Eco friendly bars are a slowly growing trend all across the United States and the world. There are many factors to being considered eco friendly, from waste to construction to the actual food and beverage products themselves.

1) Hopworks Urban Brewery in Portland, Oregon

Hopworks is the absolute epitome of being environmentally friendly. Everything they do in some shape or form is in an effort to contribute to remaining green. From the basics of organic home brewed beer to energy efficient lighting and piping, their entire building is green. In fact, their tasting bar is made completely out of recycled materials. They have even installed a system to use runoff from their gutters to provide irrigation for their gardens and plants.

2) Standing Stone Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon

This brewery/restaurant goes the extra mile in every aspect of their company philosophy. From plant based to-go forks and knifes to recycling 100% of their paper used to recycling and composting about 20% of all garbage they encounter. They have their own farming operation for organic goods used on the premises, and this even includes a rooftop garden of herbs, fruits, and vegetables. The company even went as far as to purchase some hybrid bikes to assist their staff on remaining green on their daily commute to work.

3) Raven’s Restaurant at the Stanford Inn in Mendocino, California

Situated at an eco resort, this restaurant boasts a purely vegetarian and vegan dinner menu, complemented by completely organic wines. The bar even boasts vodkas infused with completely organic fruits and vegetables and of course, organic beer. You won’t find any well alcohol here, only top shelf brands. All materials are recycled when possible, and the eco-footprint is kept to a minimum.

4) Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York

The first ever environmentally friendly bowling alley/bar/concert venue, this extravaganza for the senses does it’s best to use recycled materials. This place boasts the first ever LEED (Leadership in Energy and Efficiency Design) approved alley and it’s concert stage is made purely out of recycled tires. The electricity is 100% wind generated, and they have a posted no bottles or cans policy. Even the sodas are on tap. They’ve also planted over 15 trees all around the property.

5) Ukiah Brewing Company in Ukiah, California

The first ever certified organic bar, they received certification in July 2001. All products used in the restaurant to prepare food or brew their beer must be completely certified organic or they could risk losing their certification. The founder even helped coordinate the county wide ban on genetically altered food, the only such ban in the country.