How do you get into VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. VINIFERA New York – Geneva 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.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Sidecar, Boulevardier, and Vieux Carré are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy occupies the Smith’s Opera House, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 02001454. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 02001454 · NPS nomination document
Where VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy sits
VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy is in Geneva, New York, in Ontario County, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Geneva. If you know another, tell us.
New York holds 101 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New York speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in New York
New York 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 New York.
What the newspapers recorded in New York
Searching the Library of Congress run of New York newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from New York:
- The evening world, September 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, January 9, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, December 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The New York herald, January 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy by phone on (315) 325-2349, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 44 Linden St, Geneva, NY 14456. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For VINIFERA New York – Geneva Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy and 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.