How do you get into Cordovas?
We have not confirmed it. Cordovas 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 Cordovas
How the venue describes itself: “Cordovas are an American rock band from Nashville, TN. New album ‘Destiny Hotel’ out Oct. 16 on ATO Records.” (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: Corpse Reviver No. 2, White Lady, and Twentieth Century are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building and the district
Documented — Cordovas stands inside the Nashville Financial Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 02000232. A district listing covers a group of properties rather than a single address, so the federal record establishes the age and character of the streetscape around this venue rather than of its own walls.
National Register reference 02000232 · NPS nomination document
Where Cordovas sits
Cordovas is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County, in the Deep South of the United States.
Our directory currently lists seven speakeasies and hidden bars in Nashville. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Nashville.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Cordovas are Red Phone Booth, about 750 m away, The Late Great, about 2.1 km away, and Blind Tiger, about 2.1 km away.
Tennessee holds 24 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Tennessee speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Tennessee
Tennessee did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1909, eleven 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, Tennessee already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Tennessee.
What the newspapers recorded in Tennessee
Searching the Library of Congress run of Tennessee newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Tennessee:
- The Chattanooga news, February 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Fayette falcon, February 20, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Chattanooga news, March 30, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Chattanooga news, March 30, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Cordovas through its own website and on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.
What we have confirmed
For Cordovas we hold official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold street address, telephone number, opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
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.