Lyre's in Denver, CO

Yacht Club is a 2021-founded neighborhood bar in Denver's Cole neighborhood, co-owned by McLain Hedges and Mary Alison Wright. The 'anti-club club' concept sits at the crossroads of upscale cocktail haunt, natural wine bar, and beloved dive bar — with hot dogs and dim-sum-style snacks rounding out the food offering. The bar debuted on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2023 and won the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award at North America's 50 Best Bars the same year, recognized for sustainability initiatives including fermentation programs that extend the shelf life of seasonal ingredients. The non-alcoholic program is featured on the menu under 'soft bangers' and has been covered in detail by Visit Denver's December 2025 spirit-free roundup (the Paradise Waits — green pineapple, Lyre's white cane, celery, lime, curry leaf) and Sober Bars Finder's Denver mocktails feature (the Friends In Low Places — Three Spirit Nightcap, Late Harvest Verjus, coffee, N.O.T. Chocolate Vinegar). The split-based, wine-forward cocktail philosophy that defines the alcoholic menu extends to the NA program: thoughtful, ingredient-driven, and far from the standard mocktail playbook.

Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club is a modern jazz and supper club opened in 2015 by Nicole and Scott Mattson, set inside a restored early 20th-century warehouse in Denver's RiNo Arts District. The two-level art deco space — designed for the acoustics of its raw steel and tall wood ceilings, with a mezzanine overlooking the stage — features live jazz nightly Wednesday through Sunday, including an Artist-in-Residency programming where artists explore a single musical icon, genre, or original work across a four-to-eight-week run. The dinner program is built as 'Dinner and a Show' — a three-course seasonal menu paired with the evening's music — and Nocturne is the only venue in Colorado to feature jazz programming exclusively. The non-alcoholic offering is just as intentional as the live music: the seasonally-rotating 'Ain't Misbehavin'' menu is a curated collection of four original NA cocktails, available à la carte at the bar or paired with the dinner menu. Current and recent named selections include the Violet Suede (Lyre's N/A gin, verjus, aquafaba, blueberry pink peppercorn syrup), Crimson & Clover (Lyre's London Dry N/A gin, spiced cranberry syrup, soda), Cha Cha Chai (chai-infused Seedlip 94, rosemary, coconut water, cranberry, lemon, orange), and Golden Harmony (Lyre's White Cane Spirit, Seedlip Garden 108, tamarind, verjus, orange, spice whipped honey). A Billie Holiday mural by Denver street artist Detour marks the entrance. A per-guest artist fee is added to checks to support the performing musicians.