The Underground Speakeasy and Distillery
Bar · Downtown North District ·
Speakeasy bar with '20s artifacts, moonshine, and jazz music
Speakeasy bar with '20s artifacts, moonshine, and jazz music
"Leave it to the Mob Museum to recreate a Prohibition-era speakeasy complete with a daily password, jazz performances, and its own working moonshine distillery. The bar makes for a theatrical nightcap—get the tea and cardamom-infused Moonshine Mayhem—after touring the museum’s gunshot-pocked wall from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and the historic courtroom where mobsters were questioned. Or you can slip around the back, find the right door, and provide the password. (Hint: Check themuseum’s website.) Inside, brick walls are lined with 1920s exhibits, including flapper outfits, vintage photos, and artifacts like a discreet Prohibition-era cocktail kit disguised as a leather briefcase. Don’t miss the fish tanks near the bathrooms, which tell the story of a tugboat that vanished in 1922, later found loaded with bootleg liquor." - Janna Karel
"What better place for a speakeasy than in the basement of the Mob Museum? The Underground pays homage to Prohibition-era speakeasies with Art Deco design and a working distillery plus artifacts from the 1920s. To access The Underground, patrons must ring a bell and provide a password — hint: check the website. Once inside, order classic cocktails and moonshine and enjoy live jazz." - Janna Karel
"A 1920s-themed speakeasy revival for Halloween offers craft cocktails, live jazz, a costume contest and classic ghostly vibes in a historic-styled subterranean lounge; entry is free but requires knowing a daily password published on the venue's social channels." - Janna Karel
"I note that the museum currently operates the Underground Speakeasy and Distillery, a Prohibition-style basement bar that opened in 2018 and requires a password for entry. The 2,814-square-foot speakeasy indulges in the mobster era exhibited upstairs and is decorated with real clothing from the 1920s, artifacts like hidden flasks, historical photos and a portrait that swings open to reveal a VIP room; the distillery features a 5-gallon whiskey still where moonshine is made." - Janna Karel
"A speakeasy and distillery located inside the Mob Museum is hosting a Repeal Day party on December 5 from 7 p.m. to midnight featuring an open bar of handcrafted cocktails, small bites, and live music by The Moonshiners. Attendees are encouraged to wear 1920s attire for a chance to win a costume-contest grand prize courtesy of Jim Beam; VIP tickets are available online for $115." - Susan Stapleton