an afterthought. Maple House pours espresso and coffee from 7am and moves into a full slate of zero-proof cocktails — including a Seedlip-based Nojito — as the evening comes on, in a comfortable, living-room-style room that stays open to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Phoenix New Times named it Best Non-Alcoholic Drink Options in its 2024 Best of Phoenix awards, which for a suburban cafe competing against downtown cocktail bars is a genuine result.

A tiny, immersive below-deck tiki bar themed around an 18th-century sailing voyage, UnderTow is a Phoenix cult favorite — and its menu runs a genuine lineup of spiritless tiki drinks built with non-alcoholic 'liquors' rather than just juice. The house alcohol-free spirits are distilled by the Century Grand team upstairs and used across all three of its concepts, so a zero-proof order here is the same programme on a different base. The Shipless Sailor is the one to know: a rum substitute worked with cinnamon, clove, orgeat, hibiscus, lime and pineapple. Now under the Barter & Shake group, with a second location in Gilbert; reservations are essentially required for the cramped, transportive room.

A beloved neighborhood brewery on N 24th Street in central Phoenix, Wren House is known for some of Arizona's best IPAs — its flagship hazy, Spellbinder, took a Gold Medal in the Juicy/Hazy IPA category at the 2020 Great American Beer Festival. It also brews a zero-proof Non-Alcoholic Spellbinder at 0.5% ABV, built on the same Citra, Mosaic and Cascade hops with increased kettle hopping for bitterness and a dialled-in dry-hop ratio aimed at tangerine citrus. Axios Phoenix named it among the local non-alcoholic beers worth seeking out for Dry January. Note that the standard Spellbinder is alcoholic — ask specifically for the NA version.