How do you get into Seven Troughs Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Seven Troughs 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 Seven Troughs Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “We hand craft small-batches of artisanal spirits utilizing a mid-19th century fermentation and distillation process. We manufacturer moonshine, rum, vodka, gin, and bourbon using local grains and local talent. Located in Sparks, Nevada” (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.
The building
Documented — Seven Troughs Speakeasy occupies the US Post Office–Reno Main, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 90000135. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 90000135 · NPS nomination document
Where Seven Troughs Speakeasy sits
Seven Troughs Speakeasy is in Reno, Nevada, in Washoe County, in the Southwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists three speakeasies and hidden bars in Reno — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the Nevada page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Seven Troughs Speakeasy are Shim’s Surplus Supplies Speakeasy, about 550 m away and Shim’s Surplus Supplies, about 550 m away.
Nevada holds 28 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Nevada speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Nevada
Nevada came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Nevada.
What the newspapers recorded in Nevada
Searching the Library of Congress run of Nevada newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Nevada:
- White Pine news weekly mining review, April 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Carson City daily appeal, June 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Silver state, June 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Eureka sentinel, July 3, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Seven Troughs Speakeasy by phone on (775) 451-7517, through its own website, and on Instagram and Facebook.
The address is 50 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501-2412. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Seven Troughs Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
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.