speakeasy

Forthcoming amenities include a speakeasy with lots of low-slung seating and a cabaret-style theater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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

The marketing professional from Minneapolis first visited on a busy weekend shortly after the speakeasy launched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

About three or four o’clock one morning, we ran into this white boy, in Creole Bill’s speakeasy.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

During Prohibition in America, the different racial groups mixed freely at speakeasies in Harlem, N.Y., where, the author writes, a night out “was like being part of the resistance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

A second custom Kookaburra space nods to Prohibition-era speakeasies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

The self-taught pianist and vocalist Emma Barrett was born in 1897 and came of age performing in the speakeasies and early “jass” orchestras that birthed the genre.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

While speakeasies became enormously popular everywhere, nowhere did they spread in more profusion than in New York City.

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