In the summertime, the lines extend out the door at this family-owned juice bar in Logan Square, but in the winter, it’s possible to walk right in to grab a juice, smoothie, boba tea, or house-made yogurt and add a few Latin-American snacks, like elotes, empanadas, salchipapas, and more.

As the name suggests, Chiya Chai, which has cafes in Logan Square and in the Loop, serves more than a dozen flavors of chai, imported from Nepal and prepared over an induction burner for the best flavor. For those who want to prepare their own chai at home, loose leaf teas and bottles of chai concentrate are also available for purchase. Ownership has called chai, “the original mocktail.” There are also various South Asian snacks, including momos, available.

This Logan Square cocktail lounge has expanded its offerings to a menu of spirit-free drinks. Selections including “Cloudbusting” (cantaloupe, vanilla, mint, passion fruit, green tea, and bubbles) and “El Vacio” (housemade sprit-free Fernet, black fig, coffee, honey, cinchona bark, citrus oils, and orange juice).

With locations in Brighton Park and Gage Park, Core Juice Bar is committed to providing healthy food to underserved communities. The menu includes a long list of fruits and vegetables that can be cold-pressed, mixed, and blended into juices, smoothies, and protein shakes, with and without special energy and immunity boosters. Customers can order a specialty drink or invent their own. Juices are also available in sealed bottles to go.

Hugo Tea in Bucktown offers loose leaf teas from China and Japan, all individually brewed by “teatenders” who are well-versed in traditional methods. For select Saturdays through January, Hugo will be collaborating with Vida Mia Cocktails on a series of Dry January pop-ups featuring tea- and juice-based nonalcoholic drinks.

This Beverly health food store has plenty for those on special diets, including vitamins, supplements, and produce. The juice bar portion serves cold-pressed veggie and fruit juices. They’re happy to blend them up and add superfoods for a tasty treat.

Michigan import Eli Tea Bar is a sober-friendly nightlife alternative in Andersonville, with an LGBTQ-friendly atmosphere (including drag queen bingo), late hours, and an extensive menu of loose-leaf teas and blends from all over the world. The owner studied botany and uses that background to mix drinks. There are also pastries from Spoke & Bird and samosas from Tasting India.

Find milk tea and other beverages at this “East Asian tea parlor” situated in Little Italy. Living Water Tea House sports a unique mission and even allows customers to book their own tea ceremonies, a unique way to sip tea and learn about Chinese traditions. Not only does the tea deliver, but ownership is very particularly about the vessels — tea is only as good as the equipment it’s made and served in — and the pots and cups at Living Water are something to behold.

Marz is a popular brewery inside a McKinley Park industrial park — from the same family that brought Chicago Kimski and Maria’s Community Bar. Ownership has expanded its business to non-alcoholic drinks including a line of CBD sparkling tonics. They also have CBD sparkling teas. These canned beverages are a refreshing change of pace from booze. There’s also a Bucktown location, Life on Marz.

This Pilsen standby has rebounded to find a new space after departing Thalia Hall. Proudly woman owned and open since 2013, find cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and “health lattes” — unique drinks like the Chagaccino (Chaga mushroom, cacao, honey or agave, coffee, cinnamon, & plant milk).

With locations in Uptown and Chinatown (and one pending in Lincoln Park), Uni Uni serves just about every sort of Asian tea drink — boba tea, fruit tea, cheese tea, and milk tea, plus flavored milk and Yakult — in preparations that range from the simple to the elaborate, in every color of the rainbow.

This lauded Japanese inspired West Loop tavern run by Julia Momose, an experienced bartender and author with stints at Aviary and GreenRiver. Momose popularized the notion of “spirit-free” drinks in Chicago — she bristles at calling them mocktails, in part because she feels that term mocks folks who don’t want to order drinks with booze. She brings serious technique to her spirit frees, often utilizing Seedlip, an NA herbal “spirit” that makes drinkers feel they’re imbibing a beverage of substance, not just a glorified smoothie.

With locations in Hyde Park, Chinatown, and off the Mag Mile, Te’amo Boba Bar is a chain with Hong Kong-style milk teas, boba, matcha, and more. Also, look for smoothies and loose-leaf teas.

It’s the world’s largest Starbucks! Which means four floors of caffeinated pleasure, each with its own espresso bar and special menu. There aren’t any Frappuccinos here, but there is a robust selection of nitros and cold brews, iced and sparkling teas, and treats like affogatos, plus the chance to taste fresh roasted beans in a variety of preparations, including Clovers and Chemexes. The drink menu is co-produced by Julia Momose (Kumiko) who has extensive experience with making spirit-free drinks. Special experiences can be booked via Tock.

This Chatham icon has been reborn after an extensive remodel for this vegan jewel. Part of the rebrand from Soul Vegetarian included a larger emphasis on the juice bar component of the business. The smoothies are dairy free and one of the tastiest is the Pineapple Supreme (pineapple, orange juice, and coconut milk).

A Hyde Park staple for more than 45 years, Bonne Sante is just as well-known for its juice bar as it is for its selection of groceries. Choose from fruit and vegetable juices, kombucha on tap, or a full menu of shakes, which include supplements to help cure all that ails you.