What Do You Call A Bar Without Booze?

For Drynuary and beyond, new watering holes are blending one part conviviality, two parts ace mixology and zero booze. Plus: top non-alcoholic menus around the country.

Julia Bainbridge

Jan. 23, 2019 12:37 p.m. ET

LAST MONDAY evening, the scene at 3 Bleecker Street in Manhattan was familiar enough. It looked like a bar. There was an actual bar, first of all, lined with stools. There was someone tending that bar, reaching for jiggers and Boston shakers when a drink order called for them. There was a menu listing $11 cocktails such as the She Pretty, made with strawberries, rosewater and an egg white—but no beer, wine or spirits.

So, is it a bar?

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