How do you get into Bon Courage?
We have not confirmed it. Bon Courage 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 Bon Courage
How the venue describes itself: “From renowned Chef Rafael Haid comes 1803 NYC, the best party on this side of the Mississippi River! Inspired by New Orleans’ vibrant culinary scene and rich culture and named for the Loui…” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
The current drinks list is published on the venue’s own site — see the menu.
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Bon Courage occupies the Cary Building, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 83001719. 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 83001719 · NPS nomination document
Where Bon Courage sits
Bon Courage is in New York, New York, in the county of the same name, in the Mid-Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists 66 speakeasies and hidden bars in New York. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in New York.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Bon Courage are Saaqi, a few doors away, Peep Show, about 550 m away, and Basement, about 700 m away.
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 daily worker, December 15, 1931 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily worker, July 14, 1927 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily worker, August 5, 1927 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily worker, October 16, 1930 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Fri 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
- Sat 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sun 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Bon Courage by phone on (212) 267-3000, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 82 Reade Street, New York, NY 10007. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Bon Courage we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, and a listed-building record, which is an unusually complete record for this category.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Two independent open datasets, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, both carry this venue at this location. Agreement between them is the strongest existence check we can make without visiting.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.