There are plenty of reasons to get a little more sober. Maybe you are dealing with addiction and you need to stop drinking now and forever. Maybe you are pregnant. Maybe you just want to get healthier, cut out extra calories or reduce your midweek headaches.

But that doesn't mean you want to lose the social aspect of meeting friends and saving the world through conversation.

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Any bar will make you a drink without alcohol. Some bars, like

, even have generic "mocktails" listed on the menu, meaning they will make you a nonalcoholic version of one of their cocktails. But if you want to avoid the pressure of coming up with your own idea, or if you're trying to keep a low-profile about not drinking, it helps to be able to order off the menu.

Luckily, in Portland we have that option. Here are nine such places, ranked.

Pictured: Mocktail version of The Florin -- strawberry, basil and lime -- at Victoria Bar.

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Honorable mention: Tusk

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2448 E. Burnside St.,

Tusk's menu changes a lot and it seems unfair to suggest you get a drink -- for example, the Nine Lives, $7, which is a delightfully subtle blend of cucumber, cardamom, ginger and lime -- when there are no guarantees it will stay on the menu.

That said, Tusk is a pretty much perfect restaurant and they will happily make you something booze-less and delicious to go with the best vegetables you've ever had in your life.

Pictured: Nine Lives

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8. Bye and Bye

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1011 N.E. Alberta St.,

The nonalcoholic drinks at the Bye and Bye are exactly what the alcoholic drinks are: something from the soda gun, maybe some syrup, straight-to-the-point drinks, frequently in a large quantity. This doesn't make them bad, it just makes it difficult for them to compete with a place where the drinks are artistic creations.

Still, the $4 alcohol-free options work if you want to sit with your friends while they drink and smoke cigarettes for hours, which let's be honest, is what you do at the Bye and Bye.

Try Floor Punch, which comes in a huge Mason jar and is a bright pink fruit punch lemonade. Or go for the Rose Palmer, a pretty Arnold Palmer with rosemary lemonade.

Pictured: Rose Palmer

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Pictured: Floor Punch

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7. Grand Army Tavern

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901 N.E. Oneonta St.,

The "House No Proof Drinks" menu at Grand Army Tavern is an extensive list of handmade drinks, which seems exciting, but ultimately most of the drinks we tried weren't that interesting or complex.

The Yuzu, Passionfruit and Apricot ($5) was a satisfying orange color but tasted mostly like a nice sparkling apricot juice. The Coconut-Cardamom Soda ($5) was almost too subtle, a lightly cardamom flavored soda water that could have been sipped for quite a while.

The only real disappointment was the Pineapple and Tomato Shrub Soda ($5), which we ordered hoping for something savory. Sadly, it was sweet.

Pictured: Yuzu, Passionfruit and Apricot

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Pictured: Pineapple and Tomato Shrub Soda

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Pictured: The Coconut-Cardamom Soda

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6. Departure

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525 S.W. Morrison St.,

There's a tendency to replace booze with too much sweetness, which is the main issue with Departure's "Dry Menu." The list of nonalcoholic drinks has five choices, but your best bet if you don't want something cloyingly sweet, is the spicy Gonggong ($7). In fact, the drink was so good, it moved Departure up the list two spots.

The Gonggong mixes berry-apple shrub (drinking vinegar), pineapple (an almost ubiquitous ingredient in nonalcoholic drinks), lemon and habanero to create a drink that burns your lips in the kind of way that you keep thinking about it days later.

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5. La Moule

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2500 S.E. Clinton St.,

Just because you aren't drinking, you shouldn't have to miss La Moule's $1 oyster happy hour (if you're not drinking because you're pregnant, maybe skip it). The "No Proof" menu offers two drinks made at the bar that look good and taste good and will fool any of your friends who try to bully you into taking a shot.

The Orange-Vanilla Soda ($5) is a super vanilla-y homemade orange vanilla cream soda. The Tonic Fizz ($6) is a coconut cream-based drink. It's a surprisingly subtle foamy white drink that comes with a striped straw and is basically a tropical vacation in a glass.

Pictured: Orange-Vanilla Soda

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Pictured: Tonic Fizz

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4. Oven and Shaker

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1134 N.W. Everett St.,

If you are looking for a classy happy hour without the happy-hour-killed-the-rest-of-the-night issue that comes with alcohol, try Oven and Shaker.

The drinks from the "Free" section of the menu are tasty and different, even if they are a little light on flavor. Note, they are $6, not free cost-wise, just free of booze (except for bitters so if you are 100 percent sober this could be a deal-breaker for you).

The star of the menu is the Pineapple Pepper Punch, made with fresh lime, yellow pepper and pineapple juice. All the juices are freshly extracted, which comes through in the bright, refreshing and light flavors.

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3. Epif

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404 N.E. 28th Ave.,

At Portland's vegan pisco bar, mocktails are listed on the menu above the cocktails, which should give you an idea about how seriously they take their nonalcoholic drinks. Here, for $6 each, you can get drinks created not as cocktails just minus the booze, but as drinks unto themselves.

We tried three of the offerings: El Urri Gato, a lightly sparkling pineapple drink with a hint of chili pepper and lime; the Raspberry Sparkle, sparkling raspberry with a whisper of mint and lime; and the Picaflor, a refreshing mix of mango, basil, lemon, bitters and sparkling water.

All of the drinks do the trick, but the Picaflor was probably the most delightful to spend an evening sipping, especially when paired with surprisingly tasty vegan empanadas.

Pictured: El Urri Gato

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Pictured: Raspberry Sparkle

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Pictured: Picoflor

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2. Deadshot

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2133 S.E. 11th Ave.,

Deadshot, which took over the space left by P.R.E.A.M., is one of the coolest new bars in Portland. The drinks are complicated and delicious, the bar snacks are unexpected and the sound system is playing Band of Horses and M. Ward.

Here, under the "No Proof" heading, they offer three drinks, priced between $5 to $6, that no one looking at them would realize they contained no booze.

The Temperate Fowl is a pineapple-heavy drink, like so many nonalcoholic drinks, but it mixes up the genre with citrus, strawberry and cinnamon for a refreshing and gorgeous dark tangerine-colored drink. Bitter Melon, an earthy, bright green drink garnished with mint, is refreshingly less sweet than most no-booze drinks.

The highlight, though, is the HN Fizz, an ombre deep pink sparkling hibiscus with citrus and nutmeg and crushed ice, topped with a drink umbrella. The nutmeg is such a lovely touch that even booze drinkers might consider ordering this one.

Pictured: The Temperate Fowl

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Pictured: HN Fizz

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Pictured: Bitter Melon

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1. Hale Pele

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Julie Showers

2733 N.E. Broadway St.,

Entering Hale Pele, tucked into an unassuming strip of Northeast Broadway, is like stepping into the Tiki Room at Disneyland. The low lighting, the decor and the occasional thunderstorm, all come together to make this the perfect Portland tiki experience.

The "Virgin Sacrifices" menu is a truly impressive feat, with insanely affordable $4, basically perfect alcohol-free cocktails. The Nada-Colada is a must-drink, a blended ice coconut drink that makes you wonder why anyone would need booze in their piña colada.

For something pretty much unlike any other, go for Trouble in the High Seas, a refreshing and interesting mix of lime, grapefruit, pineapple, cinnamon and falernum, which isn't too sweet. And because it doesn't contain booze, you can have as many as you want. You will want many.

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Pictured: No-Mojito

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Pictured: Trouble in the High Seas

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Pictured: Nada-Colada

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Looking for a place for a booze-free drink menu?

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Check the map!

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-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052

lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker