Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
A Yemeni coffee house with no alcohol, open until midnight Sunday to Thursday and 1am at weekends: a late, sober night out by default.
Alcohol-free bars in Chicago
Zero-proof bottle shops, late-night Yemeni coffee houses, cocktail bars led by spirit-free pioneers and sober social groups from Andersonville to Hyde Park. Last updated .
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Albany Park
Shibam Coffee
A Yemeni coffee house with espresso, matcha and non-caffeinated refreshers, including an alcohol-free mojito, plus Yemeni pastries.
Bokeh
A neighborhood cocktail bar with four Alcohol-Free Cocktails made from house syrups, jams and fresh juice.
Andersonville
Eli Tea Bar
An alcohol-free tea bar that works as a late-night hangout, with events such as drag bingo. Home base for Queer Sober Social meetups.
Nobody's Darling
A Black- and queer-owned cocktail bar with a small Low and No section. Ask which drinks are fully alcohol-free.
Queer Sober Social
A Meetup group for LGBTQ+ people who want to socialise without alcohol, often meeting at Eli Tea Bar.
Bucktown
Arwa Yemeni Coffee
An alcohol-free Yemeni coffee house on Milwaukee Avenue's bar strip, open until 10pm on weeknights and midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Citywide
Chicago AF
An alcohol-free social community running events and meetups for sober and sober-curious Chicagoans.
Edgewater
Solar Intentions
A zero-proof bottle shop and social hangout a block from the Bryn Mawr Red Line stop. Everything on the shelves and in the fridge is non-alcoholic.
Fulton Market
The Publican
The Fulton Market beer hall prints its non-alcoholic drinks under their own heading, High & Dry, with the cocktails.
LÝRA
A large Greek restaurant with two zero-proof cocktails and an alcohol-removed wine list.
Humboldt Park
The California Clipper
A historic lounge with its own zero-proof section. Note that the Choomjito N/A contains THC; the Last Call N/A does not.
Hyde Park
Virtue
Erick Williams's Southern restaurant keeps a zero-proof section drawn from the same culinary roots as the food.
Cantina Rosa
Erick Williams's agave-focused cantina, opened in November 2024, with zero-proof options alongside the mezcal list.
Lincoln Park
Bar Esmé
The à la carte bar at Michelin-starred Esmé. The chef has said he thinks about the non-alcoholic cocktails before the rest of the menu.
Little Village
Osito's Tap
A bar reached through Moreno's Liquors, which Choose Chicago highlights for its non-alcoholic drinks.
Logan Square
Daisies
A Michelin Green Star pasta restaurant with a dedicated Spirit Free Treats section built from the kitchen's ferments.
Billy Sunday
An amaro-focused cocktail bar with a Spirit Free heading of dry, herbal house drinks plus rotating Athletic Brewing NA beer.
Bungalow by Middle Brow
Middle Brow's brewery and pizza room has its own NA cocktail list, with a Paloma, Negroni and Dark and Stormy built on NA spirits.
Estereo
An all-day Latin bar with a Non-Alcoholic section: NA beer, hop water and an NA version of the house cold-brew horchata.
Pilot Project Brewing
A brewery incubator taproom where one of the resident brands makes non-alcoholic beer, so NA pours sit on the main list.
Andros Taverna
Doug Psaltis's Greek taverna, noted by Resy for alcohol-free drinks made with Seedlip.
Pilsen
HaiSous
Thai and Danielle Dang's Vietnamese restaurant lists an Alcohol-Free Spritz in four flavors, plus other NA options.
Pleasant House Pub
A British-style pie pub with a labelled NA list, including an NA aperitif spritz and alcohol-free wine alternatives.
River North
Dearly Beloved
A cocktail restaurant with a permanent Zero Proof Cocktails section, including a milk-clarified Seedlip drink, Clearly Cultured.
Three Dots and a Dash
An underground tiki bar with a dedicated mocktail section, built on house juices, cordials and syrups rather than bought-in NA spirits.
Machine Cocktail Bar
A theatrical cocktail bar, opened in 2025, with a three-drink zero-proof list. Block Club included it in its January 2026 sober drink crawl.
Arbella
A River North cocktail bar with a standalone zero-proof menu of six cocktails that is updated alongside the main list.
Gilt Bar
A River North fixture with a Spirit-Free section right after the cocktails, priced a few dollars below them.
Tzuco
Carlos Gaytan's Mexican restaurant lists Spirit Free cocktails on both the dinner and bar menus, built on non-alcoholic agave spirit.
Streeterville
Miru
A Japanese restaurant on the St. Regis's 11th floor, with six Spirit Free drinks and a zero-proof wine list by the glass.
Ukrainian Village
Kasama
A Michelin-starred Filipino restaurant that lists a non-alcoholic pairing alongside its tasting menu, in the same format as the wine pairing.
Uptown
Queen Yemeni Coffee
A Yemeni coffee house at Lawrence and Broadway with an alcohol-free menu of spiced coffees, teas and pastries.
West Loop
Kumiko
Julia Momosé's Japanese dining bar. Momosé is one of America's most influential voices in non-alcoholic bartending, and the spirit-free drinks get equal billing.
The Aviary
The Alinea Group's cocktail bar, where every experience on the menu can be done non-alcoholically. The group also published the zero-proof book ZERO.
The Loyalist
The casual garden-level sibling of Smyth, with six Spirit Free Cocktails built on non-alcoholic spirits and NA prosecco.
Oriole
A tasting-menu restaurant that offers spirit-free, standard and reserve pairings and names them equally.
Bar None
An evening bar, launched in 2026 inside Froth cafe, with $13 NA cocktails and a deep NA beer, cider and wine range. Note that THC add-ons are also offered.
West Town
In Good Spirits
Chicago's longest-running dedicated non-alcoholic shop, open since July 2023 and run by two ex-drinks-industry owners. NA beer, wine, spirits and RTDs.
Prazbar
Quenjana Adams's non-alcoholic wine bar and shop concept, running since 2021 and focused entirely on alcohol-free wine. Check the newsletter for current hours and tastings.