A NEW Melbourne bar is offering a guarantee for those who come to sample its wares - you will feel better in at least one sense the next day.

That's because Shebeen, opening in Manchester Lane off Flinders Lane later this month, is non-profit.

Entrepreneur Simon Griffiths is opening a bar called Shebeen in Manchester Lane in the CBD, with profits going towards projects in Third World countries. Credit:Jason South

Co-director Simon Griffiths says it might be Australian's first permanent non-profit bar.

Overseas, a Washington DC ''philanthropub'' called Cause divides its overall profits between four charities.