speakeasy bars
Secret drinking establishments
Speakeasy bars are drinking establishments styled after the illegal saloons of American Prohibition (1920–1933), when alcohol sales were banned and bars operated secretly—patrons had to "speak easy" (quietly) about them.
Modern speakeasies cultivate that clandestine atmosphere: unmarked entrances, hidden doorways, passwords, dim lighting, and craft cocktails.
We found a speakeasy behind a fake phone booth.
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- jazz age1920s American cultural era
- secretConcealed information
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