SRV

SRV opened in 2016 on Columbus Avenue in the South End as the third restaurant from Coda Restaurant Group, which began with CODA in 2008 and added The Salty Pig in 2012 before going on to open Gufo in East Cambridge in 2023 and Baleia in the South End in 2024. The concept is a bacaro, the Venetian wine bar where people stand and eat cicchetti — small, sharp, mostly cold plates — between glasses, and the name abbreviates Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, the Serene Republic of Venice. The kitchen mills its pasta from locally sourced flour and cooks risotto to order rather than parcooking it, and the wine list leans hard into Italian bottles. Boston Magazine has covered the bar's alcohol-free work in its running guide to the city's best mocktails, singling out the Non-Groni by name.

The Zero & Low Proof section is printed as a standing block on the drinks list and covers three categories. The house non-alcoholic cocktails are the Sirocco Spritz at $11, built on oregano, yuzu, lemon and soda; the Non-Groni at $11, a negroni substitute made from an aperitif syrup with grapefruit and juniper; and the Mule of Trieste at $12, which uses Lucano non-alcoholic amaro with vanilla, lime and ginger and is flagged at under 0.5% ABV. The bought-in St. Agrestis Phony White Negroni from Brooklyn is offered at $12 alongside them. Non-alcoholic wine runs three glasses: Wolffer "Spring in a Bottle" sparkling rose from New York and Wander + Found "Cuvee Blanc" field blend from Germany at $13 each, and Oddbird G.S.M., a Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre blend from Germany, at $14, all under 0.5%. Non-alcoholic beer covers Athletic Brewing's Free Wave hazy IPA from Connecticut at $8, Deschutes Black Butte porter from Oregon at $8 and Delirium's Delirio Belgian blonde at $15. SRV opens at 5pm most nights and 4:30pm at weekends.