How do you get into Royal Chessmen Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Royal Chessmen 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.
The drinks at Royal Chessmen Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “A Pirate Speakeasy and Pirate Faire, featuring Renaissance Faire performances, merchants, and a full bar. Day: All Ages, Evening: 21+” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Sidecar, Boulevardier, and Vieux Carré are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Royal Chessmen Speakeasy sits
Royal Chessmen Speakeasy is in Hollywood, Florida, in Broward County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Hollywood. If you know another, tell us.
Florida holds 100 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Florida speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Florida
Florida did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1919, one year before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Florida already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Florida.
What the newspapers recorded in Florida
Searching the Library of Congress run of Florida newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Florida:
- The Pensacola journal, January 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Ocala evening star, August 4, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lakeland evening telegram, August 10, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Pensacola journal, June 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Royal Chessmen Speakeasy through its own website and on Facebook.
The address is 2801 Greene St, Hollywood, FL 33020-1128. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Royal Chessmen Speakeasy we hold street address, official website, social accounts, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold telephone number, opening hours, a published drinks list, 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.