Bars with Non-Alcoholic Beer in San Diego, CA
Where to order an NA beer in San Diego without guessing: every venue below either lists non-alcoholic beer on a menu we've read, names a specific NA brand it carries, or is a brewery pouring its own. Draft is flagged only where the menu says so — cans and bottles are the norm.
12 verified venues · 2 with NA beer on a menu we've read · 2 breweries
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Herb & Sea is a modern seafood restaurant in downtown Encinitas, steps from Moonlight State Beach, opened in November 2019 as the coastal sister to Brian Malarkey's Herb & Wood (both run by Puffer Malarkey Collective). The kitchen focuses on wood-fired cooking and sustainably sourced local fish, and that seasonal approach carries into a rotating beverage program with a dedicated "Spirit Free" section. Current named zero-proof drinks include "Luke, I Did It Again" (hibiscus tea, strawberry, vanilla, lemon, soda) and a Pentire N/A cocktail offered as a spritz, dirty martini, or rosemary and tonic, plus Kollo single-origin iced tea; NA beer options include Athletic Brewing's Run Wild IPA. A lively beach-town spot where non-drinkers get composed builds rather than an afterthought.
- Run Wildnon-alcoholic india pale ale, athletic brewing co.,
- Bitburgernon-alcoholic pilsner, 0%, germany
From the venue's published menu, confirmed Sep 14, 2026.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Pure Project is a sustainability-focused San Diego craft brewery founded in 2015, best known for its ingredient-driven, hazy IPAs. Its North Park taproom on El Cajon Boulevard pours 20 taps in a tucked-away courtyard with URBN Pizza handling food. In April 2026 the brewery expanded into non-alcoholic beer, brewing two house NA options now poured year-round at all five of its taprooms: Grounded, an NA IPA built on Citra and Mosaic hops with lemongrass, citrus, and resin notes; and Sunsip, an NA blonde ale with flavors of fresh-baked bread, jasmine, and lemon peel — both below 0.5% ABV. The NA beers are made in-house under the same ingredient-focused ethos as the brewery's alcoholic lineup, giving sober and sober-curious drinkers a genuine craft option.
- Groundednon-alcoholic ipa with citra, citra cryo, & mosaic abstrax
- Sunsipnon-alcoholic blonde ale with hallertau hops
From the venue's published menu, confirmed Sep 14, 2026.
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
AleSmith Brewing Company, founded in 1995 and owned since 2002 by Peter Zien, is one of San Diego's flagship craft breweries. Its large Miramar tasting room — a two-story space with a patio, games, and a Tony Gwynn memorabilia museum — pours the brewery's own house-brewed non-alcoholic line alongside its full beer lineup. The NA program centers on AleSmith NA IPA (tangerine and pine, under 0.5% ABV, 75 calories) and NA Speedway, a non-alcoholic take on the brewery's iconic Speedway Stout with dark chocolate, espresso, and roasted-malt notes, plus a Nelson Sauvin hop water on tap — a zero-proof, zero-calorie option. The NA IPA has earned real recognition, taking medals at the California Craft Brewers Cup and the San Diego Beer News Awards.
Brewery taproom listed for its non-alcoholic beer — the venue page has the current pour.
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Good News Bar is San Diego's first dedicated 100% alcohol-free bar, opened in Hillcrest in mid-July 2025 with an integrated non-alcoholic bottle shop. The concept was created by married former bartenders Kaylee and Crystal Clark, who left drinking behind in recovery; since August 2025 the bar has been operated by its majority owner, Ality Richardson. It is named after Mac Miller's song "Good News" and frames itself around raising awareness of addiction and mental health. The house line is coffee by day, cocktails by night, community always: mornings bring coffee, tea, functional cocktails and freshly baked pastries, while evenings run "functional" cocktails built around adaptogens, nootropics, nervines, kava and hemp-derived CBD alongside "free-spirited" builds that reimagine classics with non-alcoholic spirits, plus apéritifs, dealcoholized wines, NA beers and cider. Signature zero-proof drinks include The Merry Go Round, The Woods, Deborah Downer and Goosebumpz. Trivia, live music and DJ nights fill the calendar.
Carries:Best Day Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Monday Morning is San Diego's first exclusively non-alcoholic bottle shop and tasting room, opened in Pacific Beach in late 2024 by founder Zane Curtis after he embraced a sober lifestyle. The shop stocks more than 500 zero-proof products — non-alcoholic beer (IPAs, lagers, stouts, sours, wheat), dealcoholized wine, spirit alternatives (gin, whiskey, tequila, rum), ready-to-drink mocktails, and functional drinks with adaptogens and nootropics — across 50-plus brands including Athletic, Bravus, Partake, Seedlip, and Ritual. A tasting bar lets customers sample anything before buying, with staff guiding selections. Curtis's business also handles NA distribution, custom recipes, staff training, and events, and in January 2026 it opened a second location in Ocean Beach.
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Monday Morning is a fully alcohol-free bottle shop and tasting bar in Ocean Beach, the second San Diego location from founder Zane Curtis, opened January 2, 2026 at 4967 Newport Ave inside the OB Business Center — on the one-year anniversary of the original Pacific Beach store. It stocks more than 500 zero-proof products: non-alcoholic beer, dealcoholized wine, spirit alternatives, ready-to-drink mocktails, and functional drinks across 50-plus brands including Athletic, Bravus, Partake, Seedlip, and Ritual. A tasting bar lets customers try anything before buying, and because the OB space is compact, the team opens the windows to serve the boardwalk. It's a genuine alcohol-free retail-and-tasting destination steps from the beach.
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
The Polished Pigeon is San Diego's second dedicated alcohol-free bar, open in East Village since February 2026 and describing itself as a non-alcoholic temperance lounge, coffee bar and social club. Nothing on the premises contains alcohol. The drinks run to three printed sections — nine functional zero-proof builds from $13, six house specials at $15, and six spirit-free classics at $15 including an old fashioned, a manhattan and a whiskey sour built on non-alcoholic bourbon — plus non-alcoholic beer and wine and a full coffee menu from eight in the morning. It is women-owned and queer-owned, and the calendar is as much of the offer as the drinks: live music, an open-stage drag show, a women's recovery group and a Sunday afternoon social all run in the same room. Coffee and the functional list are served Tuesday and Wednesday until four; the full bar runs Thursday to Saturday until ten and Sunday until eight.
Carries:Grüvi
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Callie is a Mediterranean restaurant on Island Avenue in East Village whose drinks list gives non-alcoholic drinkers three separate sections rather than one token line. Five N/A cocktails are priced at sixteen dollars alongside the full-strength list and built on named alcohol-free spirits — Pentire Adrift, the agave distillate Almave, the Scottish spirit Feragaia and a non-alcoholic Amaro Lucano. There is N/A wine by the glass from Lyre's and Leitz, and two Best Day Brewing beers at eight dollars. Every one of those is priced within a dollar or two of its alcoholic equivalent, which is the clearest signal a bar can send about how seriously it takes the category. The kitchen runs Tuesday to Sunday from five until ten and the bar stays open until eleven, so a drink without dinner is a reasonable plan. A four percent service charge funds staff wages and health benefits, stated plainly on the menu.
Carries:Best Day Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Cardellino is the Italian-American room in chef Brad Wise's group, on Goldfinch Street in Mission Hills, making handmade pasta and pizza alongside a bar that prints a Spirit Free section. Four entries run from a ten-dollar cantaloupe and mint limeade made in house, through Bella Vita on a non-alcoholic aperitif with orange and raspberry at thirteen, to Solar Flare at fourteen — aplós arise with lemon, ginger and turmeric — with Athletic Brewing's non-alcoholic golden ale at eight. The limeade matters as much as the two spirit builds: it is the one drink on the list for a guest who would rather avoid spirit analogues altogether, and it is made to order rather than poured. Dinner runs Tuesday to Sunday from five, until ten on Friday and Saturday, with a happy hour in the first hour of service. The room is small and pasta-led, so weekend reservations are advisable.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Fort Oak is a wood-fired restaurant in a converted Mission Hills car showroom, part of chef Brad Wise's Trust Restaurant Group, and its drinks list carries a standing Spirit Free section of five. Two are built in house — Adventura on the non-alcoholic spirit aplós arise with lemon, lemongrass, pandan and soda, and a NON1 sparkling served with salted raspberry and chamomile — and the rest are finished products poured straight: St. Agrestis' Phony Negroni, Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn golden ale and an alcohol-removed cider from Golden State. That covers spirit, aperitivo, sparkling, beer and cider in five lines, which is broader than most restaurant lists manage. The kitchen is built around a hearth and a raw bar, with dry-aged steaks, whole branzino and seafood towers, and the restaurant closes on Tuesdays and runs an oyster night on Mondays.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Rare Society is the retro steakhouse in chef Brad Wise's group, on Park Boulevard in University Heights, and its cocktail card carries a Spirit Free section of four. Three are built drinks: Fountain of Youth on a salted raspberry and chamomile sparkling with grapefruit and soda, Fool's Gold on a non-alcoholic Italian aperitif with lemon and a miso-ginger syrup served over a large cube, and Staycation on a white cane spirit alternative with pineapple, lime, orgeat, cranberry and mint. Best Day Brewing's non-alcoholic kölsch is eight dollars. What distinguishes the section is that it sits on the cocktail card among the classics rather than at the back with the sodas, and that three of its four entries are made to order rather than opened. Dinner runs nightly from five, until nine early in the week and ten on Friday and Saturday, in a room built to look like a mid-century Las Vegas steakhouse.
Carries:Best Day Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Trust is the Hillcrest restaurant that started chef Brad Wise's group, cooking over an open flame on Park Boulevard, and its drinks card prints a Spirit Free section of five. Two are finished products — St. Agrestis' Phony Negroni at fifteen dollars and Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn at eight — and three are made in house at eight dollars each: a grapefruit and strawberry lemonade, a honeydew and lemongrass limeade, and a vanilla whip cold brew. Pricing the three house drinks at eight dollars, against fourteen to eighteen for a zero-proof cocktail elsewhere in the city, is a deliberate choice about who is welcome at the table. Dinner runs Wednesday to Monday from five, with brunch on Saturday and Sunday from nine until two, which is when the cold brew makes the most sense. San Diego Magazine has given the restaurant awards for best brunch, best service and best new restaurant.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
NA beer styles on San Diego menus
Read off the menus above — the count is venues verifiably pouring each style.
NA beer brands carried in San Diego
Brands the venues themselves name — the count is venues carrying each.
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How we know a San Diego bar has NA beer
Three kinds of evidence put a venue on this page, and each card says which. The strongest is a menu we've read: the exact beers, the price where the menu prints one, and the date we confirmed it. Next are breweries — a brewery is in this directory because it pours non-alcoholic beer, often its own. Last are venues whose own menu or copy names a specific NA brand they carry. Nothing here is inferred from a review or a vague “great NA selection”.
“Non-alcoholic” is a legal band, not a promise of zero: under 0.5% ABV in the US, with “alcohol-free” reserved for 0.0%. The big lagers (Heineken 0.0, Guinness 0.0) are labeled 0.0%; most craft NA beers sit somewhere under 0.5%. We name the brand wherever the venue does so you can check the label that matters to you.
Draft NA beer is spreading but still uncommon, so we never assume it. A pour is marked “on draft” only when the venue's menu says tap or draft; everything else should be read as cans or bottles.
Frequently asked about non-alcoholic beer in San Diego
We've verified 12 places in San Diego with non-alcoholic beer: Herb & Sea, Pure Project, AleSmith Brewing Company and more below. 2 list it on a menu we've read line by line; the rest are breweries, or venues that name a specific NA beer brand they carry. Every listing shows when we last checked.
Usually not quite. In the US, beer labeled "non-alcoholic" must be under 0.5% ABV — a trace level also found in some ripe fruit and kombucha — while "alcohol-free" means 0.0%. Most craft NA beers (Athletic, Best Day, Untitled Art) sit between 0.0% and 0.5%; Heineken 0.0 and Guinness 0.0 are labeled 0.0%. Rules differ abroad: in the UK "alcohol-free" is 0.05% or under and "de-alcoholised" up to 0.5%. If you avoid alcohol entirely, look for a 0.0% label — we name the brand wherever the venue does, so you can check.
Draft NA beer is still the exception: most bars serve it in cans or bottles, and that is what to expect. We flag "on draft" only when a venue's own menu says tap or draft — none of the current San Diego listings has a menu-confirmed draft pour yet. If a listing doesn't say draft, assume packaged.
On the San Diego menus and listings we've verified, the most-carried brands are Athletic Brewing (6 venues), Best Day Brewing (3 venues), Bravus Brewing (2 venues). Each brand on this page links to everywhere else it is poured.