As in bars that only serve alcohol free cocktails. There is one opening up in my city and I’m just curious of the viability of these things.
I am still a boozer myself though but I imagine if I didn’t want to drink, I probably wouldn’t be very interested in a booze less cocktail - just give me a topo chico or something.
Anyone have any thoughts on general? Does your city have any of these? I do like the idea in theory and maybe it will be nice for people to have a place to socialize in a booze free environment.
There’s one in my city I’ve been wanting to try, though it definitely has a reputation of being a really hipstery type of place.
Personally, my ideal bar would be a regular bar with a sizable non-alcoholic selection. (At least 3 different NA beers, a virgin margarita, a virgin strawberry daiquiri, a Shirley Temple, a virgin Screwdriver aka Orange juice + club soda, and some sparkling grape juices.)
Focusing exclusively on people that don’t drink might not bring in enough customers unless you decide to make it an all-ages music venue or something like that.
Personally I have little interest.
I do enjoy regular cocktails. But if not drinking alcohol I’d rather just go for coffee or something.
I hope it means that real cocktail bars bring in more decent mocktails (and I say that as someone who will always go for the boozy option). Virgin mojitos, Virgin Marys and mocktail Moscow Mules are great.
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Seems like the problem besides being a possible fad is just how many mocktails will people drink at a single visit when the aim isn’t to get drunk. This will certainly impact sales & tipping for the servers.
