How do you get into Capone’s Eldon?
We have not confirmed it. Capone’s Eldon 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: Corpse Reviver No. 2, White Lady, and Twentieth Century are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Capone’s Eldon sits
Capone’s Eldon is in Eldon, Missouri, in Miller County, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Eldon. If you know another, tell us.
Missouri holds 19 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Missouri speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Missouri
Missouri 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 Missouri.
What the newspapers recorded in Missouri
Searching the Library of Congress run of Missouri newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Missouri:
- Potosi journal, May 5, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Hayti herald, May 20, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Holt County sentinel, July 23, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Hayti herald, October 14, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Capone’s Eldon by phone on (573) 469-2137, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 110 S Oak St, Eldon, MO 65026. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Capone’s Eldon 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 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.