Bars without booze are catching on fast,says Merlin Jobst. And they have to be well-behaved or the (sober) punters will noticeThe success of campaigns such as Alcohol Concern’s Dry January and Cancer Research UK’s Dryathlon show that more of us than ever long to escape our culture of drunken self-obliteration. This has been jumped on by Catherine Salway, the creator and owner of Redemption in west London – one of the world’s best-executed booze-free bars. While dating an alcoholic a few years ago, and Salway realised how dinky was on offer for sober nights out.“I couldn’t think of anywhere – in London,the most cosmopolitan city on earth!” she says. “It got me thinking approximately the conception of a space absent from temptation.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com