How do you get into Olive Or Twist?
We have not confirmed it. Olive Or Twist is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Olive Or Twist
How the venue describes itself: “HALLOWEEN PARTY-10/26 Join us starting at 7pm to enjoy LIVE music from, THE 3 COOL CATZ! Costume contest will take place so come dressed to impress! Winner will receive a surprise gift! $5 fee at the door Hope to see you there! The party will end promptly at 10pm!!!!! Specialty Martinis for Halloween will be on the…” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
The current drinks list is published on the venue’s own site — see the menu.
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Adonis, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Olive Or Twist sits
Olive Or Twist is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Hendersonville. If you know another, tell us.
North Carolina holds 42 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our North Carolina speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in North Carolina
North Carolina did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1909, eleven 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, North Carolina already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in North Carolina.
What the newspapers recorded in Hendersonville
Searching the Library of Congress run of North Carolina newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Hendersonville:
- The times-news, October 31, 1933 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The times-news, December 12, 1933 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Fri-Sat 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Olive Or Twist by phone on (828) 513-5130, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 121 W Barnwell St, Hendersonville, NC 28792. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Olive Or Twist we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold 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.