How do you get into Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. 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 Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Speakeasy Austin, locally owned bar and nightclub since 1997, featuring live music, special events, private parties, cocktails and more.” (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: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Speakeasy occupies the The Worthen Building, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 100010828. 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 100010828 · NPS nomination document
Where Speakeasy sits
Speakeasy is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County, in the Deep South of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Little Rock. If you know another, tell us.
Arkansas holds eight listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Arkansas speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Arkansas
Arkansas did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1915, five 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, Arkansas already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Arkansas.
What the newspapers recorded in Little Rock
Searching the Library of Congress run of Arkansas newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Little Rock:
- The Arkansas farmer, June 15, 1932 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Union labor bulletin, June 28, 1929 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Union labor bulletin, December 20, 1929 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Union labor bulletin, April 10, 1931 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Speakeasy by phone on (501) 374-2008, through its own website, and on Instagram and X.
The address is 412 Louisiana St, Little Rock, AR 72201-3702. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, a published drinks list, an online booking link, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy and 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.