A bar has opened that doesn’t serve alcohol, and it’s surprisingly successful.
Brillig Dry Bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan doesn’t serve alcohol, but owner Nic Sims is counting on customers not caring.
She hasn’t had a drink in 20 years, and she wanted to create a space where people—including, but not limited to, recovering alcoholics—could gather to have fun and socialize without worrying about drinking. In other words, she wants Brillig Dry Bar to have “a bar-like convivial atmosphere, with snacks and drinks and conversation, without it being a bar,” she told MLive.com.
Sims runs the bar as a pop-up out of her husband’s coffee shop, Mighty Good Coffee. She serves interesting non-alcoholic drinks, like Brooklyn Egg Creams, Pomegranate-Rosemary Sodas, and Vegan Pumpkin Chillers, as well as snack plates with meats, cheeses, and cookies.
Though some detractors have accused Sims of being anti-alcohol, the bar’s opening night last Friday was packed. According to BuzzFeed, “Brillig’s first customers included former drinkers, pregnant women, Muslims, teenagers, and college kids.”
The next pop-up will be December 26.
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concretebuilding

This is actually really cool, especially for people who can’t drink alcohol, like people with liver/digestive/processing issues.

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stynalane

Dysautonomiacs, put on your real-people clothes, we goin’ to a bar!!!

@rosyrockstar @jociluv i wanna go and drink chocolate milk 

This is a really nice idea :D

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jobe00

A bar I could actually enjoy.

:)

I’m not a big drinker and I would love this…

Oooh I’m interested!

It’s really neat because it has the kind of social gathering aspect of going to a bar with friends but for people who avoid alcohol or can’t have it for whatever reason (Because some people medically cannot drink) or who just don’t want to drink a lot, it’s still nice :)