How do you get into P.S. Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. P.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 P.S. Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Hidden from the long arm of Prohibition-era law, Kansas City’s speakeasies welcomed travelers and locals alike. An affectionate nod to the city’s glamorous, freewheeling nightlife in days gone by, P.S. is Hotel Phillips’ contemporary incarnation of the 1930’s speakeasy.” (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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — P.S. Speakeasy occupies the Hotel Phillips, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 79001369. 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 79001369 · NPS nomination document
Where P.S. Speakeasy sits
P.S. Speakeasy is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County, in the Midwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists five speakeasies and hidden bars in Kansas City. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Kansas City.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to P.S. Speakeasy are Hush Speakeasy, about 400 m away, Swordfish Tom’s, about 1.1 km away, and Manifesto, about 1.2 km away.
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 P.S. Speakeasy by phone on (816) 309-0887, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 106 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105-1902. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For P.S. Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, a published drinks list, an online booking link, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy and the map tags on the record mark it a cocktail bar.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.