Sober Nightlife in Denver, CO
Where to go out late in Denver without drinking: every spot here keeps a strong zero-proof list — or serves no alcohol at all — and stays open past midnight. Ordered by how late you can stay, each one checked by a person with the closing time we found.
22 verified spots open past midnight · latest close 3am · 9 serve no alcohol at all
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
KavaDen runs from 9am to 3am every day of the week in a Lakewood strip unit on West Hampden, which makes it the latest-closing alcohol-free room in the Denver metro. The fit-out is a curved bar under neon, with an open layout, comfortable seating and no loud music — built for conversation rather than for volume — and games and puzzles are left out for people to use. It serves no food, so eat first. Happy hour runs 8pm to 10pm daily at half price. IMPORTANT for readers in recovery: alongside kava the menu carries kratom teas and CBD options. Kratom acts on opioid receptors and carries dependence and withdrawal risk that kava does not, so it is worth asking what is in a given cup.
Hours: Mon-Sun 9am-3am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
The Karma House is an alcohol-free kava bar at 608 Garrison Street in Lakewood, just west of Denver — a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by co-owners Nick Gnieski, Mollie Paige and Deonna Lupola, open 8am to 3am daily including holidays. Its drinks run from freshly brewed kava to a long retail shelf: Leilo kava at $8, Kin Euphorics at $6, Hiyo at $5, Sir Inkwell's yerba maté at $6, Odyssey mushroom elixirs at $5, Rowdy Mermaid kombucha at $4 and Karma Water at $4. ALCOHOL-FREE BUT NOT SUBSTANCE-FREE, and unusually explicit about it: alongside kava it sells kratom in several forms — Mitra 9 seltzers at $8 (20mg kratom extract per can), White Rabbit at $8, Kiody by vein colour at $40, Krabot capsules at $35 — plus CBD soda at $5 (20mg), CBD chocolate at $10, and chewables combining kratom extract, kava and blue lotus. It publishes a dated Legal & Safety Policy: kratom is 21-and-over with photo ID required and kept behind the counter, and it warns against combining botanical drinks with alcohol. No per-gram dosage table is published. The freshly brewed kava itself carries no published price.
Order: Freshly brewed kava tea (price not published) · Leilo Kava ($8) · Kin Euphorics ($6)
Hours: Mon-Sun 8am-3am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
That's Kava is an alcohol-free kava bar on South Broadway in Englewood, on the southern end of the Denver metro's Broadway corridor. The venue states plainly on its own site that "We are an alcohol free establishment" and describes itself as a sober bar. It trades from 8am until 2:30am, which makes it one of the latest-closing alcohol-free rooms in the metro, and it programmes trivia, bingo and board-game nights most evenings of the week. Readers should know what is actually being served: alongside kava, the traditional South Pacific root drink, That's Kava pours kratom and other psychoactive ethnobotanicals, and Colorado law restricts kratom sales to over-21s. The drinks list is organised into kava, teas, on-tap, shots, mocktails and a high-potency "extreme" section.
Order: That's Karma (kratom, orange juice, spearmint, turmeric, black pepper — on tap) · Green Kava (flash-frozen Fijian kava) · Majestic Mule (kava and kratom extract, nitro kava)
Hours: Mon-Sun 8am-2:30am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Denver Café & Kava opened on East Colfax in Park Hill in early 2026 as a deliberate zero-proof hangout — a room designed so that there is no pressure to drink, rather than a bar with a good alternatives list. It runs 7am to 2am every day of the week, which is the longest trading day of any alcohol-free venue in the city. The menu covers kava, mocktails, coffee and a range of Chinese and Vietnamese teas, plus small bites, and the calendar is community-led: open-mic nights, local vendor markets and themed parties. The founding team — Kevin Bloom, Elizabeth Leung, Cam Webbe, Jayden MacDonald and Jack Kestian — met as customers at Golden Kava Lounge, west of the city, and built this one together.
Hours: Mon-Sun 7am-2am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Kava Chris is a small alcohol-free kava bar at 2601 West Hampden Avenue in Sheridan, in the Denver metro, open unusually late — 9am to 2am on weekdays and to 4am on Saturday, with complimentary pool tables. Its menu is short and cheap: a single shell of kava (10oz) is $8, a double (16oz) is $15, a specialty kava is $9 and an extract is $8. Boba is $2 and a lime or lemon 50 cents, with seventeen house syrups — from lavender and orgeat to passion fruit, salted caramel and Swiss chocolate — at 50 cents each. Food is minimal: ramen at $2, chips at $1. ALCOHOL-FREE BUT NOT SUBSTANCE-FREE: alongside the kava it serves kratom, listed plainly under its own "Kratom Tea" heading rather than under a euphemism — green, white or red at $8, or an extract at $10. PLEASE NOTE: unlike some other Colorado kava bars, we could find no published dosage guidance, age policy or health warning anywhere on its website, even though Colorado law requires kratom sales to be 21-and-over with photo ID. Ask at the counter before ordering.
Order: Single Shell kava, 10oz ($8) · Double Shell kava, 16oz ($15) · Specialty Kava, 10oz ($9)
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-2am; Sat 11am-2am; Sun 11am-12am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?#6 · Open until 2am, every night · Kava bar · No alcohol served
Kavasutra Kava Bar
Capitol Hill / East Colfax
Kavasutra Denver is a fully alcohol-free kava and kratom social lounge on the Capitol Hill / East Colfax stretch, part of the Florida-founded Kavasutra chain and among the first true kava bars within Denver city limits. The house specialty is kava imported directly from Vanuatu and served in traditional "shells," alongside kratom teas, loose-leaf and herbal teas, cold brew coffee, and fizzy kombucha-style drinks. Open daily from 10am to 2am, it functions as a late-night, no-alcohol gathering spot — the kind of place Westword has noted draws people who don't drink or are getting sober. One important caveat: it is alcohol-free but not substance-free — it serves kratom, an active and controversial botanical that some reviewers describe as habit-forming.
Order: Vanuatu kava (shell) · Kratom tea · Kombucha
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-2am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?#7 · Open until 2am, every night · Kava bar · No alcohol served
Roots And Leaves: Mile High Kava Bar
Westminster
Mile High Kava is the Westminster branch of the Roots & Leaves group, on the northwest edge of the Denver metro. The venue describes itself as "a unique 18+ non-alcoholic tea and kava bar experience, perfect for those who prefer to socialize without alcohol", and it is programmed like a bar rather than a tea room: a stage for open-mic nights and karaoke, two pool tables, Skee-Ball, darts, couches and a full-size bar. It also has a kid-friendly area with toys, and hookah is available. Drinks are house-brewed kava and a range of traditional and ethnobotanical teas, both psychoactive plant preparations rather than soft drinks. Happy hours run three times a day, including a late slot from 10pm to midnight.
Order: Kavachata (CO2-extracted kava served in horchata) · Chupakava (CO2-extracted kava, 10oz or 17oz) · Frankenjuice (citrus ethnobotanical speciality tea)
Hours: Mon-Sun 8am-2am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
Peak Kava is the Lakewood branch of Roots & Leaves, a seven-strong kava bar group operating across Colorado and New Mexico. The venue states its position without hedging: "Peak Kava is a non-alcoholic bar dedicated to nurturing social connections without alcohol", and the group markets itself under the line "join the sober shift". It is fitted out as a bar rather than a cafe — two pool tables, giant Jenga, a multicade, a fireplace, bar seating and lounge seating — and runs happy hours from 5pm to 7pm and again from 10pm to midnight. The drinks are kava and ethnobotanical teas, both psychoactive: the house tea blends include blue lotus, California poppy, wild lettuce and white willow, and the kava is served traditionally by the shell or CO2-extracted.
Order: Kavachata (CO2-extracted kava served in horchata) · Rocket POP (CO2-extracted kava speciality) · The Bitch (apple cider-based ethnobotanical tea)
Hours: Mon-Sun 12pm-2am
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
The Karma Casa is an alcohol-free kava bar on Youngfield Street in the Applewood area of Golden, open daily from 10am to 2am. It states its purpose directly: a safe, alcohol-free space for work, arts, games and community building — so the room is set up for people to occupy for hours rather than to pass through, and it works as a daytime workspace and a late-night alternative from the same fit-out. Happy hour runs twice daily, 2pm to 4pm and again 7pm to 9pm. The menu covers kava, kratom and herbal teas. IMPORTANT for readers in recovery: kratom acts on opioid receptors and carries real dependence and withdrawal risk, which kava does not — the two are poured side by side here, so order deliberately.
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-2am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Forget Me Not is a cocktail lounge tucked off Clayton Street in Cherry Creek North, opened in 2019 with a bright, floral-leaning room and a small-plates menu of salmon crudo, street corn dip and wagyu steak tartare. Its drinks list carries a standing "Zero Proof" heading rather than a footnote, with three house non-alcoholic cocktails priced at $13 — the same tier as much of the low-ABV list — that rotate with the seasons. All three are built on Seedlip non-alcoholic spirits and treated as compositions rather than juice: the earthy Deep Roots, the herbal Green Machine and the floral Osaka Afternoon. Both 5280 and Visit Denver have singled the bar out for its zero-proof program.
Order: Deep Roots (Seedlip N/A spirit, tarragon, beet, ginger, citrus, Stappi red bitters — $13) · Green Machine (Seedlip N/A spirit, cucumber, salted lemon, ginger — $13) · Osaka Afternoon (Seedlip N/A spirit, cherry blossom, elderflower, tonic, lemon — $13)
Hours: Mon-Sun 3pm-2am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Gold Point is a whiskey-forward neighbourhood bar on Larimer Street in Five Points, known locally as an industry hangout where bartenders drink after their shifts, with a patio and no pretension. Despite the reputation, it keeps a standing "Non-Alcoholic" heading on its own drink menu alongside cocktails, cans and bottles, wine and combos. The three house zero-proof drinks are built on non-alcoholic spirits rather than juice, and priced at $11 to $12: a fruity non-alcoholic French 75 made with Ritual gin, a Phony Negroni, and a tropical bitter spritz built on The Pathfinder hemp spirit. The bar also stocks Athletic Brewing's Atletica Mexican-style lager and Three Spirit Spark by the can. It opens at 4pm on weekdays, 2pm at weekends, and trades to 2am daily.
Order: Sugar, Spice, and F@#$ ICE! (fruity non-alcoholic French 75: Ritual Gin, strawberry, rosemary, Three Spirits Spark — $12) · Whoa, Mama! (tropical bitter spritz: The Pathfinder, Thai and Szechuan spiced pineapple, pineapple cream soda — $12) · Phony Negroni ($11)
Hours: Mon-Fri 4pm-2am; Sat-Sun 2pm-2am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
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.
Order: Paradise Waits (NA: Lyre's White Cane, green pineapple, celery, lime, curry leaf, salt) · Freebird (NA: Pathfinder, bitter aperitivo, pineapple, lime, salt, soda) · Coconono (NA: coconut cordial, lime, mint, sparkling tea)
Hours: Mon 4pm-2am; Tue closed; Wed-Sun 4pm-2am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Retrograde is a retro-futuristic cocktail lounge hidden behind the freezer door of Sweet Action Ice Cream on East 19th Avenue in Denver's Uptown. Guests flip a light switch by the door to signal staff, then enter a dim room styled with mid-century furniture, cosmic detailing and cult films projected on the walls. The cocktail list is named after B-movies, and the non-alcoholic list follows the same conceit: the current board, titled "Invasion of the Pod People", carries four built non-alcoholic cocktails rather than a single bartender's-choice option. They are Forbidden Texture (apple custard, toasted sugar, aromatic bitters, aqua faba), Low Orbit (apple, orange, marshmallow), The Thing on the Rocks (American oak tea, pear core, aromatic bitters) and The Day the Juice Stood Still (clarified orange juice, cold pear, lemon, sobacha, soda water). Retrograde is 21+, first-come first-served with no reservations, and caps parties at five.
Order: Forbidden Texture (NA: apple custard, toasted sugar, aromatic bitters, aqua faba) · Low Orbit (NA: apple, orange, marshmallow) · The Thing on the Rocks (NA: American oak tea, pear core, aromatic bitters)
Hours: Mon-Thu 6pm-1am; Fri-Sat 5pm-1am; Sun 6pm-1am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Williams & Graham is a Prohibition-style speakeasy in Denver's LoHi neighborhood, entered through a hidden door disguised as a bookcase in a faux bookstore. Bartender Sean Kenyon opened it in 2011 with partner Todd Colehour, and it has become one of the country's most decorated bars — a James Beard nominee for Outstanding Beverage Program, a World's 50 Best Bars listee and a Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards winner. Alongside its classics it keeps a standing "Temperance" section of seven zero-proof options priced $8 to $12 and built on serious non-alcoholic spirits: Staycation (The Pathfinder, chocolate and roasted corn, Coco Lopez), My Bitter Clementine (Earl Grey, clementine shrub, Giffard aperitif, lemon), Heat Seeker (Three Spirit Nightcap, Amass Riverine, lime, gochujang and tea, Coco Lopez, cucumber), Imposter Syndrome (Giffard aperitif, The Pathfinder, Giesen zero-proof sauvignon blanc, strawberry rose living vinegar), Windowshopper, Passionate Earl and three house-made sodas. A second outpost operates at Denver International Airport.
Order: Staycation (NA: The Pathfinder, chocolate & roasted corn, Coco Lopez) · My Bitter Clementine (NA: Earl Grey, clementine shrub, Giffard aperitif, lemon) · Heat Seeker (NA: Three Spirit Nightcap, Amass Riverine, lime, gochujang & tea, Coco Lopez, cucumber)
Hours: Mon-Sun 5pm-1am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
The Peach Crease Club is a mid-century-inspired vinyl listening bar in Denver's RiNo district, across the plaza from Mission Ballroom, opened November 28, 2025 by husband-and-wife bartenders Alex Jump and Stuart Jensen. The culinary-driven cocktail list names drinks after the dishes they reference, and — crucially for non-drinkers — the menu prints the alcohol-by-volume of every drink and marks those that can be built non-alcoholic, with a full Non Alc page carrying four cocktails of their own: Green Curry (non-alcoholic rum, curry spices, palm sugar, rice, coconut, MSG, soda), Peanuts & Cola (The Pathfinder, Three Spirit Nitecap, peanuts, cola), Borscht (non-alcoholic vodka, beets, yogurt, dill, lime, horseradish cream) and Hazelnut & Peaches (non-alcoholic white wine and French aperitif, peaches, sweet potato, dukkah). Non-alcoholic beer, wine and Casamara Club sodas are listed alongside. It earned a 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards nomination for Best New US Cocktail Bar.
Order: Peanuts & Cola (NA: The Pathfinder, Three Spirit Nitecap, peanuts, cola - 0.2% ABV) · Borscht (NA: non-alcoholic vodka, beets, yogurt, dill, lime, horseradish cream - 0.0% ABV) · Green Curry (NA: non-alcoholic rum, curry spices, palm sugar, rice, coconut, MSG, soda - 0.11% ABV)
Hours: Mon 4pm-12am; Tue closed; Wed-Thu 4pm-12am; Fri-Sat 4pm-1am; Sun 2pm-10pm
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Death & Co Denver is the second outpost of the New York cocktail bar, opened in 2018 inside The Ramble Hotel in Denver's River North Art District. Founders David Kaplan, Alex Day and Ravi DeRossi opened the original Death & Co in a windowless Manhattan room in 2007, where it helped lead the modern craft cocktail movement. The Denver location is a multi-bar complex within the boutique hotel: the marquee lobby bar with 1930s decor and plush velvet seating, the DC/AM coffee and brunch bar serving 7am to 3pm daily, the seasonal outdoor Garden, and Suite 6A, a mezzanine lounge overlooking the lobby bar. The bar keeps a standing Zero Proof section on its Denver menu, currently the Vibe Shift, Porch Swing, Business Casual and Cap Gun, alongside non-alcoholic wine and beer. Opening bar manager Alex Jump, since departed to open The Peach Crease Club, is widely credited as a founding figure of Denver's modern non-alcoholic bar scene.
Order: Vibe Shift (NA: Seedlip Garden, Pathfinder, ginger, cinnamon, grapefruit, lime, NA Kolsch) · Porch Swing (NA: Lyre's Pink Gin, Three Spirit Livener, Seedlip Garden, watermelon, white balsamic, lemon) · Business Casual (NA: Giffard NA Aperitif, red verjus, black tea)
Hours: Mon-Thu 3pm-11pm; Fri-Sat 3pm-12:30am; Sun 3pm-11pm
- NA Program Strength: 5 of 5?
The Bardo Coffee House is the South Broadway flagship of a small Denver chain that bills itself as "Denver's Late Night Coffee House", trading 6am to midnight every day of the week one block north of Alameda. No alcohol appears anywhere on its menus; the drinks list is coffee, espresso, tea and a set of house-blended speciality drinks made in-house rather than from commercial syrups. That combination — midnight closing, seven days a week, on the SoBo strip — makes it a working alternative to a bar rather than a daytime cafe, and it is a rare one on a block otherwise dominated by licensed venues. The room runs on 100 percent wind power and offers free WiFi, ample seating, free customer parking and a public colour laser printer.
Order: #17 Turmeric Latte (house-made blend of turmeric, ginger, coconut sugar, three types of pepper, vanilla bean and other spices) · Matcha Latte (all-natural house-made blend of matcha, brown sugar and coconut milk powder) · Spumoni Mocha (chocolate, cherry and pistachio with espresso)
Hours: Mon-Sun 6am-12am
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Honey Elixir Bar is a wellness-forward elixir lounge tucked into the art-covered alley behind Denver Central Market in RiNo, opened in 2019 by Jocasta Hanson. The bar's animating principle is 'rejuvenation over depletion' — by day, the menu runs cacao, jun (a fermented honey tea similar to kombucha but built on honey instead of sugar), kefirs, smoothies, matcha, and chai; by night, it shifts into apothecary cocktails and a full lineup of NA potions, all made with organic herbs, botanicals, raw honey in place of sugar, and adaptogens including lion's mane, chaga, reishi, mucuna pruriens, and Shatavari. The NA potions are unlike anything else in Denver: drinks like the Radiant Roots (turmeric, ginger, house-made jasmine rice milk, oat milk, honey, vanilla) and the Love Spell (hibiscus, blueberry, star anise, shatavari, damiana, rose, violette) come garnished with actual crystals — citrine, rose quartz, rainbow lemurian — and flowers including gardenia, pink yarrow, linden, and cherry blossom. The space is a retro velvet-forward lounge that doubles as a rotating gallery for Denver artists, with a retail section for local makers. Music event nights run every other Friday; regular service is 18+, music nights are 21+. Featured in Westword's January 2026 NA roundup and 5280 Magazine's restaurant guide.
Order: Radiant Roots (NA: turmeric, ginger, house-made jasmine rice milk, oat milk, honey, vanilla) · Love Spell (NA: hibiscus, blueberry, star anise, shatavari, damiana, rose, violette) · Rose of Venus (NA: Manly NA gin, hibiscus simple syrup, ginger honey, NOVA NA rose, lime)
Hours: Mon closed; Tue-Thu 4pm-12am; Fri 3pm-12am; Sat 2pm-12am; Sun 11am-7pm
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Adrift Tiki Bar is an immersive Polynesian and Caribbean-inspired tiki bar on South Broadway in Denver, established in 2011 and bought in 2016 by current owner Loren Martinez, who also runs Little Man Ice Cream. The room is a full tropical build: a totem-pole-flanked bar, pufferfish lights, and an outdoor patio with a firepit, with a kitchen turning out spice-route Polynesian and Caribbean plates to match the rum-forward list. The menu carries a dedicated "On Dry Land (No ABV)" section — Anchored Tides (ginger, lime, demerara, Leopold Bros non-alcoholic aperitif), the N/A Mai Tai and N/A Painkiller (both built on Ritual N/A Rum), and the P.O.G. of passion fruit, orange and guava — plus a Mash Gang non-alcoholic IPA. A separate "In Shallow Water" section lists low-ABV cocktails for guests moderating rather than abstaining. Vince Polizzi is bar manager.
Order: N/A Mai Tai (NA: Ritual N/A Rum, lime, orange, almond) · N/A Painkiller (NA: Ritual N/A Rum, pineapple, coconut, orange, nutmeg) · Anchored Tides (NA: ginger, lime, demerara, Leopold Bros N/A aperitif)
Hours: Mon closed; Tue-Thu 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 4pm-12am; Sun closed
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Dew Drop Inn is a women-owned gastropub at 17th and Downing in Denver's Uptown neighborhood, opened in 2021 by the team behind two of Denver's classic dive bars — the Horseshoe Lounge and the Embassy Tavern. Named Westword's Best New Bar in 2022, the venue blends a neighborhood-bar warmth (all-day $8 beer-and-shot specials, two daily happy hours running open–6pm and 10pm–close) with a serious gastropub program: Bangkok-style mussels, charcuterie, muffuletta, fried chicken, with 85% of the menu prepared gluten-free. The bar runs a named non-alcoholic program called 'clear-headed cocktails' — six rotating NA cocktails alongside two NA beers and a non-alcoholic prosecco, called out by 303 Magazine in their 2025 Sober Summer mocktail roundup. Named NA selections include the Be Nice (NA gin, lavender bitters) and the Cosmonaught (orange liqueur, cranberry, citrus). The space — tiger-print wallpaper, exposed brick, long wooden bar — is consciously designed to 'make regulars,' a philosophy the founding team has carried through 20 years of Denver hospitality.
Order: Be Nice (NA: n/a gin, lavender bitters) · Cosmonaught (NA: orange liqueur, cranberry, citrus)
Hours: Mon-Thu 3pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 3pm-12am; Sun 3pm-10pm
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Lady Jane is a neighborhood cocktail bar on West 32nd Avenue in Denver's LoHi (Lower Highlands), established in 2018 and known for a menu that rotates frequently and a collaborative bar team led by general manager Stuart Weaver. Westword has described the non-alcoholic program as having "a permanent place" on the menu rather than being a Dry January promotion, and the current list keeps four built zero-proof drinks at a flat $12 alongside the spirited cocktails: the Grapehojicha Swizzle (Three Spirit Livener, Concord grape, Giffard pineapple shrub, pineapple, hojicha tea, lime), the Pineapple Nogroni (AMASS Riverine, Giffard bitter aperitif, pineapple, Leopold Bros non-alcoholic aperitivo), the Cucumber Spritz (UNDONE Little French Aperitif, cucumber, matcha honey, soda) and Morning Bun & Coffee (The Pathfinder Hemp & Root, Three Spirit Nightcap, cold brew, morning bun syrup, cardamom). The bar was named Reader's Choice Best Bar in 5280's Top of the Town 2023 awards, and operates mainly first-come first-served.
Order: Grapehojicha Swizzle (NA: Three Spirit Livener, Concord grape, Giffard pineapple shrub, pineapple, hojicha tea, lime) · Pineapple Nogroni (NA: AMASS Riverine, Giffard bitter aperitif, pineapple, Leopold Bros NA aperitivo) · Cucumber Spritz (NA: UNDONE Little French Aperitif, cucumber, matcha honey, soda)
Hours: Mon-Thu 4pm-11pm; Fri 4pm-12am; Sat 2pm-12am; Sun closed
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Poka Lola Social Club is a cocktail bar inside The Maven Hotel at Dairy Block in Denver's LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood, with a concept that blends art-deco elegance and Midwestern soda-shop nostalgia inspired by turn-of-the-century American soda fountain culture. Beverage manager Lexi Parker runs a seasonal cocktail program built around fresh produce — recent menus have featured ingredients like ube, lychee, snap peas, turmeric, and pink peppercorn-infused spirits. The bar maintains a dedicated non-alcoholic cocktail menu on its own website, which turns over with the seasons: the current list runs Water Your Garden (La Borosa non-alcoholic agave spirit, Giffard NA aperitif, herbes de Provence, lemon), Sandy Cheeks (house coconut cream, pineapple, lime), Walking on Sunshine (strawberry, honey, mint, lemon), and Rootin' Tootin' (sarsaparilla, molasses, wintergreen, star anise). The venue features live music, an alley bar that opens for warm-weather seating, and a 'Dealer's Choice' option where the bar crew creates a custom cocktail based on the guest's preferences.
Order: Water Your Garden (NA: La Borosa NA agave spirit, Giffard NA aperitif, herbes de Provence, lemon) · Sandy Cheeks (NA: house coconut cream, pineapple, lime) · Walking on Sunshine (NA: strawberry, honey, mint, lemon)
Hours: Mon-Wed 4pm-10pm; Thu 4pm-11pm; Fri-Sat 4pm-12am; Sun 4pm-10pm
How this page decides what counts
Three facts, all verified, all required. The venue has to rate at least 4 of 5 for its non-alcoholic program — a fully alcohol-free room, or a licensed venue with a strong named zero-proof list, the same floor our Denver sober bars page uses. It has to be somewhere you can sit, so bottle shops are out. And its hours have to run past midnight on at least one night, which is what makes this a nightlife page rather than a second copy of the sober bars list: at that cut a restaurant with a good zero-proof menu drops out, and the bars, lounges, kava bars and late coffeehouses remain.
“No alcohol served” is written on a card only when the venue's own verified description says so — never inferred from a rating or a name. Everything else here is a bar with a real non-alcoholic program, and it is labelled as a bar. Hours are the venue's live listing, re-synced weekly; the drinks on each venue page were read off its current menu and carry the date we last confirmed them.
Questions people ask
Yes. We have verified 22 Denver venues that both keep a strong zero-proof list and stay open past midnight on at least one night: KavaDen, The Karma House, That's Kava, Denver Café & Kava, Kava Chris, Kavasutra Kava Bar and more. The latest close we found is 3am.
9 of the 22: KavaDen, The Karma House, That's Kava, Denver Café & Kava, Kava Chris, Kavasutra Kava Bar, Roots And Leaves: Mile High Kava Bar, Roots and Leaves: Peak Kava, The Karma Casa. Each is marked "no alcohol served" on this page because its own verified record says so. The rest are licensed bars and lounges with a real non-alcoholic program — named drinks, real zero-proof spirits, a printed section — where alcohol is also served.
Every venue here closes after midnight on at least one night; the card for each shows the latest closing time and how many nights a week it applies. The list is ordered latest-first. Hours come from each venue's live business listing and are re-synced weekly — but late hours are the first thing a bar trims, so check the day before a special trip.
Order from the zero-proof list by name — every venue here has one, and each venue's own page lists the drinks we read off its current menu with ingredients and prices. A named drink built on a real non-alcoholic spirit (Seedlip, Lyre's, Ritual, Pathfinder and the like) is a different thing from a soda with fruit in it, and it is priced and served like a cocktail. If the list has changed since we checked, ask what the bar is making that week rather than for "a mocktail".
It is an honest one. The venues marked "no alcohol served" are rooms where nobody at the next table is drinking either, and for many people that is the only kind of night out that works. The licensed venues are bars — good ones for a non-drinker, but bars — and the page says so plainly rather than blurring the two. Choose by the label, not the name.
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