How do you get into Lincolns?
We have not confirmed it. Lincolns 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: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Lincolns sits
Lincolns is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County, in the Northeast of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Burlington. If you know another, tell us.
Vermont holds three listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Vermont speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Vermont
Vermont 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 Vermont.
What the newspapers recorded in Vermont
Searching the Library of Congress run of Vermont newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Vermont:
- The Brattleboro daily reformer, January 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Barre daily times, July 13, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Orleans County monitor, August 4, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Brattleboro daily reformer, January 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Lincolns on Facebook.
The address is College St, Burlington, VT 05401. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Lincolns 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.
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.