Non-alcoholic beverages flourish as more Americans cut back on drinking

Paul Solman:

But more and more of us and particularly younger people are opting to cut back on booze. Sales of so-called nonalcoholic spirits, beer and wine at grocery, convenience, liquor stores and the like are up more than 40 percent in just the last two years.

There are even bars like Hekate in Manhattan's East Village which displays, says "New Yorker" writerJohn Seabrook:

John Seabrook, "The New Yorker": All these bottles of liquor that look like rum and whiskey and tequila, and they're all nonalcoholic.

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