How do you get into SoKel?
We have not confirmed it. SoKel 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: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where SoKel sits
SoKel is in South Portland, Maine, in Cumberland County, in the Northeast of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in South Portland. If you know another, tell us.
Maine holds seven listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Maine speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Maine
Maine did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1851, 69 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, Maine already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Maine.
Planning a visit
You can reach SoKel on Facebook.
What we have confirmed
For SoKel we hold social accounts. We do not yet hold street address, telephone number, official website, 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.