How do you get into Star 78 Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Star 78 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.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own 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 Star 78 Speakeasy sits
Star 78 Speakeasy is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County, in the Southwest of the United States. The city sits inside the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
Our directory currently lists six speakeasies and hidden bars in Phoenix. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Phoenix.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Star 78 Speakeasy are Gin & Reel, a few doors away, 36 Below, about 20.3 km away, and Hidden Track Bottle Shop & Wine Bar, about 20.7 km away.
Arizona holds 25 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Arizona speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Arizona
Arizona 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 Arizona.
What the newspapers recorded in Phoenix
Searching the Library of Congress run of Arizona newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Phoenix:
- The Arizona gleam, June 24, 1933 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Arizona republican, September 1, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Arizona gleam, April 15, 1933 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Arizona republican, November 2, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Star 78 Speakeasy by phone on (480) 264-5888, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 5415 E High St, Phoenix, AZ 85054. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Star 78 Speakeasy 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 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.