How do you get into Northside Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Northside 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: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Northside Speakeasy sits
Northside Speakeasy is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists four speakeasies and hidden bars in Salem. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Salem.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Northside Speakeasy are The Wexford Room, about 2.4 km away, Salem Eagles 2081, about 5.6 km away, and Southside Speakeasy, about 6.5 km away.
Oregon holds 34 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Oregon speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Oregon
Oregon 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, Oregon already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Oregon.
What the newspapers recorded in Salem
Searching the Library of Congress run of Oregon newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Salem:
- Capital journal, September 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Capital journal, August 24, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Capital journal, January 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Capital journal, January 12, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Northside Speakeasy by phone on (503) 391-5637, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 355 Pine St NE, Salem, OR 97301. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Northside Speakeasy 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 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 bar.