Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Bars in Denver, CO
Craft cocktail bars and lounges in Denver that take their non-alcoholic program seriously. Denver pairs Front Range wellness culture with a long-running, award-winning craft cocktail scene — so its non-alcoholic depth lives in the bars and restaurants that take zero-proof seriously. Williams & Graham, the World's-50-Best speakeasy in LoHi, runs a full "Temperance" menu; RiNo's Peach Crease Club labels every drink's ABV and builds zero-proof versions with equal care; Englewood's vegan Fellow Traveler even pours a house non-alcoholic Malört. Michelin-recognized kitchens (Beckon's course-by-course zero-proof pairing, Restaurant Olivia, Pig and Tiger's Taiwanese mocktails) sit alongside RiNo mainstays Honey Elixir Bar, Death & Co, and Nocturne. The fully alcohol-free corner is thinner — Kavasutra's late-night kava lounge on Colfax carries it — but the named-mocktail bench runs deep across LoHi, LoDo, Cherry Creek, and South Broadway.
14 cocktail-style venues listed
Craft cocktail bars with NA programs
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Honey Elixir Bar is a wellness-forward elixir lounge tucked into the art-covered alley behind Denver Central Market in RiNo, opened in 2019 by Jocasta Hanson. The bar's animating principle is 'rejuvenation over depletion' — by day, the menu runs cacao, jun (a fermented honey tea similar to kombucha but built on honey instead of sugar), kefirs, smoothies, matcha, and chai; by night, it shifts into apothecary cocktails and a full lineup of NA potions, all made with organic herbs, botanicals, raw honey in place of sugar, and adaptogens including lion's mane, chaga, reishi, mucuna pruriens, and Shatavari. The NA potions are unlike anything else in Denver: drinks like the Radiant Roots (turmeric, ginger, house-made jasmine rice milk, oat milk, honey, vanilla) and the Love Spell (hibiscus, blueberry, star anise, shatavari, damiana, rose, violette) come garnished with actual crystals — citrine, rose quartz, rainbow lemurian — and flowers including gardenia, pink yarrow, linden, and cherry blossom. The space is a retro velvet-forward lounge that doubles as a rotating gallery for Denver artists, with a retail section for local makers. Music event nights run every other Friday; regular service is 18+, music nights are 21+. Featured in Westword's January 2026 NA roundup and 5280 Magazine's restaurant guide.
Signature NA drinks- Radiant Roots (NA: turmeric, ginger, house-made jasmine rice milk, oat milk, honey, vanilla)
- Love Spell (NA: hibiscus, blueberry, star anise, shatavari, damiana, rose, violette)
- Rose of Venus (NA: Manly NA gin, hibiscus simple syrup, ginger honey, NOVA NA rose, lime)
- Cooling Embers (NA: organic cherry apple juice, chamomile, lemon balm, fennel, saffron, black cohosh, ashwagandha root)
- Chocolit (NA: cacao, reishi, lion's mane, chaga, mucuna pruriens, honey, sea salt, MCT oil)
- Honey Cream Soda (NA: rotating seasonal)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Death & Co Denver is the second outpost of the New York cocktail bar, opened in 2018 inside The Ramble Hotel in Denver's River North Art District. Founders David Kaplan, Alex Day and Ravi DeRossi opened the original Death & Co in a windowless Manhattan room in 2007, where it helped lead the modern craft cocktail movement. The Denver location is a multi-bar complex within the boutique hotel: the marquee lobby bar with 1930s decor and plush velvet seating, the DC/AM coffee and brunch bar serving 7am to 3pm daily, the seasonal outdoor Garden, and Suite 6A, a mezzanine lounge overlooking the lobby bar. The bar keeps a standing Zero Proof section on its Denver menu, currently the Vibe Shift, Porch Swing, Business Casual and Cap Gun, alongside non-alcoholic wine and beer. Opening bar manager Alex Jump, since departed to open The Peach Crease Club, is widely credited as a founding figure of Denver's modern non-alcoholic bar scene.
Signature NA drinks- Vibe Shift (NA: Seedlip Garden, Pathfinder, ginger, cinnamon, grapefruit, lime, NA Kolsch)
- Porch Swing (NA: Lyre's Pink Gin, Three Spirit Livener, Seedlip Garden, watermelon, white balsamic, lemon)
- Business Casual (NA: Giffard NA Aperitif, red verjus, black tea)
- Cap Gun (NA: Almave Humo, Lyre's Coffee, Three Spirit Nightcap, lapsang souchong, orange)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Poka Lola Social Club is a cocktail bar inside The Maven Hotel at Dairy Block in Denver's LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood, with a concept that blends art-deco elegance and Midwestern soda-shop nostalgia inspired by turn-of-the-century American soda fountain culture. Beverage manager Lexi Parker runs a seasonal cocktail program built around fresh produce — recent menus have featured ingredients like ube, lychee, snap peas, turmeric, and pink peppercorn-infused spirits. The bar maintains a dedicated non-alcoholic cocktail menu on its own website, which turns over with the seasons: the current list runs Water Your Garden (La Borosa non-alcoholic agave spirit, Giffard NA aperitif, herbes de Provence, lemon), Sandy Cheeks (house coconut cream, pineapple, lime), Walking on Sunshine (strawberry, honey, mint, lemon), and Rootin' Tootin' (sarsaparilla, molasses, wintergreen, star anise). The venue features live music, an alley bar that opens for warm-weather seating, and a 'Dealer's Choice' option where the bar crew creates a custom cocktail based on the guest's preferences.
Signature NA drinks- Water Your Garden (NA: La Borosa NA agave spirit, Giffard NA aperitif, herbes de Provence, lemon)
- Sandy Cheeks (NA: house coconut cream, pineapple, lime)
- Walking on Sunshine (NA: strawberry, honey, mint, lemon)
- Rootin' Tootin' (NA: house-made root beer with sarsaparilla, molasses, wintergreen, star anise)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Yacht Club is a 2021-founded neighborhood bar in Denver's Cole neighborhood, co-owned by McLain Hedges and Mary Alison Wright. The 'anti-club club' concept sits at the crossroads of upscale cocktail haunt, natural wine bar, and beloved dive bar — with hot dogs and dim-sum-style snacks rounding out the food offering. The bar debuted on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2023 and won the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award at North America's 50 Best Bars the same year, recognized for sustainability initiatives including fermentation programs that extend the shelf life of seasonal ingredients. The non-alcoholic program is featured on the menu under 'soft bangers' and has been covered in detail by Visit Denver's December 2025 spirit-free roundup (the Paradise Waits — green pineapple, Lyre's white cane, celery, lime, curry leaf) and Sober Bars Finder's Denver mocktails feature (the Friends In Low Places — Three Spirit Nightcap, Late Harvest Verjus, coffee, N.O.T. Chocolate Vinegar). The split-based, wine-forward cocktail philosophy that defines the alcoholic menu extends to the NA program: thoughtful, ingredient-driven, and far from the standard mocktail playbook.
Signature NA drinks- Paradise Waits (NA: Lyre's White Cane, green pineapple, celery, lime, curry leaf, salt)
- Freebird (NA: Pathfinder, bitter aperitivo, pineapple, lime, salt, soda)
- Coconono (NA: coconut cordial, lime, mint, sparkling tea)
- YC N/A Spritz (NA: Seedlip Garden, strawberry, magnolia, verjus, tonic)
- Suze Tonic N/A
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Retrograde is a retro-futuristic cocktail lounge hidden behind the freezer door of Sweet Action Ice Cream on East 19th Avenue in Denver's Uptown. Guests flip a light switch by the door to signal staff, then enter a dim room styled with mid-century furniture, cosmic detailing and cult films projected on the walls. The cocktail list is named after B-movies, and the non-alcoholic list follows the same conceit: the current board, titled "Invasion of the Pod People", carries four built non-alcoholic cocktails rather than a single bartender's-choice option. They are Forbidden Texture (apple custard, toasted sugar, aromatic bitters, aqua faba), Low Orbit (apple, orange, marshmallow), The Thing on the Rocks (American oak tea, pear core, aromatic bitters) and The Day the Juice Stood Still (clarified orange juice, cold pear, lemon, sobacha, soda water). Retrograde is 21+, first-come first-served with no reservations, and caps parties at five.
Signature NA drinks- Forbidden Texture (NA: apple custard, toasted sugar, aromatic bitters, aqua faba)
- Low Orbit (NA: apple, orange, marshmallow)
- The Thing on the Rocks (NA: American oak tea, pear core, aromatic bitters)
- The Day the Juice Stood Still (NA: clarified orange juice, cold pear, lemon, sobacha, soda water)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Lady Jane is a neighborhood cocktail bar on West 32nd Avenue in Denver's LoHi (Lower Highlands), established in 2018 and known for a menu that rotates frequently and a collaborative bar team led by general manager Stuart Weaver. Westword has described the non-alcoholic program as having "a permanent place" on the menu rather than being a Dry January promotion, and the current list keeps four built zero-proof drinks at a flat $12 alongside the spirited cocktails: the Grapehojicha Swizzle (Three Spirit Livener, Concord grape, Giffard pineapple shrub, pineapple, hojicha tea, lime), the Pineapple Nogroni (AMASS Riverine, Giffard bitter aperitif, pineapple, Leopold Bros non-alcoholic aperitivo), the Cucumber Spritz (UNDONE Little French Aperitif, cucumber, matcha honey, soda) and Morning Bun & Coffee (The Pathfinder Hemp & Root, Three Spirit Nightcap, cold brew, morning bun syrup, cardamom). The bar was named Reader's Choice Best Bar in 5280's Top of the Town 2023 awards, and operates mainly first-come first-served.
Signature NA drinks- Grapehojicha Swizzle (NA: Three Spirit Livener, Concord grape, Giffard pineapple shrub, pineapple, hojicha tea, lime)
- Pineapple Nogroni (NA: AMASS Riverine, Giffard bitter aperitif, pineapple, Leopold Bros NA aperitivo)
- Cucumber Spritz (NA: UNDONE Little French Aperitif, cucumber, matcha honey, soda)
- Morning Bun & Coffee (NA: The Pathfinder Hemp & Root, Three Spirit Nightcap, cold brew, morning bun syrup, cardamom)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Adrift Tiki Bar is an immersive Polynesian and Caribbean-inspired tiki bar on South Broadway in Denver, established in 2011 and bought in 2016 by current owner Loren Martinez, who also runs Little Man Ice Cream. The room is a full tropical build: a totem-pole-flanked bar, pufferfish lights, and an outdoor patio with a firepit, with a kitchen turning out spice-route Polynesian and Caribbean plates to match the rum-forward list. The menu carries a dedicated "On Dry Land (No ABV)" section — Anchored Tides (ginger, lime, demerara, Leopold Bros non-alcoholic aperitif), the N/A Mai Tai and N/A Painkiller (both built on Ritual N/A Rum), and the P.O.G. of passion fruit, orange and guava — plus a Mash Gang non-alcoholic IPA. A separate "In Shallow Water" section lists low-ABV cocktails for guests moderating rather than abstaining. Vince Polizzi is bar manager.
Signature NA drinks- N/A Mai Tai (NA: Ritual N/A Rum, lime, orange, almond)
- N/A Painkiller (NA: Ritual N/A Rum, pineapple, coconut, orange, nutmeg)
- Anchored Tides (NA: ginger, lime, demerara, Leopold Bros N/A aperitif)
- P.O.G. (NA: passion fruit, orange, guava)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
The Peach Crease Club is a mid-century-inspired vinyl listening bar in Denver's RiNo district, across the plaza from Mission Ballroom, opened November 28, 2025 by husband-and-wife bartenders Alex Jump and Stuart Jensen. The culinary-driven cocktail list names drinks after the dishes they reference, and — crucially for non-drinkers — the menu prints the alcohol-by-volume of every drink and marks those that can be built non-alcoholic, with a full Non Alc page carrying four cocktails of their own: Green Curry (non-alcoholic rum, curry spices, palm sugar, rice, coconut, MSG, soda), Peanuts & Cola (The Pathfinder, Three Spirit Nitecap, peanuts, cola), Borscht (non-alcoholic vodka, beets, yogurt, dill, lime, horseradish cream) and Hazelnut & Peaches (non-alcoholic white wine and French aperitif, peaches, sweet potato, dukkah). Non-alcoholic beer, wine and Casamara Club sodas are listed alongside. It earned a 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards nomination for Best New US Cocktail Bar.
Signature NA drinks- Peanuts & Cola (NA: The Pathfinder, Three Spirit Nitecap, peanuts, cola - 0.2% ABV)
- Borscht (NA: non-alcoholic vodka, beets, yogurt, dill, lime, horseradish cream - 0.0% ABV)
- Green Curry (NA: non-alcoholic rum, curry spices, palm sugar, rice, coconut, MSG, soda - 0.11% ABV)
- Hazelnut & Peaches (NA: non-alcoholic white wine and French aperitif, peaches, sweet potato, dukkah - 0.18% ABV)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Williams & Graham is a Prohibition-style speakeasy in Denver's LoHi neighborhood, entered through a hidden door disguised as a bookcase in a faux bookstore. Bartender Sean Kenyon opened it in 2011 with partner Todd Colehour, and it has become one of the country's most decorated bars — a James Beard nominee for Outstanding Beverage Program, a World's 50 Best Bars listee and a Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards winner. Alongside its classics it keeps a standing "Temperance" section of seven zero-proof options priced $8 to $12 and built on serious non-alcoholic spirits: Staycation (The Pathfinder, chocolate and roasted corn, Coco Lopez), My Bitter Clementine (Earl Grey, clementine shrub, Giffard aperitif, lemon), Heat Seeker (Three Spirit Nightcap, Amass Riverine, lime, gochujang and tea, Coco Lopez, cucumber), Imposter Syndrome (Giffard aperitif, The Pathfinder, Giesen zero-proof sauvignon blanc, strawberry rose living vinegar), Windowshopper, Passionate Earl and three house-made sodas. A second outpost operates at Denver International Airport.
Signature NA drinks- Staycation (NA: The Pathfinder, chocolate & roasted corn, Coco Lopez)
- My Bitter Clementine (NA: Earl Grey, clementine shrub, Giffard aperitif, lemon)
- Heat Seeker (NA: Three Spirit Nightcap, Amass Riverine, lime, gochujang & tea, Coco Lopez, cucumber)
- Imposter Syndrome (NA: Giffard aperitif, The Pathfinder, Giesen zero-proof sauvignon blanc, strawberry rose living vinegar)
- Windowshopper (NA: Amass Riverine, lime, berry tea, Okinawa brown sugar, mint)
- Passionate Earl (NA: Earl Grey, green apple, passion fruit, lime, mint)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Forget Me Not is a cocktail lounge tucked off Clayton Street in Cherry Creek North, opened in 2019 with a bright, floral-leaning room and a small-plates menu of salmon crudo, street corn dip and wagyu steak tartare. Its drinks list carries a standing "Zero Proof" heading rather than a footnote, with three house non-alcoholic cocktails priced at $13 — the same tier as much of the low-ABV list — that rotate with the seasons. All three are built on Seedlip non-alcoholic spirits and treated as compositions rather than juice: the earthy Deep Roots, the herbal Green Machine and the floral Osaka Afternoon. Both 5280 and Visit Denver have singled the bar out for its zero-proof program.
Signature NA drinks- Deep Roots (Seedlip N/A spirit, tarragon, beet, ginger, citrus, Stappi red bitters — $13)
- Green Machine (Seedlip N/A spirit, cucumber, salted lemon, ginger — $13)
- Osaka Afternoon (Seedlip N/A spirit, cherry blossom, elderflower, tonic, lemon — $13)
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
The Tatarian is a contemporary neighbourhood cocktail bar on Tennyson Street in Berkeley, opened in 2018 and named for the Tatarian maples that shade the sidewalks outside. Its drinks are themed around trees of the world, and the theme extends into the non-alcoholic list: the house zero-proof cocktail, Luna, is named in honour of the activist Julia Butterfly Hill, who occupied a thousand-year-old California redwood to stop it being logged. Unusually for a Denver bar, the back bar carries non-alcoholic spirits as stocked bottles rather than as a single house pour — CleanCo Tequila Blanco, Lyre's London Spirit and Seedlip Garden 108 are all listed by the glass — alongside Partake's non-alcoholic IPA. 303 Magazine picked the bar out in its 2025 sober-summer guide.
Signature NA drinks- Luna (non-alcoholic: skullcap tea, lemon, basil, green pepper, blueberry, balsamic vinegar, egg white — $14)
- CleanCo Tequila Blanco, non-alcoholic, by the glass ($12)
- Seedlip Garden 108, non-alcoholic, by the glass ($12)
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
The Goldfinch is a dual-purpose bar on South Broadway from Denver hospitality veteran Iain Chisholm, which opened in 2024 behind Upswell Studios at 1842 South Broadway and now runs as a coffee shop by day and a cocktail lounge by night — its own team describes the model as drawn from Thai drinking establishments, with mornings light and airy and evenings darker and moodier. The interior is a Hollywood Regency and ski lodge fusion: leather couches and velvet chairs on black-and-white checkered floors, chandeliers, gilded mirrors, a VIP booth and a planted patio. The current non-alcoholic offering is modest rather than extensive: the Greenhouse Rickey N/A (Seedlip Garden 108, agave, fresh lime, cucumber, soda) and a Sober Carpenter alcohol-free blonde ale on the happy hour list, an N/A Mimosa built on Lunetta Zero sparkling wine at brunch, and a full espresso, matcha and tea programme from 6:30am. DJs play downtempo house on weekends.
Signature NA drinks- Greenhouse Rickey N/A (NA: Seedlip Garden 108, agave, fresh lime, cucumber, soda)
- Mimosa N/A (NA: Lunetta Zero sparkling wine, fresh pressed orange juice)
- Sober Carpenter (NA: alcohol-free craft blonde ale)
- Blueberry Matcha (premium Japanese matcha, house-made blueberry syrup, milk of choice)
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Emerald Eye is an underground tropical cocktail bar beneath Larimer Square, opened in July 2023 by the hospitality group Pouring With Heart and modelled on the Caribbean of around 1955 — green tile, vintage-inspired lighting, botanical wall coverings and DJs playing Caribbean music at weekends. Its rum and agave programme is the main draw, but the menu carries a standing "NON ALCOHOLIC" heading with three house drinks at $12 apiece: an NA Piña Colada, an NA Margarita and an NA Negroni built on a non-alcoholic aperitif and non-alcoholic amaro. The bar opens at 4pm daily and runs to midnight on weeknights and 1am on Friday and Saturday, which makes it one of the later options downtown for a built alcohol-free drink.
Signature NA drinks- NA Negroni (NA aperitif, grapefruit, NA amaro — $12)
- NA Piña Colada (pineapple, passionfruit, lemon, coconut — $12)
- NA Margarita (lime, agave, apple, ginger — $12)
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Traveling Mercies is a third-floor oyster and cocktail bar in Stanley Marketplace, the converted aviation factory on the Denver–Aurora line, opened in 2024 by James Beard Award-winning chef Caroline Glover with Nelson Harvey. It was a James Beard semifinalist for Best New Bar and named one of Esquire's Best Bars in America in 2024. The bar runs a descriptive non-alcoholic menu that Westword singles out as friendly to newcomers — the Fizz, which the paper reports as "silky and pleasant, much like a milkshake", and the "childlike, verdant and bright" Ocean Water, made with seaside botanicals, ruby red grapefruit and citrus. The food is raw bar and comfort classics: oysters, shrimp cocktail, wedge salads and rice pudding.
Signature NA drinks- Ocean Water (seaside botanicals, ruby red grapefruit and citrus)
- The Fizz (described by Westword as silky and pleasant, much like a milkshake)
Other bars in Denver with serious NA programs
These aren't classified as cocktail bars, but their NA programs are extensive enough to be worth a stop.
What separates a good NA cocktail bar from the rest?
A great non-alcoholic cocktail bar isn't defined by whether it stocks Seedlip on the shelf. It's defined by whether the bartenders treat alcohol-free drinks as cocktails — built with the same logic, the same balance, the same care for mouthfeel and presentation as the alcoholic side of the menu.
The signal: a printed NA section on the menu with named drinks, an NA-spirits row on the back bar (Lyre's, Seedlip, Wilderton, Ritual, sometimes Monday Zero Alcohol Gin or Wilderton Lustre), house-made shrubs and bitters available for NA builds, and staff who can talk through what's in a drink without defaulting to "we can do something with juice."
The opposite: a generic "mocktail" line item priced at $8 with no description, or worse, a Shirley Temple by default. We rank cocktail-style venues here by NA Program Strength and lead with the venues that have published named NA drinks on their menu.
Frequently asked about NA cocktail bars in Denver
14 cocktail-style bars in Denver run non-alcoholic programs we've verified. Top picks include Honey Elixir Bar, Death & Co, Poka Lola Social Club.
Yes. The best NA cocktail bars use the same techniques as their alcoholic side — fresh juices, house syrups, bitters, infusions, NA spirits (Lyre's, Seedlip, Wilderton, Ritual) — to build drinks with comparable complexity. The difference is in execution: a good NA cocktail program treats the menu as a first-class offering, not a "we can make something" afterthought.
Common NA spirits at craft cocktail bars: Lyre's (full line of alternatives), Seedlip (Garden 108, Spice 94, Grove 42), Ritual Zero Proof (gin, whiskey, tequila), Wilderton (botanical), Ghia (aperitif), and Monday Zero Alcohol Gin. Many bars also use house-made shrubs, verjus, and tonics as cocktail components.
Denver pairs Front Range wellness culture with a long-running, award-winning craft cocktail scene — so its non-alcoholic depth lives in the bars and restaurants that take zero-proof seriously. Williams & Graham, the World's-50-Best speakeasy in LoHi, runs a full "Temperance" menu; RiNo's Peach Crease Club labels every drink's ABV and builds zero-proof versions with equal care; Englewood's vegan Fellow Traveler even pours a house non-alcoholic Malört. Michelin-recognized kitchens (Beckon's course-by-course zero-proof pairing, Restaurant Olivia, Pig and Tiger's Taiwanese mocktails) sit alongside RiNo mainstays Honey Elixir Bar, Death & Co, and Nocturne. The fully alcohol-free corner is thinner — Kavasutra's late-night kava lounge on Colfax carries it — but the named-mocktail bench runs deep across LoHi, LoDo, Cherry Creek, and South Broadway. We list cocktail-style bars (and adjacent lounges and wine bars) with a verified NA program rated 3 or higher. We don't list bars without a documented NA offering, even if they're great cocktail bars otherwise.
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