How do you get into The Parlor Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. The Parlor 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 Parlor Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Primo Wins the Daily Herald’s Customers Choice Awards for: • Best Steakhouse • Best Seafood Restaurant • Most Romantic Restaurant • Best Martini • Best Vegetarian Cuisine • Best Bar/Lounge • Best Place to Dance • Best Place for a Private Events” (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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Parlor Speakeasy sits
The Parlor Speakeasy is in Gurnee, Illinois, in Lake County, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Gurnee. If you know another, tell us.
Illinois holds 71 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Illinois speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Illinois
Illinois 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 Illinois.
What the newspapers recorded in Illinois
Searching the Library of Congress run of Illinois newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Illinois:
- The Rock Island Argus and daily union, April 27, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Chicago whip, May 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer, November 26, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Rock Island Argus and daily union, December 9, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Saturday: 3pm to 10pm
- Thursday: 3pm to 9pm
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach The Parlor Speakeasy through its own website and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 720 Milwaukee Ave, Gurnee, IL 60031-2612. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Parlor Speakeasy we hold street address, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold telephone number, a published drinks list, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a parlor and calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.