New Year, no beer. Whether or not you’re participating in Dry January, knowing a spot with a great mocktail is always a win.
If you’ve got an alcohol-free friend, you’re trying to go light on the booze after the holidays, or just hankering for a delicious and refreshing drink, here are 10+ places to get your sip on.
Restaurants
Lolita’s
This Carytown spot offers five different mocktail flavors, including mango, hibiscus, and corazón, plus buzz-free margaritas and aguas frescas.
Editor’s pick: guava margarita with housemade jalapeno agave.
Fanboy
Enjoy small plates and specialty mocktails at this intimate, atmospheric cocktail bar.
Pinky’s
Order a specialty mocktail or a non-alcoholic Heineken beer.
Editor’s pick: The Afternoon in Monaco with strawberry, basil, lime, and soda water.
Pho Luca’s
Non-alcoholic options include lychee lemonade, a virgin Thai mojito, and a Harvest Mule with cinnamon syrup, apple cider, and ginger beer.
Fighting Fish
Sip on non-alcoholic spritzes, sours, martinis, and matchas, plus five buzz-free beer and cider options.
Editor’s pick: The Cà Phê Martini with NA Amaretto, coffee liqueur, Vietnamese coffee, and egg white
Tazza Kitchen
Choose between two seasonally crafted mocktails — one chai-tea-based — and don’t forget to add tiramisu or key lime pie as a dessert.
TBT El Gallo
In addition to the year-round NA margarita, TBT has added four specialty mocktails, NA Coronas, and buzz-free canned Cheladas to its January menu.
Editor’s pick: The Agrias with Almave (duped) tequila, grapefruit, orange, lime, lemon, and Coke.
The Jasper
Go classic with a spin-off Na-Groni, or opt for a fun and fruity spiced hibiscus and pineapple cocktail.
Pro tip: Look for special notes on the cocktail menu; The Jasper offers to make several alcoholic menu items spirit-free.
Grandstaff & Stein
Reader Kristin C. says the team at this downtown speakeasy can make a mean mocktail.
The Daily Kitchen & Bar
Browse the menu for several soda-based mocktails as well as kombucha and non-alcoholic beer.
Pro tip: When in doubt, ask your server or a bartender what they can whip up for you. You could help invent a new favorite drink.
Breweries + distilleries
Three Notch’d RVA
This Charlottesville-born brewery’s NA Hazy IPA is offered year-round.
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Both Hardywood locations offer local kombucha and sodas as well as seasonal housemade lemonade and ginger beer.
Virago Spirits
The tasting room offers non-alcoholic versions of several cocktails with flavors such as smoked raspberry, vanilla, orange, and pecan.
Bonus: Don’t forget to check out Richmond’s non-alcoholic bottle shop Point 5.
