She’s pregnant — but her friends don’t know and she doesn’t want to tell them yet.
He’s a recovering alcoholic who hasn’t had a drink in a decade, but he hates standing out when everyone else at the table orders a cocktail.
They’re in their early 20s and have decided — to protect their mental health and in keeping with their healthy-living goals — that they don’t want to drink.
She’s in her 40s and frankly has too much to do on Sunday to deal with a hangover.
At Grow Giesen Plant Shop , which opened in 2022 at 320 S. Market and includes a trendy cocktail bar called Botanic , head bartender Samantha Scott has served drinks to people in all of the above situations.
It’s one of the reasons she loves working at the business, which is one of the local leaders of the “mocktail” movement.
Though alcohol-free cocktails are hardly a new invention — they’ve been popular on the coasts for years — the trend has been trickling in Wichita over the past year or two. Now, most of Wichita’s top bars and restaurants either have special “sober” cocktail menus or advertise their willingness to make versions of their drinks alcohol-free. Many also carry non-alcoholic beers and wines.