Trace a listing to its source

Every listing on Sober Bars comes from one of two sources. Know which one before you rely on a fact.

Hand-checked venue websites

The site added these rows by hand. A venue goes in only if its own website says that it serves no alcohol. The source link is the venue page that the site used. The address, phone and hours come from the same site, where the venue published them.

OpenStreetMap

These rows come from OpenStreetMap. The site looked for venues tagged alcohol=no or drink:alcohol=no, and it keeps the tags as mapped. The source link is the OpenStreetMap page for that venue. The kava bars and the kombucha bar on the site come from this source.

Read dates and review status

The site read its sources on 2026-10-20. The guides say the venues have not yet reviewed what the site recorded. A fact on a listing is the fact as read on that date.

Gaps on purpose

The site leaves a field empty rather than guess. Coordinates that no public map record gave stay empty. Complex OpenStreetMap opening hours, for example a close after midnight, stay empty rather than rewritten. A blank field is not evidence that the venue lacks something.

What to do with this

For each fact you will rely on, note its source and the read date. Then check the fact against the venue's own site today.

Sources

• Sober Bars source list: OpenStreetMap, and Venue websites (hand-checked), retrieval date 2026-10-20
• Sober Bars guide: Alcohol-free venues in the United States, updated 2026-10-20
• Sober Bars guide: What a listing shows, updated 2026-10-20
• OpenStreetMap, Copyright and License (openstreetmap.org/copyright)

This course is general information, not medical, legal or financial advice.