How do you get into Speakeasy On Walnut?
We have not confirmed it. Speakeasy On Walnut is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, 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: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Speakeasy On Walnut sits
Speakeasy On Walnut is in Shelley, Idaho, in Bingham County, in the West of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Shelley. If you know another, tell us.
Idaho holds six listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Idaho speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Idaho
Idaho 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, Idaho already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Idaho.
What the newspapers recorded in Idaho
Searching the Library of Congress run of Idaho newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Idaho:
- Clearwater Republican, March 19, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Wallace miner, July 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Idaho Republican, September 22, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Clearwater Republican, August 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Speakeasy On Walnut on Facebook.
The address is Walnut Street, Shelley, ID 83274. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Speakeasy On Walnut we hold street address and social accounts. We do not yet hold telephone number, official website, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.