Get Down with these Downtown Mocktails
Written by Willow Shedlock
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Whether you are under 21, the designated driver, or just don’t want to drink, Downtown Pittsburgh has you covered! These bars and restaurants have a variety of beverages sure to satisfy any flavor palette. So add these to your weekend plans and enjoy!
Try some interdimensional mocktails from Space Bar’s intensive menu! Mocktails include their NA Tartooine Sour: Soursop, passionfruit, lime, and coconut milk, Venus Vapor: fizzy orange and ghia berry NA aperitif, Asteroid Mist: fizzy lemon NA aperitif, Dark Matter Fizz: orange and NA amaro, Phony Negroni, Rose Nebula, Apple Pi, and Supernova Sangria!
From breakfast to dinner, this restaurant offers a wide variety of both food and drinks. Including their six Zero-Proof Cocktails: Pandan Express: earthy pandan and lime, The Wandering Path: grapefruit, lemon, and eggwhite, Shrub a Dub Dub: chamomile, strawberry shrub, and mint, Machete: NA tequila with lime, cucumber, and pumpkin orgeat, NO Groni: NA gin and aperitif, and Off the Wagon: lemon, spice apple, and egg white.
This classic brick-walled city cocktail lounge offers a comprehensive menu and live music on the weekends. Beyond their signature cocktails are their mocktails and non alcoholic beer. Including Lagunitas Hop Water NA, Dragon Berry Mocktail, Athletic Hazy IPA-Non. Alcoholic, Peach Ring Mocktail, and Athletic IPA-Non. Alcoholic.
Opposed to what the name suggests, this Cultural District cocktail bar offers its very own mocktail selection. Which includes the Virgin Smash: apple chai with orange juice and ginger beer, Pom Pom: Fresca with pomegranate and lime juice, Creamsicle: orange juice and cream, and Fall Cider: apple cider with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
Ready for a bougie night out but don’t want to drink? Don’t worry because Emerson’s in Market Square has you covered with their three mocktails, the Upper Eastcider XOXO: apple cider and NA aperitif, Westfarthing Spice: fizzy ginger-lemon chai, and N.A Peroni.
Yuzu Bar & Kitchen is the perfect Downtown spot for some Asian-inspired food! Beyond the other delectable food and drinks, their three craft mocktails are both unique and tasty. Let’s be Friends: almond basil oolong, Something in the Orange: orange with chrysanthemum, cinnamon, and ginger, and Please be Quiet: lemon, lime, and hibiscus.
Taste the excellence of southern Brazil with Fogo de Chão’s delicious mocktails. Clean Cosmo: Cranberry-lemon and NA vodka, CleanR Sour: Passionfruit pineapple and NA rum, and Clean Cucumber Martini: NA vodka with a cucumber-basil-lemon twist.
High energy and live music are a perfect match for Howl at the Moon’s mocktail drinks. Mother of Dragons: fizzy lemony dragon fruit, Purple Rain: blackberry and ginger, No-Loma Fresca: NA Tequila and grapefruit, Petal & Peel Marg: NA Tequila and lavender-lemon orange!
