There was one in Columbus Ohio. The idea was that people who don't drink don't really want to hang out with drunks.

Except this one was run by right-wing extremists.

It might shock you, but the cross-section of sober right-wing extremists in a fairly liberal Midwest college town was surprisingly not sufficient to support their business.

But it helps!

That wasn't a part of the question i was replying to..

They had asked whether or not there were enough people who don't drink at every location they shop at to justify a business not serving alcohol..

To which my answer was a reminder that many non-alcohol related businesses do in fact exist and many are quite profitable.

IOW: pedantry for the sake of a mildly amusing loophole in grammar.

Yes. Thank you for confirming? Or more likely, whoosh.

His point of a bar without alcohol might as well be a restaurant, but fun bars can have games. So, yes, alternatively just like I was saying, there are more options than just being a restaurant as the original commenter suggested such as a pool hall or arcade.

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Makes about as much sense as a meatless butcher shop.

Those are called pool halls and arcades. Bars have alcohol.

I'm saying it happened ALL the time, which is why the Church paid out millions. The Church should stay the hell out of it. They don't have the ability to investigate, but they did, and then they did the priest. Are you unaware of history? Did you miss the list of payouts the church did for this?

Here is over a decade of payout after payout, over a billion dollars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlements_and_bankruptcies_in_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

Here's a list of priests hidden by the church:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_transfers_of_abusive_Catholic_priests

Errr... no

Now I finally understand all the concern about drag queens!

You personally being irreligious isn't stopping you from providing religious-based cover for these actions.

Possibly, and adding that what makes bars profitable is the incredible markup of alcoholic beverages. A single served drink costs as much as ½ a bottle in many cases. And even normal bars close all the time, especially in this financial environment. Not to mention, I assume they’re serving “mocktails”, of which people will buy (maaaybe two) vs people drinking regular cocktails will have multiple drinks. There needs to be another form of service (i.e., food) or entertainment (i.e., live music) to keep something like this afloat.

You guys are going to be sweating when the watchers return in full. There are already a few here now.

if alcohol is free there idk how they ever made $ in the first place

I found this old dive bar in sandiego that was turned into a smoothie and kombucha plac. They didn’t change the atmosphere at all and was a cool concept. Dive bar but no alcohol. Think they lasted a couple months.

It was right next to the foodless grocery.

DEFEATED! FLAWLESS VICTORY.

Up next, food free restaurant.

Yes and they usually have some other service or product to sell. That much should be obvious.

A person that doesn't drink alcohol can still definitely go to a bar.

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They are plenty fun by simply having skill

Which I mean are probably way more fun with alcohol.

Fun bars have pool, darts, and games tho