How do you get into Runaway Whiskey & Wine?
We have not confirmed it. Runaway Whiskey & Wine 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 Runaway Whiskey & Wine
How the venue describes itself: “…” (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: Old Fashioned, Boulevardier, and Ward Eight are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Runaway Whiskey & Wine sits
Runaway Whiskey & Wine is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists six speakeasies and hidden bars in Charlotte. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Charlotte.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Runaway Whiskey & Wine are The Cotton Room, about 2.5 km away, The Dock, about 2.8 km away, and The Blind Pig, about 6.5 km away.
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 North Carolina
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 North Carolina:
- Roanoke Rapids herald, September 30, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, June 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, May 8, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, March 25, 1927 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Fri 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Sat 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sun 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Thur 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Runaway Whiskey & Wine by phone on (704) 817-8196, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 2135 Thrift Rd Suite 104, Charlotte, NC 28208. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Runaway Whiskey & Wine we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold 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.