How do you get into Lulu’s Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Lulu’s Speakeasy 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 Lulu’s Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Lulu’s Speakeasy is a venue in River North, Chicago for live entertainment, bites, and classic cocktails. Located in the lower level of Storyville.” (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: Sidecar, Boulevardier, and Vieux Carré are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Lulu’s Speakeasy sits
Lulu’s Speakeasy is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County, in the Midwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists 24 speakeasies and hidden bars in Chicago. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Chicago.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Lulu’s Speakeasy are Paraiso Speakeasy, about 350 m away, Watershed, about 400 m away, and The Drifter, about 500 m away.
Illinois holds 71 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Illinois speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Illinois
Illinois 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 Illinois.
What the newspapers recorded in Chicago
Searching the Library of Congress run of Illinois newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Chicago:
- 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:
- Friday 6pm-3am
- Saturday 6pm-2am
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Lulu’s Speakeasy by phone on (312) 741-9786, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok.
The address is 712 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Lulu’s Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold a published drinks list 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.