Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on January 6, 2025.
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Oh dry January, you are always fun.
This annual celebration has become something of a global phenomenon, as many of us look to use the somewhat slow month as a chance to detox and get a break from indulgences (especially after the holidays).
Whatever your reason for participating in dry January is your own. But if you are looking to enjoy the flavors of your favorite beverages without alcohol, a number of restaurants, bars, breweries, and distilleries are starting to offer great options for dry January in Pittsburgh!
In this one, we thought we’d share some of the spots with the finest assortment of products. While this one is not comprehensive, we wanted to include places that have larger menus, share a variety of products, and more to give you a great cross-section of alcohol-free beverages in the city to consider if you are abstaining.
Please note: This article focuses on offerings for Dry January specifically and may not necessarily be accurate year-round. While many of the bars, restaurants, and breweries featured have great non-alcoholic products at all times, some increase their offerings for January. Likewise, cocktails, beers on draft, and other beverages are always liable to change. Please reconfirm directly with any business prior to visiting. Finally, some drink photos in this article may be alcoholic and are for illustration only.
Bottles to Go – The Open Road
The Open Road is Pittsburgh’s premier bottle shop for all things non-alcoholic products. Whether you’re looking for non-alcoholic beers, spirits, wines, and other beverages, this one has a seriously impressive lineup of alcohol-free and de-alcoholized products.
In 2024, The Open Road was located in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood; however, they announced that they would be relocating to Garfield in 2025. They are temporarily operating out of Lawrenceville Hemp Co on Butler Street in January 2025.
The Open Road’s temporary location is Lawrenceville Hemp Co at 3512 Butler Street.
Beer to Go – Bierport
Bierport (connected to Row House Cinema) is often considered to be one of the best bottle shops in the city for delicious and unique craft beer from local breweries, domestic favorites, and even rare releases from international producers.
Naturally, this shop often has a stellar selection of non-alcoholic beers, and at the time of publishing in early 2025 they had approximately 20 NA brews from roughly 10 producers.
Bierport is located at 4115 Butler Street in Lawrenceville.
Non-Alcoholic Beer on Draft – Two Frays Brewery
Pittsburgh’s local breweries are getting into the non-alcoholic beer scene, and Two Frays Brewery in Garfield is at the forefront. Not only does Two Frays typically have NA beers on draft at all times, with four on tap at the time of publication in January 2025 (two IPAs, a Kolsch, and a Fruited Blonde).
Be on the lookout for Two Frays Brewery’s Mod Mondays events, too, when they have a full tap takeover of non-alcoholic options- often in partnership with other local businesses like The Open Road!
Two Frays Brewery is located at 5113 Penn Avenue in Garfield.
Ginger Beer and NA Cocktails – Jackworth Ginger Beer
Pittsburgh’s resident ginger beer brewery, Jackworth Ginger Beer in Larimer, is mocktail-friendly year-round. One of the reasons for this is that they brew both alcoholic and non-alcoholic ginger beer and create unique cocktail creations with each on-site (roughly two each at the time of publication). So whether you want a spirit-infused drink, or a beverage without, you can enjoy some delicious ginger-forward creations here!
Jackworth Ginger Beer is located at 6615 Hamilton Ave in Larimer.
Draft Cocktails and Growler Fills – Goodlander Cocktail Brewery
Goodlander Cocktail Brewery, located just across the street from Jackworth Ginger Beer, is unique in that they have designed all of their cocktails to be served on draft- just like at a brewery. While most of their creations are spirit-forward, they tend to have several NA options available to enjoy on-site or to take a cocktail to go in a growler.
This means that you can not only enjoy their creations on-site, but you can also take several servings to enjoy at home or even catch them on the menu at area bars and breweries! In January 2025 at the time of publication, Goodlander Cocktail Brewery had three NA creations available.
Goodlander Cocktail Brewery is located at 6614 Hamilton Ave in Larimer.
Non-Alcoholic Cocktails – Lawrence Hall
Lawrence Hall is one of the best food halls in the city and features four food concepts, a scoop shop for Leona’s Ice Cream, and has an impressive bar program called Dear James.
The restaurant has one of the most robust non-alcoholic cocktail menus in the city and has six unique creations available to try out. In January 2025, these include a Spicy Mezcal Margarita, an Espresso Martini, a Maple Cranberry Old Fashioned, and more.
Lawrence Hall is located at 4609 Butler Street in Lawrenceville.
Great Variety – Con Alma
The downtown restaurant and jazz bar, Con Alma, is known for great food and live music. But did you know their non-alcoholic drink options are some of the most robust in the city?
The restaurant does an excellent job with non-alcoholic options of all styles, typically including two cocktails, NA wine, rotating NA beer, non-alcoholic spirits, tea, and more. So if you want a bit of variety when drinking without alcohol, this one has you covered!
Con Alma is located at 613 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.
Cocktails – Maggie’s Farm Rum
Maggie’s Farm Rum is Pittsburgh’s premier rum distillery, making some of the finest rums you’ll likely ever have- in Pittsburgh or otherwise. Their recent expansion into a new production facility in Upper St. Clair has allowed Maggie’s to expand their bar menu, add on a full kitchen, and then some, and in dry January this allows them to have a line-up of eight NA creations!
While it does appear that their Strip District location is a fair bit more limited in this regard (just a couple of non-alcoholic cocktails), for those who make the trip to the South Hills, you’ll be rewarded with a stellar lineup from a team that knows how to do them right!
Maggie’s Farm Rum has two locations- one in the Strip District at 3212a Smallman Street and one in Upper St. Clair at 1387 McLaughlin Road. Their mocktail program appears to be much larger at the Upper St. Clair location as noted above.
Beer – Allegheny City Brewing
Allegheny City Brewing in the North Side may not have their own non-alcoholic beers on draft. But those who want to hit up a brewery and still enjoy an NA beverage have several options here. The brewery typically always has cans of NA beer, canned hop water, and a non-alcoholic cocktail from Goodlander Cocktail Brewery on tap at most all times.
So if you want to have a night out with friends and still get some delicious non-alcoholic beverages, do not overlook a stop at ACB!
Allegheny City Brewing is located at 510 East Ohio Street in the North Side.
Cocktails and Beer – EYV
Just a few steps away from Allegheny City Brewing is the North Side’s resident vegetable-forward restaurant, EYV. This one also has a robust bar program with cocktails, beer, and wine, and has a rather respectable mocktail list including five creations that are a mix of classics and unique house creations as well as a couple of non-alcoholic beers available as well.
Vegetables and alcohol-free drinks? We like the sound of that!
EYV is located at 424 East Ohio Street in the North Side.
Do you have a favorite bar or restaurant to enjoy Dry January for non-alcoholic beverages? Comment below to share!
