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Soft Bar + Cafe is a bar with no alcohol behind it, which is the whole design rather than a limitation. Radke's own distinction is that the room does not serve mocktails: "we make soft cocktails", built as premium drinks in their own right, some modelled on an espresso martini or an Aperol spritz, one bitter negroni-style pour called Bitter Beginnings, several using electrolytes, vitamins, amino acids or collagen. The kitchen runs flatbreads, meats, cheeses and pastries alongside coffee, tea and matcha, and the doors open at 7am so the same room works as a cafe and as a night out.
The space is a 2,300-square-foot former industrial garage near the corner of Banker and Dobbin streets in Greenpoint. Not holding a liquor licence gave Radke room to negotiate on real estate that a bar would not have had.
Carl Radke founded it. He ran sales and business development at the canned-cocktail brand Loverboy, becoming its VP of sales, and has appeared on Bravo's Summer House for nine seasons. He lives in Greenpoint and has built the business around local food, fitness and wellness partners. He joined a TechTO Retail fireside in September 2020, then still at Loverboy.
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Founder-owned as far as any source read for this page shows. No investors or partners are named in the opening coverage.
Quick answers
What is Soft Bar + Cafe?
An alcohol-free bar and cafe at 200 Banker Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, open from 7am. It serves coffee, tea and matcha alongside what its founder calls soft cocktails — premium non-alcoholic drinks, not mocktails.
When did it open?
17 September 2025, in a 2,300-square-foot former industrial garage near Banker and Dobbin streets.
Who founded it?
Carl Radke, who ran sales and later was VP of sales at the canned-cocktail brand Loverboy and has appeared on Bravo's Summer House. He lives in Greenpoint and built the business around local partners.