How do you get into Hereafter Lou?
We have not confirmed it. Hereafter Lou 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 Hereafter Lou sits
Hereafter Lou is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, in the Deep South of the United States.
Our directory currently lists seven speakeasies and hidden bars in Louisville. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Louisville.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Hereafter Lou are The Flamingo Lounge, a few doors away, The Rathskeller of The Seelbach, about 700 m away, and The Highball Speakeasy Lounge & Retreat, about 2.9 km away.
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 Hereafter Lou by phone on (502) 630-2238, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 119 S 7th St, Louisville, KY 40202-2747. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Hereafter Lou we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold 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.