#Microblog Monday 247: Alcohol-Free Bars
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I don’t drink. I have, on average, one drink every year or two, so bars are kind of lost on me. Which isn’t a big deal now, but was a big deal when I was in my twenties and most of my friends wanted to get together at a bar. I love this idea of alcohol-free bars. It’s everything you expect in a bar, except with fancy mocktails instead of cocktails. And it’s not that you are not drinking. It’s that everyone around you is not drinking, too. You’re all there for the mocktails or alcohol-free beer.
Why? “In cities like New York and London, where bars often function as second living rooms for apartment dwellers with little space, an alcohol-free nightlife option can appeal to people who, for whatever reason, would prefer not to drink.”
I checked and we don’t have one in DC yet; at least not one that functions like Getaway in the article.
But I would totally go and have a date night at an alcohol-free bar. Would you?
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17 comments
I will have a drink on a date night but I never drive after even one drink so if I do go out with friends, I would love this option! Depending on who I’m meeting (and let’s be honest – it’s rare that I do this at all) some people are really put off by someone not drinking in the group. That’s a separate issue obviously but an alcohol free bar is a cool idea.
I would go there with you 🙂
I would totally go! The bar atmosphere can be fun, live music, junk food, friends, but I don’t drink anymore. I think I had a hard cider 3 years ago and a couple times before that I sampled wine made by an acquantaince, so about a 1/4 cup. Otherwise, I haven’t drank in 8 years. I was a performance poet for a number of years and the bar scene was where it’s at, but I didn’t need the alcohol.
I would totally go. My husband and I don’t drink at all due to our family trees. And I would hope when my children are of age they would go to a place like this since they share our family trees.
I do drink, but I rarely go to a bar and hang out by the bar, we usually go to restaurants or grab a seat and the free times we’ve hung out at an actual bar we felt old because it was crowded and way too loud and the seats were uncomfortable. I could see the appeal though in more of a city setting, as when I worked in NYC I’d go to bars where you sit on couches and hang out with friends. It would definitely be nice for people who constantly find themselves being asked why they don’t drink or getting pushed to drink (like my dad, who’s a recovering alcoholic, or my best friend, whose GI system was ravaged by late stage Lyme disease, or people who just don’t find drinking enjoyable…). I probably wouldn’t seek it out myself, though.
Jess pretty much said everything I wanted to say. And at least I don’t feel that way just because I’m old!
And like Lori, I would definitely go to this bar with you. As long as it wasn’t too noisy. Lol
I would love to go to such a bar. I recently found out that I am allergic to alcohol so now i am out of the drinking circuit. I have tried thrice since this new discovery and if there was a bar like this I would love to go to. 🙂
This is awesome!! I’m the one who almost always orders a fancy mocktail at a bar — I love the idea of mixed drinks but honestly, barely drink. I would totally go to a place like this!
I’m up for most things social, so I’d go. You can also go to a regular bar and order a non-alcoholic drink: I’ve done it many times. 🙂
The rare nights out, I do enjoy getting to have an alcoholic drink or two. I rarely drink any other time (like never at home) so I wouldn’t seek out an alcohol free bar. It seems a little…redundant, since you can just order virgin drinks, and not everyone who goes to bars is drinking, anyway. So at a regular bar you could drink or not, and still enjoy the atmosphere, but at an Alcohol free bar, you are limiting choices for everyone in your group.
My husband and I talk about this ALL the time! Neither of us really drink but love the bar atmosphere, somewhere funt o meet up with friends but not be around drunk people. If we had one here I would go often.
I would totally go and I’m a drinker!
I would go! For me, the company is (usually — lol 😉 ) more important than the alcohol.
I can’t believe I forgot to post and comment yesterday. SMH. I’d definitely go to a no alchohol bar. I don’t drink and always feel a bit out-of-place in regular bar settings.
*non-alcohol
I would totally go! I have a drink a few times a year and some of those times it is hubby and I splitting 1 drink (not beer). Even that’s too much for me, who mostly likes the idea of a drink, but not the alcohol. Thankfully friends understand, or at least don’t care, so going out is no pressure.
Absolutely. I think if you have a first date at a place like that, it sets the tone for whether or not this might work. I don’t drink at all (never have) and I worked in bars for over a decade when everyone was drinking and smoking. I used to just get something that looked fancy like pineapple and cranberry juice. When I was just of drinking age it helped me blend in, then I didn’t care what anyone thought.