![]() ![]() In remembrance of Prohibition, but mostly to celebrate the advent of the modern hidden Speakeasy here is a list of truly hidden speakeasies that you gain access from behind bookshelves, through freezer doors, underground hallways, through candy stores, or phone booths with a secret password that you can discover.ĭallas Truth and Alibi Candy store or speakeasy?ĭeep Ellum is one of Dallas’ historic districts dating back to 1873 known as an artist and musician’s hub and where you will find Truth and Alibi. You can expect classic timeless cocktails that are shaken or stirred like Gin Rickey, Sidecar, Bee’s Knees, and the Old Fashioned – which is experiencing a rebirth of its own. What can you expect in the way of cocktails being served at a speakeasy? Don’t expect to see too many drinks along the lines of Mai Tais, Margaritas, or pretty much anything that became popular in the 1950s or later. I have been in one speakeasy in which the walls were covered with convicted criminal mug shots from the ‘20s and ‘30s. Many of these cool-kat jazz juice joints (a Prohibition term for a bar) are decorated in dark wood with red-accent ambient light, heavy velvet curtains, velvet upholstered furniture, and black and white pictures of women dressed in flapper dresses and men in zuit suits clustered around bars adorning the walls. Today’s speakeasy is experiencing revitalization as it captures the romanticized charm of the Roaring ‘20s without the brutality between lawmen and Mafia. They are no longer forced to hide behind unmarked and non-descript doors accessed from dark alleys, though many still require a password to gain entry. Although the Speakeasy is still a thing, the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of “intoxicating liquors” is no longer illegal. Speakeasy Centennial Birthday – January 17, 2020įast forward 100-years. ![]() It was a time of chaos, uncertainty, and individual freedoms. Barrels of distilled spirits were intercepted and demolished with lethal force by lawmen wielding axes. Bars, saloons, and distillery locations were raided, dismantled, and destroyed. Access was granted via a secret password – which no undoubtedly changed frequently.įor the next thirteen years, from January 17, 1919, until December 1933 with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, the reaction to Prohibition was fought in many ways causing new battles to be fought on American soil between lawmen and the Mob. The objective of Prohibition was to curb alcoholism but instead, it had the opposite effect by forcing drinking establishments ‘underground’ with word of their locations passed from patron to patron in coded hushed tones. ~THIS IS AN ONGOING COLLECTION OF SPEAKEASY BARS – BOTH HIDDEN AND PROHIBITION STYLE. The 18th Amendment spawned the National Prohibition Act targeting the manufacturing, transportation, and the sale of “intoxicating liquors” – but not the consumption, which begs the question, how can you have one without the other? The Speakeasy was born during the tumultuous Twenties at a time when the country was healing from World War I and Americans were discovering a new love for jazz, dance, and cocktails – coincidently, at the same time that the newly ratified 18th Amendment went into effect.
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