Filled with ideas and a fresh purpose, each of these entrepreneurs helps to make the sober space a delicious one to explore.
MINNEAPOLIS — It was January 2020, and Peder Schweigert had struck a nerve.
As the beverage leader of Marvel Bar, the game-changing Minneapolis cocktail haven beneath the Bachelor Farmer, he had created a new cocktail menu that was garnering national attention as much for what was in the glass as what wasn't. The drink list was known simply as "Dry," and he'd built many flavors from foraging Minnesota-grown ingredients. What guests enjoyed were nuanced, seasonal ingredients that were mixed, studied and considered like all drinks served at the cerebral bar. But not one leaned on the standard cocktail backbone: alcohol.
