While Gulfport already has an established kava bar downtown in Low Tide, Sober Bar is carving out a slightly different niche. <\/p>\n
Hawthorne said the goal is to have the communal feel of traditional kava bars with a more elevated bar-style atmosphere and presentation. <\/p>\n
During the day, Sober Bar will operate more like a coffee bar, serving espresso drinks, matcha, kava, and botantical teas.<\/p>\n
After a quick midday break, the space will reopen in the afternoon as a low-lit lounge, shifting into a more elevated evening vibe built around nonalcoholic cocktails.<\/p>\n
Guests can order zero-proof cocktails made with alcohol alternatives from brands like Ritual<\/a> and Free Spirits<\/a>, along with kava-based drinks, botanical teas, and nonalcoholic beer and wine. <\/p>\n Some of the more unique offerings come from the duo\u2019s market days, where they experimented with combinations like iced Thai kava coffee, matcha kava, green jasmine ketum tea, and even a seasonal \u201ckava nog.\u201d<\/p>\n That experimentation will carry over into the permanent space.<\/p>\n Customers can also add adaptogens and tinctures, ingredients like lion\u2019s mane, ashwagandha, blue lotus, and kanna, designed to support things like focus, relaxation, or stress relief.<\/p>\n Horton, who has worked at several local kava bars and restaurants, helped develop the menu and is focused on pushing the experience beyond what most people expect from a typical kava bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Gulfport already has an established kava bar downtown in Low Tide, Sober Bar is carving out a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-226372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}