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by Yen 1574 days ago
If you don't drink alcohol - don't be afraid to ask for a non-alcoholic pairing!

Worst they can say is "no can do".

The one time I asked, it turned out that our server was ~30 years sober himself, and asked their bartender what they could do.

What they could do was, a variety of alcohol-substitute drinks, mixes of spices that didn't replace wine, but achieved the same culinary role, and custom dry cocktails. Drinks that, given the description, I never would have ordered. Drinks that, by themselves, didn't do what I thought a beverage did. It was amazing.