How do you get into Best Kept Secret?
We have not confirmed it. Best Kept Secret is in the directory because it described as secret, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Best Kept Secret
How the venue describes itself: “Discover Minot, North Dakota! Find things to do, where to eat or grab a drink, local events, and more. Plan your trip to Minot.” (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: Sazerac, Ward Eight, and Scofflaw are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Best Kept Secret sits
Best Kept Secret is in Minot, North Dakota, in Ward County, in the Great Plains of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Minot. If you know another, tell us.
North Dakota holds two listed venues in this directory. See them all on our North Dakota speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in North Dakota
North Dakota did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1889, 31 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, North Dakota already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in North Dakota.
What the newspapers recorded in North Dakota
Searching the Library of Congress run of North Dakota newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from North Dakota:
- The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean, March 3, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Grand Forks herald, January 21, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The nonpartisan leader, May 31, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Grand Forks herald, December 21, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Best Kept Secret by phone on (701) 837-3100, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and Youtube.
The address is 2400 10th St SW, Minot, ND 58701. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Best Kept Secret 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 secret.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a lounge.