How do you get into The Knock – ADK?
We have not confirmed it. The Knock – ADK 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 The Knock – ADK
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 The Knock – ADK sits
The Knock – ADK is in Westport, New York, in Essex County, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Westport. If you know another, tell us.
New York holds 101 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New York speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in New York
New York came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in New York.
What the newspapers recorded in New York
Searching the Library of Congress run of New York newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from New York:
- The evening world, September 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, January 9, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, December 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, January 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Knock – ADK through its own website and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 6679 RT-9N, Westport, NY 12993-2005. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Knock – ADK we hold street address, official website, social accounts, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold telephone number, opening hours, 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.