How do you get into Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro?
We have not confirmed it. Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro 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 Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro sits
Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists fourteen speakeasies and hidden bars in Tampa. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Tampa.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro are The Blind Tiger Cafe, about 450 m away, Ventana Speakeasy, about 1.2 km away, and 232 Bar, about 1.4 km away.
Florida holds 100 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Florida speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Florida
Florida did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1919, one year before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Florida already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Florida.
What the newspapers recorded in Tampa
Searching the Library of Congress run of Florida newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Tampa:
- La gaceta, March 6, 1929 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La gaceta, August 31, 1928 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La gaceta, June 11, 1928 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La gaceta, March 6, 1930 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro by phone on (813) 284-0250 and through its own website.
The address is 1909 N 15th St, Tampa, FL 33605. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Cheezy’s Speakeasy And Bistro we hold street address, telephone number, and official website. We do not yet hold social accounts, 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 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.