How do you get into Whitaker’s Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Whitaker’s 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: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Whitaker’s Speakeasy sits
Whitaker’s Speakeasy is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County, in the Midwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists six speakeasies and hidden bars in Indianapolis. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Indianapolis.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Whitaker’s Speakeasy are Murat Shrine Oasis, about 7.7 km away, Blind Tiger, about 7.9 km away, and Miracle On Maryland, about 8.5 km away.
Indiana holds 25 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Indiana speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Indiana
Indiana 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, Indiana already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Indiana.
What the newspapers recorded in Indiana
Searching the Library of Congress run of Indiana newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Indiana:
- The Lake County times, July 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- South Bend news-times, January 11, 1924 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, December 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, June 9, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Whitaker’s Speakeasy by phone on (317) 356-9408, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 2002 N Arlington Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46218-5178. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Whitaker’s 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.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.