Sober Travel Guide: Where to Drink in Minneapolis Without Alcohol
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have a real, if hard-won, alcohol-free scene. Minnesota's first non-alcoholic bottle shop, Marigold, anchors South Minneapolis, and the metro's first kava lounge, Zen Room, sits in downtown St. Paul. The deepest spirit-free menus, though, live inside the Twin Cities' celebrated restaurants: chef Ann Ahmed's Khâluna and Gai Noi each run dedicated zero-proof lists (Khâluna's is famously longer than its cocktail menu), Earl Giles literally began as a non-alcoholic elixir company, and Gavin Kaysen's Demi and Spoon and Stable, North Loop's Dario, and Sean Sherman's Indigenous Indígena by Owamni all treat zero-proof seriously. Craft bars Parlour, Stargazer, and Bar + Cart round it out. Several of the best rooms sit across the river in St. Paul.
North Loop
5 notable spots in this area.
Porzana
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Porzana is Daniel del Prado's Argentinian wood-fire steakhouse in the North Loop, occupying the former Bachelor Farmer space on North 1st Street. It…
Order: Sanguino (blood orange, white chocolate, rhubarb, elderflower, lime, sparkling tea) · Serrata (blackberry, hibiscus, beet, Greek yogurt, lemon)
Full details →Parlour
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Parlour is a craft cocktail and burger bar in Minneapolis's North Loop, opened in 2013 below sister restaurant Borough by the local restaurant group…
Order: NA Parlour Old Fashioned (NA bourbon, NA spiced spirit, piloncillo, bitters) · Phony Negroni (bitters, juniper, citrus and floral notes)
Full details →Dario
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Dario is an Italian restaurant with global influences that opened in Minneapolis's North Loop in early 2024, led by chef Joe Rolle and beverage…
Order: New Age Outlaw · No. 75
Full details →Demi
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Demi is James Beard Award-winning chef Gavin Kaysen's intimate North Loop tasting-menu restaurant, opened in early 2019 next to his flagship Spoon…
Order: Temperance Pairing (8 zero-proof courses)
Full details →Spoon and Stable
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Spoon and Stable is the North Loop flagship of James Beard Award-winning chef/owner Gavin Kaysen, opened in 2014 inside a 1906 former horse stable.…
Order: Toasted Oak · Solstice
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Northeast Minneapolis
3 notable spots in this area.
Stanley's Northeast Bar Room
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Stanley's Northeast Bar Room is a casual neighborhood bar and gastropub on University Avenue NE in Northeast Minneapolis, housed in a building more…
Order: NAz Rita · Blood Orange Mock Mule
Full details →Stargazer
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Stargazer is an intimate, walk-in-friendly cocktail bar in Northeast Minneapolis that opened in December 2024 in the former Dangerous Man Brewing…
Order: Purple Phase · It Was All Yellow
Full details →Hai Hai
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Hai Hai is chef and co-owner Christina Nguyen's Southeast Asian street-food restaurant in Northeast Minneapolis, opened in 2017 with business partner…
Order: Mot · Hai
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Blaine
2 notable spots in this area.
Cairo Cafe
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Cairo Cafe is a family-owned Egyptian coffee and dessert house on County Road 10 in Blaine, established in 2026. Everything it serves is halal and it…
Order: Adeni (black tea with cardamom) · Cairo Tea (black tea with mint)
Full details →Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?The Blaine branch of Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. opened on Central Avenue NE with a grand opening on 15 December 2024, the chain's second Minnesota…
Order: Adeni chai · Mufawaar
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Linden Hills
2 notable spots in this area.
Martina
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Martina is the Linden Hills restaurant that launched Daniel del Prado as a Twin Cities restaurateur, an Argentinian-Italian room on Upton Avenue with…
Order: Tropical (passion fruit, mango, lime, carbonation) · Apollo (non-alcoholic berry amaro, masala chai, lime)
Full details →Wooden Ship Brewing
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Wooden Ship Brewing is a small neighbourhood brewery and fifty-seat taproom on West 44th Street in Linden Hills, with a garage door, big windows into…
Order: Hop Water (0.0%; sparkling water, Centennial and Au Tropical hops) · Hibiscus margarita (available at 0%)
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Summit Hill, St. Paul
2 notable spots in this area.
Red Rabbit
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Red Rabbit is an "uncomplicated, authentic Italian" restaurant — pizza, pasta, and oysters — owned by Luke Shimp, the restaurateur behind the Red Cow…
Order: Spirit-Free Old Fashioned (Spiritless 74 N/A bourbon, demerara, N/A bitters) $13 · Spirit Free Martini (Abstinence N/A gin, lemon twist) $12.50
Full details →Hyacinth
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Hyacinth is a 40-seat Italian and Mediterranean kitchen on Grand Avenue in St. Paul's Summit Hill, opened in August 2018 by chef Rikki Giambruno…
Order: Spiritless Spritz · Final Say
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West Seventh - Fort Road
2 notable spots in this area.
Emerald Lounge
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Emerald Lounge is a small cocktail and wine bar on West 7th Street in Saint Paul, in the stretch between downtown and the Fort Road neighbourhoods.…
Order: Crimson Breezeberry Shrub (raspberry, ginger, champagne vinegar, soda) · Captain Jack Sparrow (milk-washed pineapple, coconut syrup, lime acid, mint)
Full details →Summit Brewing Company
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Summit Brewing has brewed in Saint Paul since 1986 and is the state's best-known independent brewery; its Ratskeller taproom sits at the brewery on…
Order: Nialas Non-Alcoholic IPA (under 0.5% ABV; apricot, tangerine, mixed berry aroma) · Nialas Non-Alcoholic Irish-Style Dark (under 0.5% ABV; espresso, chocolate, caramel)
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Armatage (SW Minneapolis)
1 notable spot in this area.
Colita
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Colita is a Tex-Oaxacan restaurant from chef Daniel del Prado's DDP Restaurant Group (the Martina and Bar La Grassa team), open since October 2018 in…
Order: Rosas · Naranjitas
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Bloomington
1 notable spot in this area.
9 Mile Brewing Co.
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?9 Mile Brewing Company is Bloomington's first brewery, located in a James Avenue South business park near the Mall of America in the southern Twin…
Order: NA Peach Passionfruit Sour · Athletic Brewing NA beer
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Cathedral Hill, St. Paul
1 notable spot in this area.
W.A. Frost and Company
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?W.A. Frost & Company is a Cathedral Hill institution that opened in December 1975 inside the historic 1889 Dacotah Building, originally home to…
Order: Wilfred Spritz · Blueberry Buzz Tonic
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Dayton's Bluff
1 notable spot in this area.
CrowBar
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?CrowBar is the cocktail lounge and tasting room for Voliere Spirits, an all-women-owned distillery that opened in December 2025 in the former…
Order: Once she asked me how to spell 'ORANGE' (orange, oat milk, vanilla, lemon, frozen Greek yogurt balls) · Like...if I were wearing sweatpants today, I'd be sitting over there with the art freaks (roasted strawberry and tomato, balsamic and champagne vinegar, caper, basil, aquafaba, prosciutto)
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Downtown (Guthrie Theater)
1 notable spot in this area.
Indígena by Owamni
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Indígena by Owamni is the new Guthrie Theater home of chef Sean Sherman's James Beard Award-winning Indigenous restaurant, which closed its original…
Order: Amikomin · Oginii-Waabigwan
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Downtown St. Paul
1 notable spot in this area.
Zen Room Kava Lounge
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Zen Room Kava Lounge is widely cited as Minnesota's first kava bar, a fully alcohol-free social space on West Kellogg Boulevard in downtown St. Paul.…
Order: Mud Water · Warm Spiced Chai
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Downtown West
1 notable spot in this area.
Nur House Cafe
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Nur House Cafe is a Somali family-run cafe that opened on 25 March 2026 in a downtown Minneapolis storefront that had been a Starbucks, a few blocks…
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East Bde Maka Ska
1 notable spot in this area.
Moona Moono
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Moona Moono is a coffee, matcha and boba shop at Hennepin and 31st in Uptown that doubles as a retail space for Asian and Asian-American goods —…
Order: Ghia (non-alcoholic aperitif, by the can) · Salted yuzu soda
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Eden Prairie
1 notable spot in this area.
Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. opened on Prairie Center Drive in Eden Prairie on 15 February 2025, the chain's third Minnesota shop and the only Yemeni…
Order: Adeni chai · Mufawaar
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Hawthorne
1 notable spot in this area.
Meteor
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Meteor is a cocktail bar in the Hawthorne neighbourhood of North Minneapolis, opened by Elliot Manthey and Robb Jones in a former dive on North 2nd…
Order: Wild rice horchata
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Kingfield (South Minneapolis)
1 notable spot in this area.
Marigold
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Marigold is Minnesota's first dedicated non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened by hair stylist and Honeycomb Salon owner Erin Flavin in late 2022 on…
Order: Kin Euphorics · Aplos Calme
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Kingfield (SW Minneapolis)
1 notable spot in this area.
Khâluna
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Khâluna is chef-restaurateur Ann Ahmed's upscale Laotian flagship, opened in 2021 at 40th and Lyndale in SW Minneapolis's Kingfield neighborhood. The…
Order: Last Love · The Elixir
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Little Canada
1 notable spot in this area.
Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. in Little Canada was the first Yemeni coffeehouse to open in Minnesota, soft-opening in May 2024 and holding its grand…
Order: Adeni chai · Mufawaar
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Loring Park
1 notable spot in this area.
Gai Noi
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Gai Noi is chef Ann Ahmed's acclaimed Lao restaurant, opened in May 2023 in the former 4 Bells space on Harmon Place, overlooking Loring Park in…
Order: Guava Mule · Star Boi
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Lowertown, St. Paul
1 notable spot in this area.
Dark Horse Bar & Eatery
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Dark Horse Bar & Eatery is a Lowertown, St. Paul neighborhood bar and restaurant that spent a decade serving the district before closing in February…
Order: Ginger Beer · Squirt
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Lyndale
1 notable spot in this area.
Haraz Coffee House
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Haraz Coffee House is a Yemeni coffeehouse at the corner of Lyndale and Lake, the first Minnesota location of a Dearborn, Michigan chain. It opened…
Order: Harazi Mufawar (coffee, cardamom, cream) · Adeni Chai (black tea, haraz spice, cream)
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Macalester - Groveland
1 notable spot in this area.
Myriel
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Myriel is chef-owner Karyn Tomlinson's tasting-menu restaurant on South Cleveland Avenue in Macalester-Groveland; Tomlinson won the James Beard Award…
Order: Dry sparkling tea (oversteeped, served as a non-alcoholic tasting-menu pairing)
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Macalester-Groveland, St. Paul
1 notable spot in this area.
Bar + Cart
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Bar + Cart Restaurant and Lounge opened in the former Khyber Pass Cafe space on Grand Avenue in St. Paul's Macalester-Groveland neighborhood, a…
Order: White Fox (coconut water, orange blossom water, banana, egg white, lemon, cherry bark vanilla) · Up In Smoke (coconut water, grapefruit, jalapeño, basil, lime, smoked salt)
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Marcy Holmes
1 notable spot in this area.
Ramadan's Egyptian Coffee House
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Ramadan's Egyptian Coffee House is an alcohol-free late-night cafe in Marcy Holmes, a block from Dinkytown and the University of Minnesota campus. It…
Order: Sahlab · Sobia
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Nicollet Island - East Bank
1 notable spot in this area.
Sidebar at Surdyk's
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Sidebar is the bar and brasserie in the back corner of Surdyk's Liquor and Cheese Shop on East Hennepin, the long-standing Northeast Minneapolis wine…
Order: The Purple One (blueberry-poblano shrub, ginger, lime, grapefruit) · Mango Is Life (mango, orange, lemon, grapefruit)
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Northeast Minneapolis (Logan Park)
1 notable spot in this area.
Earl Giles Restaurant & Distillery
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Earl Giles Restaurant & Distillery is the flagship home of Earl Giles, a Minneapolis brand founded in 2015 by hospitality veterans Jesse Held and…
Order: NA Old Fashioned · Paez
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Payne - Phalen
1 notable spot in this area.
Tongue in Cheek
NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?Tongue in Cheek is a long-running New American restaurant and bar on Payne Avenue on Saint Paul's East Side, known for a heavily vegan-friendly…
Order: The Placebos (zero-proof flight across several flavour profiles) · Passion of Cayenne (passion fruit, cayenne, jalapeno salt, Athletic Brewing Upside Dawn)
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Saint Anthony Park
1 notable spot in this area.
Herbst Eatery & Farm Stand
NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?Herbst Eatery & Farm Stand is a farm-sourced restaurant and market on Raymond Avenue in Saint Anthony Park, opened in 2023 by Angie and Jorg Pierach…
Order: Mineral (no proof) · Bitter (no proof)
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Whittier
1 notable spot in this area.
Hamdi Coffee
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Hamdi Coffee is a Somali tea house on the first floor of Karmel Mall in Whittier, the Somali shopping centre on Pleasant Avenue that houses more than…
Order: Somali Special Tea (whole milk steamed with foam, tea) · Shaah (black tea steeped with cardamom and cinnamon)
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Windom Park
1 notable spot in this area.
Qahwah House
NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?Qahwah House is a Yemeni coffeehouse on Central Avenue NE in Windom Park, the Minnesota outpost of a chain founded in Dearborn, Michigan in 2017. It…
Order: Sana'ani (medium roast coffee with cardamom) · Jubani (medium and light roast coffee with coffee husks, cardamom, ginger and cinnamon)
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Plan your visit
Best day for sober nightlife
Fridays and Saturdays bring the strongest crowds at most NA-friendly venues. For quieter experiences and easier walk-in seating, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are ideal.
Combining venues
Most Minneapolis venues in North Loop are within walking distance of each other, making a 2-3 stop evening on foot realistic.
NA brands available across Minneapolis
Verified from individual venue menus. Not exhaustive — house-crafted programs without commercial brand assignments are common.
Frequently asked about visiting Minneapolis sober
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have a real, if hard-won, alcohol-free scene. Minnesota's first non-alcoholic bottle shop, Marigold, anchors South Minneapolis, and the metro's first kava lounge, Zen Room, sits in downtown St. Paul. The deepest spirit-free menus, though, live inside the Twin Cities' celebrated restaurants: chef Ann Ahmed's Khâluna and Gai Noi each run dedicated zero-proof lists (Khâluna's is famously longer than its cocktail menu), Earl Giles literally began as a non-alcoholic elixir company, and Gavin Kaysen's Demi and Spoon and Stable, North Loop's Dario, and Sean Sherman's Indigenous Indígena by Owamni all treat zero-proof seriously. Craft bars Parlour, Stargazer, and Bar + Cart round it out. Several of the best rooms sit across the river in St. Paul.
Most cocktail bars and restaurants in Minneapolis run on a standard service window — kitchens often close around 10pm on weeknights and 11pm or midnight on weekends; bars typically run until 2am on weekends. Check the individual venue page for venue-specific hours; we list them when publicly documented.
Most named NA cocktails in Minneapolis list at $10–$16 — comparable to the alcoholic side of a craft cocktail menu at the same venue. NA beer typically runs $6–$8. Lower-end venues serve simple mocktails for $6–$8.
North Loop has the highest density of NA-friendly venues in our directory for Minneapolis. Multiple stops in walking distance, mixed venue types, and a real chance to put together an evening without bouncing between districts.
12 verified NA brands appear on bar menus across Minneapolis, including Athletic Brewing, Best Day Brewing, De Soi, Ghia, Go Brewing, and others. Most venues also pour house-crafted NA cocktails not tied to any commercial brand.
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