When one thinks about the Venice boardwalk, sobriety isn’t usually the first word to come to mind. But a breezy, fun sober space is rocking just a block away from the beach, with plans to stay for the summer at the crossroads of Brooks and Pacific Avenue.
At Bar Nuda, a DJ’s música tropical beats circle through the air as plates of pollo verde-loaded nachos and sushi-grade ahi tostadas are passed to tables of lively guests, sipping on zero-proof cempasuchil carajillos, mock margaritas, and chrysanthemum-based, non-alcoholic wine that gets fermented in the Kunlun Mountain snow.