How do you get into the Backroom Blues bar?
We have not confirmed it. the Backroom Blues bar is in the directory because it period concealment name, 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: Bee’s Knees, Southside, and Last Word are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where the Backroom Blues bar sits
the Backroom Blues bar is in Delray Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists four speakeasies and hidden bars in Delray Beach. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Delray Beach.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to the Backroom Blues bar are The Casa Mattei Speakeasy, about 2.3 km away, Kevro’s Art Bar, about 2.4 km away, and Speakeasy Tea And Coffee, about 2.7 km away.
Florida holds 100 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Florida speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Florida
Florida did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1919, one year before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Florida already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Florida.
What the newspapers recorded in Florida
Searching the Library of Congress run of Florida newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Florida:
- The Pensacola journal, January 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Ocala evening star, August 4, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lakeland evening telegram, August 10, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Pensacola journal, June 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach the Backroom Blues bar by phone on (561) 860-4679, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 166 SE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444-3618. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For the Backroom Blues bar we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name names a back room.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.