How do you get into Johnny’s Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Johnny’s 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: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Johnny’s Speakeasy sits
Johnny’s Speakeasy is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Washtenaw County, in the Midwest of the United States. The city sits inside the Metro Detroit metropolitan area.
Our directory currently lists five speakeasies and hidden bars in Ann Arbor. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Ann Arbor.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Johnny’s Speakeasy are The Blind Pig, about 3.2 km away, The Blind Pig / 8 Ball Saloon, about 3.2 km away, and The Hidden King – Neighborhood Bar, about 3.4 km away.
Michigan holds 36 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Michigan speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Michigan
Michigan 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, Michigan already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Michigan.
What the newspapers recorded in Michigan
Searching the Library of Congress run of Michigan newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Michigan:
- Alma record, February 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Charlevoix county herald, July 9, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Dearborn independent, August 28, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Alma record, April 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Johnny’s Speakeasy through its own website and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 2923 Dexter Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Johnny’s Speakeasy we hold street address, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold telephone number, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a music venue.