How do you get into C.R. Hummingbird to Mars?
We have not confirmed it. C.R. Hummingbird to Mars 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 C.R. Hummingbird to Mars
How the venue describes itself: “Opening in Wilmington, Delaware in November of 2002, the McCoy Family named Catherine Rooney’s after their mothers & grandmothers, Catherine McCoy and Gerry Rooney-Hudecheck. We carry on the spirit of these two women at Catherine Rooney’s. We want you to feel as though you are part of our family because you are &…” (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: Adonis, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where C.R. Hummingbird to Mars sits
C.R. Hummingbird to Mars is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Wilmington. If you know another, tell us.
Delaware holds three listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Delaware speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Delaware
Delaware 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 Delaware.
What the newspapers recorded in Wilmington
Searching the Library of Congress run of Delaware newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Wilmington:
- Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, April 27, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Evening journal, January 27, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, March 3, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Evening journal, October 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Monday-Friday 11am-1am
- Saturday-Sunday 10am-1am
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach C.R. Hummingbird to Mars by phone on (302) 407-5971, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
The address is 1616 Delaware Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806-3304. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For C.R. Hummingbird to Mars we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and opening hours. We do not yet hold 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.