Holy Ghost

Holy Ghost is a neighborhood cocktail bar in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, at the corner of SE 28th Avenue and Gladstone Street in the former Pub at the End of the Universe space. It opened in November 2021 after roughly four years of planning, run by Ezra Caraeff as part of the Three on a Match bar group (which also operates Old Gold and Paydirt). The room is anchored by a roughly 30-foot marble bar top, neon signage, and a mural by local artist Kyler Martz, and the drink program is known for a deep agave focus — a 400-plus-bottle collection of tequilas and mezcals — alongside a labor-intensive cocktail list.

Just as central to Holy Ghost's identity is its dedicated zero-proof program, which won Best Bar for Mocktails in Willamette Week's Best of Portland readers' poll in 2024 (and was again recognized in 2025). The alcohol-free menu is built largely on Ritual non-alcoholic spirits, with Pathfinder also used. The current list runs five named spirit-free drinks: the No Worries Fizz (a Ramos gin fizz riff with Ritual N/A gin, citrus, orange blossom, cream and egg white, served tall and taking a stated fifteen minutes to prepare), the Nada Margarita (Ritual N/A tequila, Ritual N/A apéritif, sugar and lime with a choice of salt), Ten Million Fireflies (Pathfinder, Ritual N/A apéritif, lemon, blueberry syrup and soda), Hear No Evil (Ritual N/A tequila, coconut corn syrup, cilantro, jalapeño and lime), and Temporary Prosperity (Ritual N/A gin, Ritual N/A apéritif, pineapple, cinnamon syrup, egg white and lemon); earlier builds Wounded Path and Wistful Disposition have rotated off. The spirit-free cocktails are priced from $12 to $14, in the same range as much of the full-proof list, and a rotating non-alcoholic beer and Underwood non-alcoholic rosé round out the alcohol-free options for anyone who wants a bottle or a glass of something simpler than a built cocktail.