How do you get into The blind pig tavern?
We have not confirmed it. The blind pig tavern is in the directory because it blind pig or blind tiger, 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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The blind pig tavern sits
The blind pig tavern is in DeLand, Florida, in Volusia County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists two speakeasies and hidden bars in DeLand — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the Florida page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The blind pig tavern are Sundar Rich Rue, about 950 m 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 blind pig tavern by phone on (407) 375-2363.
The address is 148 W New York Ave, DeLand, FL 32720. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The blind pig tavern we hold street address and telephone number. We do not yet hold official website, social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name uses blind pig or blind tiger, the Prohibition terms.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.