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speakeasy

[speek-ee-zee] / ˈspikˌi zi /






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“The inside is arranged with the measured confidence of Spanish Colonial design at its most resolved, delightfully adding a secret passageway to a speakeasy behind a combination vault,” it states.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

"What a place this is!" he gushed, of Invercargill, excitement bursting out of him like he was in some rooftop bar in downtown Tokyo or a speakeasy in the East Village in New York.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Manley thinks the speakeasy chefs have elevated the gas station’s menu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Others reported seeing Bryan and Anna leave the speakeasy in the company of a “third man” who wasn’t the uncle.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Today, the places that call themselves speakeasies are about intentionality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Even general admission grants access to bustling food halls, secret speakeasies and pop-ups from viral brands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

The parallels with early 20th century Prohibition in America – gangsters, feminists, minorities, corruption, doctor’s notes, speakeasies and moonshine – are strikingly similar.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

Landes swept into the job in 1924, shut down speakeasies and fired the chief of police in her crusade against corruption.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

And as more and more women stopped drinking secretly at home and took to drinking openly in speakeasies, the “speaks,” as they were sometimes called, underwent changes.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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