How do you get into Bar 42?
We have not confirmed it. Bar 42 is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Bar 42 sits
Bar 42 is in Del City, Oklahoma, in Oklahoma County, in the Great Plains of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Del City. If you know another, tell us.
Oklahoma holds seven listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Oklahoma speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Oklahoma
Oklahoma did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1907, thirteen years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Oklahoma already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Oklahoma.
What the newspapers recorded in Oklahoma
Searching the Library of Congress run of Oklahoma newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Oklahoma:
- The Morning Tulsa daily world, April 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Daily Ardmoreite, May 7, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Daily Ardmoreite, July 9, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Morning Tulsa daily world, August 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Bar 42 on Facebook.
The address is 1905 Hampton Ave, Del City, OK 73115-1458. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Bar 42 we hold street address and social accounts. We do not yet hold telephone number, official website, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.