Khâluna

Khâluna is chef-restaurateur Ann Ahmed's upscale Laotian flagship, opened in 2021 at 40th and Lyndale in SW Minneapolis's Kingfield neighborhood. The dining room channels a Southeast Asian resort, and the space also houses a shop and a demonstration kitchen for cooking classes; Eater named it one of the 15 best new restaurants in the U.S. for 2022. For non-drinkers, it's a standout: Khâluna carries one of the largest dedicated non-alcoholic drink menus in the Twin Cities, with the Star Tribune noting the NA list runs "longer than the regular cocktail list." Zero-proof builds lean on alternative spirits (Dhos, Aplos, The Pathfinder) plus house syrups, ginger, citrus, cucumber, and calamansi. Named spirit-free cocktails include the Last Love and The Elixir, alongside a trio of medicinal iced teas; many drinks are sweetened with erythritol rather than sugar.

“The nonalcoholic drink menu at Khâluna is longer than the regular cocktail list. The inventive drinks make use of spices, yogurt, sugar cane, roots and more.”

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

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