How do you get into The Trap Door Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. The Trap Door 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 Trap Door Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “The 500 District is a group of businesses in downtown Clare under one umbrella including The Venue at 501, 505 Cafe, and the Upper Rooms.” (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: Blood and Sand, Bobby Burns, and Rob Roy are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Trap Door Speakeasy sits
The Trap Door Speakeasy is in Clare, Michigan, in the county of the same name, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Clare. If you know another, tell us.
Michigan holds 36 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Michigan speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Michigan
Michigan did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two 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, Michigan already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Michigan.
What the newspapers recorded in Michigan
Searching the Library of Congress run of Michigan newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Michigan:
- Alma record, February 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Charlevoix county herald, July 9, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Dearborn independent, August 28, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Alma record, April 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Trap Door Speakeasy by phone on (989) 418-6024, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 501 N McEwan St, Clare, MI 48617. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Trap Door 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 and the map tags on the record mark it a cocktail bar.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.