How do you get into South Tyler Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. South Tyler 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 South Tyler Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Shhh…South Tyler Speakeasy is just south of Tyler on Old Jacksonville Highway. Learn More We are known for our Pizza which features Mamma Trovato’s special sauce and her handmade crust.” (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 South Tyler Speakeasy sits
Our record places South Tyler Speakeasy in Smith County, Texas, in the Southwest of the United States. The source data carries coordinates and a county or region but no municipality, which usually means an address outside an incorporated city, or a record that was never given one. The map pin is the reliable part.
Texas holds 110 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Texas speakeasy guide.
If you know which town South Tyler Speakeasy is in, tell us and we will place it properly.
Prohibition in Texas
Texas did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two 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, Texas already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Texas.
What the newspapers recorded in Texas
Searching the Library of Congress run of Texas newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Texas:
- El Paso herald, May 27, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Brownsville herald, July 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Snyder signal, June 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Laredo weekly times, August 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Friday: 2pm-12am
- Sunday: 12pm-12am
- Thursday: 4pm-12am
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach South Tyler Speakeasy by phone on (903) 534-1884, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 16884 Old Jacksonville Hwy, TX 75703. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For South Tyler Speakeasy 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 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 restaurant.