speakeasy

One of the more standout design elements is a “secret passageway” that leads to a speakeasy tucked away behind a vault, the listing notes.

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

With the understanding that nothing dispels an air of mystery like a hashtag, a number of modern speakeasy successors have clamped down on social-media posts or even phone use altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

The priest said, True for you, Tom, decent man that you are, fine man that never set foot inside a speakeasy.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

Then I was working the door at these speakeasies that were really important back then, called Temple Bar and Zanzibar.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025

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

Designer Gregg Barnes, winning his third Tony, said in an interview that his inspirations included art deco architecture, the Harlem Renaissance and the fashions of 1930s jazz clubs and speakeasies.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

Club Ebony in New York City was a shining example of the biracially attended speakeasies that came to be known as “black and tans.”

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