This spring, a new bar focused on non-alcoholic drinks is opening in Greenpoint. The newcomer, Soft Bar, will be located near the corner of Banker and Dobbin streets in Greenpoint. A specific opening date has not yet been set, but the team at Soft Bar said they are pushing for a spring unveiling.
Soft Bar is the brainchild of co-founder Carl Radke, who appeared on Bravo’s Summer House reality show. “From an idea in my head almost two years ago to the current day, I still walk into bars and cafes with very few non-alcoholic options and lackluster experiences. The inspiration stems from several bars calling non-alc drinks ‘soft cocktails’ or ‘softs’,” Radke wrote on Instagram.
Soft Bar calls itself a “non-alcoholic bar and cafe serving soft cocktails and functional drinks.” The menu will offer a selection of beverages designed to naturally enhance the consumer’s well-being. The team at Soft Bar told Greenpointers that the bar’s primary focus will be soft cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages versus food.
Greenpoint-based BOLT Design built the space. “We’re a hyper-local design, build, and fabrication studio focused on marrying the concepts of quality and quantity,” BOLT told Greenpointers.
Soft Bar was introduced to New York City this month during a four-day Dry January experience sponsored by Hiyo, a non-alcoholic drink brand, in partnership with Soft Bar and Clover Club, a bar in Carroll Gardens. The weekend included a series of activations led by Radke, Julie Reiner of Netflix’s Drink Masters, and Richie Millwater, Soft Bar’s Beverage Director.
The fad of the moment like hoola hoops and bell bottoms. They had a version of this in the 1980s with non alcoholic beer. It didn’t last too long.
Taking alcohol out of alcoholic drinks is like taking the orgasm out of sex.