How do you get into Blind Tiger?
We have not confirmed it. Blind Tiger is in the directory because it blind pig or blind tiger, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Blind Tiger
How the venue describes itself: “Commissary Barber & Barista is a full service coffee shop and barber shop located in Downtown Indianapolis.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Corpse Reviver No. 2, White Lady, and Twentieth Century are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Blind Tiger occupies the Vienna, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 83000087. 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 83000087 · NPS nomination document
Where Blind Tiger sits
Blind Tiger is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County, in the Midwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists six speakeasies and hidden bars in Indianapolis. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Indianapolis.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Blind Tiger are Murat Shrine Oasis, about 350 m away, Miracle On Maryland, about 750 m away, and Lenore’s Lounge, about 5.2 km away.
Indiana holds 25 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Indiana speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Indiana
Indiana did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two 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, Indiana already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Indiana.
What the newspapers recorded in Indiana
Searching the Library of Congress run of Indiana newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Indiana:
- The Lake County times, July 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- South Bend news-times, January 11, 1924 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, December 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, June 9, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Blind Tiger by phone on (317) 730-3121, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 304 E New York St, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Blind Tiger we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name uses blind pig or blind tiger, the Prohibition terms.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.