Namaste & Midtown

Namaste & Midtown is a fully alcohol-free kava and healing lounge on Kansas City's 39th Street corridor, in the Volker/Midtown area. It reopened in August 2025 from the former Midtown Kava, reframed by owners Moon Brown (a community organizer and anti-violence advocate), Alan Wayne (a Kansas City rapper behind the "Namaste & Shit" brand), and Andrew Beck. Local press describes it as a Black- and queer-owned sober bar built as a sanctuary for Black, queer, trans, and sober communities. The drink program is entirely zero-proof: house "Sacred Sips" plus carried-over staples like kombucha, traditional kava, and THC- and CBD-infused herbal teas. Named pours include Blue Moon (kava, coconut, CBD, microdose THC), Glitch in the Matrix (kava, ube coconut cream, vanilla matcha), and Astral Grounds (cold brew, functional mushrooms, cacao, eucalyptus honey, kava). The space also hosts "Tiny Shell Sessions" spotlighting Black and queer artists.

“Kava lets people with anxiety be in a bar without alcohol.”

— Moon Brown, Namaste & Midtown co-owner

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Non-alcoholic brands they serve

House-crafted NA cocktails

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