NBC’s Gary Grumbach takes us into Binge Bar, Washington D.C.’s first bar with an entirely non-alcoholic menu. He speaks to the founder of the bar, Gigi Arandid, on her struggles with alcohol that led her to open the business.
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As a non-alcoholic (I love my O’Douls), I say good job. I hope this catches on.
GOOD! Alcohol has addicted more children, destroyed more relationships, contributed to more sexual assaults, and injured and killed more people throughout time than all wars combined.
Soon we’ll leave alcohol behind and classify it as the highest class substance like they did marijuana all those years. Which is good. Nothing but love and support for her business.
Alcohol has been around since ancient times, and Prohibition didn’t work in America. It will always be here in some capacity. Introducing alternatives, talking about harm reduction, and education about risks are good strategies to lessen the societal impact. What she is pioneering is part of a booming business; that is, non-alcoholic drinks
People need to get educated and stop this ignorant foolishness that has been going on forever where people think they cannot enjoy their life without constantly being drugged up with some form of mind-altering substance that has destroyed so many lives.
Hope you don’t use sugar, nicotine, caffeine, niacin, aspirin, Pepto, msg, or anything that the FDA has approved lmao…
Or maybe you should educate yourself stop being foolish…
Just buy juice/soda from the store and go home.
And the alcoholics always, always make themselves known. You can just walk right on by the business. Interesting that it bothers you so much that a business wouldn’t serve alcohol though.
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People need to grow up, get educated, and stop the insanity of thinking they cannot live without drugs and alcohol, mind-altering substances that have addicted so many children, countless families and relationships, and injured and killed more people throughout time than all wars combined.😮
Agree, there are other ways to get high like good music and ASMR
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Good for them! People need to grow up, get educated, and stop the insanity of thinking they cannot live without drugs and alcohol. These very dangerous mind-altering substances have addicted more children, destroyed more families and relationships, and injured and killed more people throughout time than all wars combined.
If you yourself were actually educated you would know that that’s only a minority. I don’t know why people think sobriety is this huge advantage for everyone. I’ve never been able to relate to that. Plenty of people are made worse by abstinence, not better.
Stop spamming
All the alcoholics in the comments getting irritated because a business doesn’t serve alcohol. Nice to see you self identifying and admitting you have a problem. You’ve achieved your first step.
This story reminds me of the Australian feminist coffee shop that wanted to charge men more for coffee.
It shutdown in months.
Based on your comments, you need a drink bro.
I wish her luck but I don’t see the appeal of this since regular bars can easily make virgin drinks.
I think it exists simply to remove temptation. If a person who has an alcohol addiction, you think they’re going to go there for a virgin drink? Most likely no.
@mill 27 I wouldn’t expect someone with an alcohol addiction to go to a non-alcoholic bar.
It will be a matter of time till blacks shoot it up
So a coffee or tea or juice shop.
their facebook page shows that they have lots of events…sped dating ..live performace.(.music…comedy)…etc
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Great idea! I wish you much luck.
This is an incredibly great idea. When I went to college, there was this ridiculous culture around beer drinking, where it was considered socializing to drink as many beers as possible until you passed out in a pool of your urine and vomit. I’m so happy I was never part of that scene.
You belong in some Arabian country
Sounds like you should have gone to a different school. I enjoyed pounding cheap beers in college
@Tim We all did…. well…. except the sourpuss above us.
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This is a great idea for bankruptcy
Women founded… women run… but not invented by women… 😂
Good idea but the name can def send the wrong message.
If u go here ur asking to get bullied 😂🤣 just don’t drink 🤣 me and the boys personally pushing u around if we see u walk in there 💀
No alcohol! What’s the point?
Yea, it’s like a bar that sells sugar water!
@Irrel Evant the correct spelling would be “yeah” not yea.
to go have fun..this place has karaoke night…concert nights…speed dating nights…fitness nights ……
I admit that I have never been a drinker and don’t see the appeal. But I definitely don’t see the appeal spending the money for and drinking non-alcoholic drinks with out the effect of alcohol. Surely there are better things to spend that money on and other things you can do to be social.
As a recovering alcoholic, I love this idea!
It’s not for the weak that’s forsure
Just because you buy non-alcoholic beers and wine doesn’t mean you don’t buy alcoholic ones as well. More sales of nonalcoholic doesn’t mean the nation is “sobering up”.
A non alcoholic bar is called a cafe lol
Hipsters don’t mind wasting money on hip things….
Not all is bad in the world
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This is low key genuis idea regular people who wanna go to a bar environment but don’t want to drink it would be perfect
*genius
@Irrel Evant I can promise you my intelligence has nothing to do with spelling or grammar. I appreciate the correction though have a good one.
*** Alcohol is not the MAIN problem in DC ***??
That’s dumb.
I would’ve expect a place like this to be in Sidney or Toronto not in that brotha infested lawless city… cheers 🥃
The highlight of this business plan is that you (and your company) can freely order any drink on the menu without having to wonder or worry if the drink in mind comes alcohol-free, and for those recovering to not get tempted from being surrounded from alcohol. I think this can be a good business idea, as it can be taken as a safe space to enjoy and knowing that everyone else around won’t be causing trouble. Now you can also bring your Muslim friends.
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Also a good place for people with medical issues that prevent drinking like liver problems, pregnancy, and certain medications like many mental health meds. I enjoy going out with friends and while its often funny to watch their drunk selves try and function, it does get kinda tiring always having to shoulder the responsibility of being the Designated Driver or Mom Friend.
and for people who are bad tippers.
She was definitely getting slutted out 😅
Love it. Smart.
This is stupid. Watch next month she’ll go out of business and the news will be nowhere in sight to cover it.
Love this! I drink occasionally and enjoy going out without drinking. Research has proven that alcohol causes cancer and it’s not good for the body. We can all drink less or stop all together. Love the new options… hope it comes to Los Angeles, CA. 💛☀️
Some people don’t deserve to drink 🍻
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Brilliant idea
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Seems pointless. Y drink at all then lol. I rather not drink but smoke, puff puff pass.
I would definitely go here. I don’t drink, so it would be nice to go out to places with friends without the pressure to drink
You should also visit the middle east
You should have had A V8.
no alcohol in dc ? you will never see MTG there !
MTG is a binge drinker?
I love her! Thank you soooo much for doing this!
This place will be out of business before the year ends… people go to bars to drink, there is no other reason.
GEN X here I love to get drunk and play music. MORE BEER !!!
This is actually pretty cool! Sometimes ppl just want to hang out without the drunken shenanigans.
I’m starting my group “AA” ( alcoholic’s acknowledged) looking for members
So it’s a juice bar? Lame
In other words it’s AA
Good luck, but I don’t see this working.
it’s called a coffee shop popular spot for first dates.
I don’t see the point.
You sit around waiting for somebody else to get your date drunk and it never happens. Hahaha
Sounds like a nice night out.
That would just make me want to go out and drink alcohol, but that’s me.
That’s awesome, wish we had one close by.
I mean great but this shouldn’t be a story
I would drink a non-alcoholic old fashioned before one with alcohol.
Ugh its coming people, the next prohibition is on the way….
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I love this idea and I think there should be more places like this. I’m thirteen years sober this month so trying to find social places can be difficult. Not every sober person struggles with the same triggers. I do caution those that are newly sober to learn what your triggers are and stay clear of them and to stay away from non-alcoholic drinks because they do contain a specific level of alcohol. Get a few years of sobriety before deciding if an atmosphere such as the one in this story is right for you. Whether you can or cannot handle places and drinks like this does not make you better or worse than someone else. Personally, I don’t drink non-alcoholic drinks, but to each their own. ❤️
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Liberals 😂 – if it’s non-alcoholic, it’s a juice or soda bar!
Love the idea. ❤
So it’s a fancy coffee shop
That’s like going to Katz and getting a fat free pastrami
Yes! Hopefully it helps folks understand that alcohol is literally poison to the body and it breaks the Braun barrier an impairs the areas of the brain due to it being poison causing intoxication. It’s is literally poisoning the brain and body. The only organ capable of processing alcohol/this poison is the liver. That’s it. The rest of the body takes it as poison especially the brain! Stop drinking alcohol it is killing you. And it is a doorway to the demonic kingdom. They don’t call them spirits for nothing! Beware
Next week NBC has ads for non-alcoholic drinks/products. Nice promotion. Stop stigmatizing people who don’t drink or don’t want to! This would not be a story, but they have to sensationalize it by saying “this person used to drink”, shame patrons who go there and say everyone who goes there does not want to get drunk or is a problem drinker. Many people do not drink, it’s their choice. People should not be stigmatized or viewed differently because they choose not to drink. They also did this story on St. Patrick’s Day, the “drinking day”/promotion of it… Yuck!
A couple years from now they’ll have a story saying these non-alcoholic cocktails cause under-21 people to want to move into drinking alcoholic cocktails. Ugh. It never ends.
Funny how Gen Z and Millennials are turning away from alcohol, and yet they suffer from a greater % of clinical depression than the boozy Baby boomers
This sounds friggin awful
Is this for people that want to be in a bar but can’t control themselves?
Gonna find people getting turned in the bathroom to liven up the place
Finally a good reason for these nonalcoholic drinks. Definitely helpful for those in recovery or battling addiction. Wonder if the price point is 50% though. Otherwise huge margins on juice and water.
SOme of those drinks though, like an Old Fashioned…do people actually like the taste? lol
Love this idea! Great job Gigi.
Most of the people who buy non alcoholic beer is already drunk when buying it and thinking it’s alcohol 😂
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I’m waiting for a Marijuana Bar in DC
Yeah, this isn’t going to last.
Non alcoholic means. example kambocha drink?
I noticed that she didn’t have any customers.
That’s awesome! This Brit’s cheering you on from Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
This is cool. I wonder how it would fare in my town.
I’m not paying 7.00 for a half glass of OJ
So basically a soda bar. 😂😂 no thanks. I’d rather just not drink.
Wow!! How stupid 🙄…I’m going to start a car club…except nobody will have car’s in the club 😒 we will have car seats though…we can sit and make driving noises and describe what our car’s look like
So, this video could have just been titled: Restaurant Without Liquor License Opens In DC. …So what. Lots of places don’t serve alcohol.
Last week I went out to a super well established non-alcoholic pub that you can find in almost every city. And get this, they’re open 24 hrs a day! It’s called Denny’s.
SMH
Wow great idea! I’ve heard this is also called…”Any Fahking Restaurant” 🤓
Nearly 3 months sober and I find the idea amazing
That’s a cafe. That’s not a bar then.
Sounds like a nice place to meet a nice lady
Lol I drink to get hammered not for the taste. The taste is horrible. People that drink for the taste intrigue me.
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What a Great idea
I drink for the effect..
I love the business model! As a non drinker myself, this is something I would like to put up and help strengthen social relationships of people, just away from their phones
People drink for the EFFECT, if this doesn’t meet that, people will pass by the gas station to get the drink with the real EFFECT.
You don’t shake an old fashioned 😂