How do you get into Golden Moon Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Golden Moon Speakeasy 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: Bee’s Knees, Southside, and Last Word are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Golden Moon Speakeasy occupies the Astor House Hotel, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 73000478. 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 73000478 · NPS nomination document
Where Golden Moon Speakeasy sits
Golden Moon Speakeasy is in Golden, Colorado, in Jefferson County, in the West of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Golden. If you know another, tell us.
Colorado holds 37 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Colorado speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Colorado
Colorado 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, Colorado already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Colorado.
What the newspapers recorded in Colorado
Searching the Library of Congress run of Colorado newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Colorado:
- The Holly chieftain, January 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon, March 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Gilpin observer, March 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Gilpin observer, July 8, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Golden Moon Speakeasy by phone on (720) 638-1155 and through its own website.
The address is 1111 Miner’s Alley, Golden, CO 80401. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Golden Moon Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Two independent open datasets, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, both carry this venue at this location. Agreement between them is the strongest existence check we can make without visiting.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.