DC bar set to open without alcohol: ‘whether you like it or not’

DC’s first non-alcoholic bar is set to open to the public this February. It’s called Binge Bar and sits on H Street in Northeast DC near the NoMa neighborhood. Gigi Arandid created the dry bar after getting a DUI and going sober. Arandid says she wants to create a safe, sober place for recovering alcoholics and those who want to limit their drinking. We talk about her sobriety story, her hopes for the bar and the challenges it faces.

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