Zero-Proof Cocktail Bar, Mockingbird, Proves You Don't Need Alcohol to Have Fun
Dry January just got easier in Park Slope, Brooklyn!
[Note: Mockingbird’s opening date has been moved to January 16 instead of January 10.] Just in time for Dry January, Mockingbird, an innovative non-alcoholic cocktail bar, will open its doors at 213 7th Avenue Brooklyn on January 10.
Coulton Vento and Evan Clark, the friends and founders of the new zero-proof venture, developed the concept about a year ago. On New Year’s Day 2024, Vento, a former cocktail enthusiast, stopped drinking for Dry January. Enjoying better health, clarity, and no hangovers, he decided to give up alcohol all together.
Though he’s enjoying sobriety, Vento does miss the “creativity, atmosphere, and connection that come with meeting at a cocktail bar,” he says. “There’s a lack of adult spaces to hang out at night that don’t revolve around alcohol.” That, along with his love of cocktails, sparked the idea of opening a welcoming space that caters to non-drinkers.