How do you get into Black Rabbit?
We have not confirmed it. Black Rabbit 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 Black Rabbit
How the venue describes itself: “Unlock the magic behind the bookshelf! Black Rabbit is St. Matthew’s hidden Gem” (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: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Black Rabbit sits
Black Rabbit is in St. Matthews, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, in the Deep South of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in St. Matthews. If you know another, tell us.
Kentucky holds 20 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Kentucky speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Kentucky
Kentucky brought in its own statewide prohibition in 1920, the same year the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. State and federal law arrived together here, and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Kentucky.
What the newspapers recorded in Kentucky
Searching the Library of Congress run of Kentucky newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Kentucky:
- The public ledger, July 13, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The sun, February 3, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Mountain advocate, August 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The sun, July 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Black Rabbit by phone on (502) 897-9721, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 122 Sears Ave, St. Matthews, KY 40207-5014. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Black Rabbit we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold opening hours, 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.