Mocktail Wire

A boozeless tavern? That's Vena's Fizz House, writes Kathleen Pierce in the Bangor Daily News. The Fore Street soda bar/gift shop is mixing up creative drinks that look like cocktails, only sans spirits. "Inside this multilevel space on the corner — happy hour, drink specials and concoctions like Maine fire — ghost pepper-infused maple syrup, apple cider syrup, seltzer, maple bitters and fire and damnation bitters — are artistically executed." [BDN]