How do you get into Boomer Sooner?
We have not confirmed it. Boomer Sooner 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: Sidecar, Boulevardier, and Vieux Carré are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Boomer Sooner sits
Boomer Sooner is in Sudden Valley, Washington, in Whatcom County, in the West of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Sudden Valley. If you know another, tell us.
Washington holds 29 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Washington speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Washington
Washington did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1916, four 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, Washington already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Washington.
What the newspapers recorded in Washington
Searching the Library of Congress run of Washington newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Washington:
- The Leavenworth echo, January 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, January 23, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, August 3, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, November 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Boomer Sooner on Facebook.
The address is 5 Green Hill Rd, Sudden Valley, WA 98229-7711. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Boomer Sooner 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.