How do you get into The Underground Speakeasy Lounge?
We have not confirmed it. The Underground Speakeasy Lounge is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own 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 Underground Speakeasy Lounge sits
The Underground Speakeasy Lounge is in Elko, Nevada, in the county of the same name, in the Southwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Elko. If you know another, tell us.
Nevada holds 28 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Nevada speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Nevada
Nevada 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 Nevada.
What the newspapers recorded in Elko
Searching the Library of Congress run of Nevada newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Elko:
- Elko independent, June 4, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Elko independent, May 24, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Underground Speakeasy Lounge by phone on (775) 389-5641 and on Facebook.
The address is 548 Commercial St, Elko, NV 89801. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Underground Speakeasy Lounge we hold street address, telephone number, and social accounts. We do not yet hold official website, 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 lounge, calls it a speakeasy, and calls it underground.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a lounge.