How we verify venues

What the Verified badge means

A listing carries the Verified badge when someone on our side has confirmed, directly with the venue or from the venue's own published menu, that the non-alcoholic offering described here actually exists. That means a real menu, a real phone call, or the venue's own current published information — not an assumption drawn from the name or the neighborhood.

Every venue page shows a last verified date. Menus and hours change constantly in hospitality, so treat anything older than a few months as a starting point and confirm with the venue before you make a trip.

What it doesn't mean

• It isn't an endorsement, a rating, or a review. We don't rank venues.
• It isn't paid. No venue can buy a badge, a position, or a place in the directory.
• It isn't a guarantee about a specific visit. Staff change, menus get cut, and a bar with a great zero-proof list in March may have dropped it by September.

Two different checks

There are two separate things we can tell you about a venue, and we keep them apart on purpose:

• Listing confirmed — the business has a current public listing and is reported as open. This is an automated check against public business data. It tells you the place exists. It tells you nothing about the drinks.
• Verified — a person confirmed the non-alcoholic offering described on this page is real, from the venue's own menu or by contacting them directly. This is the only claim the Verified badge makes.

Of 126 listings, 116 have a confirmed business listing and 8 carry the Verified badge. The gap between those numbers is work we haven't finished, and we'd rather show it than blur the two together — an automated existence check is not the same as someone confirming there's something good to drink, and treating it as one would make the badge meaningless exactly where it matters most.

Unverified listings

Listings without the badge haven't been confirmed by us yet. They're usually places we've found through public sources and haven't finished checking. We show them because an incomplete map is more useful than an empty one — but we label them honestly rather than implying a check we haven't done, and we deliberately keep them out of search results until the details are confirmed.

Right now 8 of 126 listings are verified, and 112 are complete enough to stand on their own. We'd rather publish that number than round it up.

Our alcohol policy labels

The policy label is the most important thing on a listing, and the distinction between them matters a great deal to some readers:

• Fully Drink-Free — no alcohol is served anywhere on the premises. This is the strictest label and the one we're most careful with.
• Mocktail Menu — alcohol is served, but there's a genuine, dedicated non-alcoholic drinks program.
• Sober-Friendly — alcohol is served and there's no dedicated N/A menu, but the venue is a comfortable place not to drink.

If you're avoiding alcohol entirely, the Fully Drink-Free filter is the one to trust — and it's worth calling ahead regardless, because we would always rather you double-check than rely on us alone.

Tell us when we're wrong

We will get things wrong. Venues close, policies change, and public data goes stale. If a listing is inaccurate, tell us and we'll correct or remove it — corrections are the fastest way this directory gets better.

Submit a correction or email submit@themocktailguide.com.

A note on recovery

This is a directory of places, not a health resource, and nothing here is medical advice. If you're worried about your drinking, a doctor or a recovery service will help you far more than a list of bars can. Stopping suddenly after heavy, sustained drinking can be medically dangerous and is worth doing with professional support.