Where can I find speakeasies in NYC?

Here are nine speakeasies worth searching for.

  1. Bar Centrale — 324 W. 46th Street.
  2. B Flat — 277 Church Street. g.gurna.
  3. Karasu — 166 Dekalb Ave. Photo: Karasu Restaurant & Cocktail Bar/Facebook.
  4. The Office NYC — 80 Columbus Circle.
  5. The Back Room — 102 Norfolk Street.
  6. Fig.
  7. Angel’s Share — 8 Stuyvesant Street.
  8. PDT — 113 St.

Is a speakeasy a hidden bar?

During the Prohibition era, speakeasies were the secret bars where people could get their hands on some booze. Many of them were underground, hidden in the back rooms of laundromats, or hidden away behind unmarked doors.

What were the names of some speakeasies in New York?

15 Of The Best Speakeasies In New York City

  • Attaboy, Lower East Side.
  • Angel’s Share, East Village.
  • Bo Peep, Midtown South.
  • Dutch Kills, LIC.
  • Employees Only, Greenwich Village.
  • Raines Law Room, Union Square.

How many speakeasies are there in New York City?

The real answer will never be known, for obvious reasons, but “official” estimates ranged from 20,000 to 100,000.

What do you do at a speakeasy?

A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages, or a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.

What happens in a speakeasy?

These establishments were called speakeasies, a place where, during the Prohibition, alcoholic beverages were illegally sold and consumed in secret. In addition to drinking, patrons would eat, socialize, and dance to jazz music.

What was a famous speakeasy?

The most famous of them included former bootlegger Sherman Billingsley’s fashionable Stork Club on West 58th Street, the Puncheon Club on West 49th favored by celebrity writers such as Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley, the Club Intime next to the famous Polly Adler brothel in Midtown, Chumley’s in the West Village …