Where to find (and how to make) a delicious mocktail to round out your Dry January

I’m just coming into the home stretch of a month without alcohol. I’ve been observing Dry January, which began as a British public health campaign and has since spread to the United States. The idea is to take a month alcohol-free and take notice of how you feel and save money (and maybe donate it to a charity). I will say it feels kind of great. Unexpectedly so. (Also, might be my imagination, but I think my skin looks better?) It also helped me to better walk in the shoes of my sober friends in party, bar and restaurant dining situations. That made me appreciate the restaurants that offer festive non-alcoholic drinks on their bar menus. My favorite spots with actual, thoughtful mocktails include Bear Tooth Grill (try the “Pink Drink” with prickly pear), South (try the “Rosemary Peach Fizz”), Orso (try the “Innocent Sangria”), Writer’s Block (try the mock mojito) and Spenard Roadhouse. Shawna Calt, bar manager at the Roadhouse, was kind enough to share a recipe for a not-too-sweet grapefruit refresher called “Innocent Love.”

Innocent Love

(From bar manager Shawna Calt at Spenard Roadhouse)

Makes one drink

Ingredients:

3-4 good sized basil leaves

3 ounces grapefruit juice

1/2 ounce simple syrup

4 ounces club soda

Method: Muddle basil in a pint glass, add ice. simple syrup, juice and top with soda.