How do you get into Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. 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 Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Speakeasy Austin, locally owned bar and nightclub since 1997, featuring live music, special events, private parties, cocktails and more.” (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: Jack Rose, Diamondback, and Brown Derby are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Speakeasy occupies the Forest Theatre, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 100004752. 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 100004752 · NPS nomination document
Where Speakeasy sits
Speakeasy is in Dallas, Texas, in the county of the same name, in the Southwest of the United States. The city sits inside the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Our directory currently lists ten speakeasies and hidden bars in Dallas. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Dallas.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Speakeasy are Room 520, about 2.6 km away, Speakeasy Wine And Spirits, about 3.0 km away, and Akai, about 3.6 km away.
Texas holds 110 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Texas speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Texas
Texas did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two 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, Texas already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Texas.
What the newspapers recorded in Texas
Searching the Library of Congress run of Texas newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Texas:
- El Paso herald, May 27, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Brownsville herald, July 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Snyder signal, June 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Laredo weekly times, August 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Speakeasy by phone on (214) 565-5538, through its own website, and on Instagram and X.
The address is 1908 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215-2807. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For 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 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.