How do you get into The Sit Down by Jimmy L’s?
We have not confirmed it. The Sit Down by Jimmy L’s 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 Sit Down by Jimmy L’s
How the venue describes itself: “We provide excellent food service all throughout Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota! Our business consists of catering for weddings, banquets, business meetings, parties and other small gatherings, we’d love to be apart of your special event!” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
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 Sit Down by Jimmy L’s sits
The Sit Down by Jimmy L’s is in Sidney, Nebraska, in Cheyenne County, in the Great Plains of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Sidney. If you know another, tell us.
Nebraska holds ten listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Nebraska speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Nebraska
Nebraska did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1917, three years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Nebraska already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Nebraska.
What the newspapers recorded in Nebraska
Searching the Library of Congress run of Nebraska newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Nebraska:
- The commoner, March 1, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The North Platte semi-weekly tribune, May 12, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Beatrice daily express, August 5, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The commoner, September 1, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Sit Down by Jimmy L’s by phone on (308) 249-1765, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 1412 10th Ave, Sidney, NE 69162. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Sit Down by Jimmy L’s we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold 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.