How do you get into Gilded Unicorn?
We have not confirmed it. Gilded Unicorn 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 Gilded Unicorn
How the venue describes itself: “Welcome to the Gilded Unicorn, an enchanted haven where Modern American Classics come to life through handcrafted wonders and magical libations. Nestled beneath the Historic Montvale Hotel i…” (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: Bronx, Monkey Gland, and Hanky Panky are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Gilded Unicorn occupies the Montvale Block, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 98000369. 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 98000369 · NPS nomination document
Where Gilded Unicorn sits
Gilded Unicorn is in Spokane, Washington, in the county of the same name, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists two speakeasies and hidden bars in Spokane — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the Washington page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Gilded Unicorn are The Observatory, about 450 m away.
Washington holds 29 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Washington speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Washington
Washington did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1916, four 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, Washington already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Washington.
What the newspapers recorded in Washington
Searching the Library of Congress run of Washington newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Washington:
- The Leavenworth echo, January 16, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, January 23, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, August 3, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Seattle star, November 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Sunday to Thursday, 4pm to 11pm
- Friday to Saturday, 3pm to midnight
- Monday to Thursday, Su 16:00 to 11pm
- Friday, Sa 15:00 to midnight
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Gilded Unicorn by phone on (509) 309-3698, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 110 South Monroe Street;North Monroe Street, Spokane, WA 99201. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Gilded Unicorn 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 a room below street level and 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 restaurant.