How do you get into The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. The Louisville Cigar Company and 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 The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “The Louisville Cigar Company is more than a cigar shop — it’s a culmination of decades of immersion in the premium cigar industry and culture. We live and breathe the rich traditions and artistry of cigar making. We’ve created an oasis for those who appreciate the art” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy sits
The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, in the Deep South of the United States.
Our directory currently lists seven speakeasies and hidden bars in Louisville. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Louisville.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy are The Highball Speakeasy Lounge & Retreat, about 950 m away, Mr. Lee’s, about 1.8 km away, and The Rathskeller of The Seelbach, about 3.1 km away.
Kentucky holds 20 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Kentucky speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Kentucky
Kentucky brought in its own statewide prohibition in 1920, the same year the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. State and federal law arrived together here, and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Kentucky.
What the newspapers recorded in Kentucky
Searching the Library of Congress run of Kentucky newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Kentucky:
- The public ledger, July 13, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The sun, February 3, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Mountain advocate, August 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The sun, July 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy by phone on (502) 384-0226, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 967 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Louisville Cigar Company and Speakeasy 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 calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a food and beverage store.