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: Adonis, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Speakeasy sits
Speakeasy is in Tysons, Virginia, in Fairfax County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Tysons. If you know another, tell us.
Virginia holds 30 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Virginia speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Virginia
Virginia 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, Virginia already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Virginia.
What the newspapers recorded in Virginia
Searching the Library of Congress run of Virginia newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Virginia:
- Richmond times-dispatch, February 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Richmond times-dispatch, March 7, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Richmond times-dispatch, October 17, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Richmond times-dispatch, January 2, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Speakeasy by phone on (703) 288-0325, through its own website, and on Instagram and X.
The address is 1945 Old Gallows Rd, Tysons, VA 22182-3931. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, a published drinks list, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold opening hours 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.