How do you get into 1933 Room?
We have not confirmed it. 1933 Room is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at 1933 Room
How the venue describes itself: “Central NJ’s only true NY Style Speak Easy Style Lounge . Serving Dinner, Bar Menu, Craft Cocktails and Beers!” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
The current drinks list is published on the venue’s own site — see the menu.
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Bronx, Monkey Gland, and Hanky Panky are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — 1933 Room occupies the Somerset Courthouse Green, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 89001216. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 89001216 · NPS nomination document
Where 1933 Room sits
1933 Room is in Somerville, New Jersey, in Somerset County, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Somerville. If you know another, tell us.
New Jersey holds 23 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New Jersey speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in New Jersey
New Jersey came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in New Jersey.
What the newspapers recorded in New Jersey
Searching the Library of Congress run of New Jersey newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from New Jersey:
- The Lambertville record, April 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, February 28, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, March 29, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Perth Amboy evening news, November 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Friday to Saturday, 5pm to midnight
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach 1933 Room by phone on (908) 707-8655, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
The address is 18 East Main Street, Somerville, NJ 08876. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For 1933 Room we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name carries a Prohibition-era year and calls it a room rather than a bar and the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Two independent open datasets, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, both carry this venue at this location. Agreement between them is the strongest existence check we can make without visiting.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.