How do you get into Roxanne’s?
We have not confirmed it. Roxanne’s is in the directory because it a password you have to know, 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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Roxanne’s sits
Roxanne’s is in Long Beach, California, in Los Angeles County, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists four speakeasies and hidden bars in Long Beach. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Long Beach.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Roxanne’s are Sake Secret, about 5.3 km away, Secret Island, about 5.7 km away, and Speakeasy Smoke Shop, about 7.0 km away.
California holds 173 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our California speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in California
California 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 California.
What the newspapers recorded in California
Searching the Library of Congress run of California newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from California:
- La prensa, March 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, June 14, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, October 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, November 5, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Roxanne’s by phone on (562) 426-4777, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 1115 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90807. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Roxanne’s we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because 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.