How do you get into Old School Ironworks?
We have not confirmed it. Old School Ironworks 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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Old School Ironworks sits
Old School Ironworks is in Seattle, Washington, in King County, in the West of the United States. The city sits inside the Puget Sound metropolitan area.
Our directory currently lists twelve speakeasies and hidden bars in Seattle. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Seattle.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Old School Ironworks are Blind Pig Bistro, about 1.4 km away, Triangle Spirits, about 2.2 km away, and the botanicale, about 2.3 km away.
Washington holds 29 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Washington speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Washington
Washington 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, Washington already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Washington.
What the newspapers recorded in Seattle
Searching the Library of Congress run of Washington newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Seattle:
- The Seattle star, September 21, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, March 5, 1924 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, October 30, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, September 17, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Old School Ironworks by phone on (206) 922-3665 and through its own website.
The address is 3218 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Old School Ironworks we hold street address, telephone number, and official website. We do not yet hold social accounts, 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.