How do you get into Teddy Roe’s?
We have not confirmed it. Teddy Roe’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: Adonis, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Teddy Roe’s sits
Teddy Roe’s is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County, in the Southwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists three speakeasies and hidden bars in Albuquerque — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the New Mexico page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Teddy Roe’s are The Bunny Ranch, about 2.8 km away and Founders Speakeasy, about 4.2 km away.
New Mexico holds nine listed venues in this directory. See them all on our New Mexico speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in New Mexico
New Mexico 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, New Mexico already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in New Mexico.
What the newspapers recorded in Albuquerque
Searching the Library of Congress run of New Mexico newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Albuquerque:
- The evening herald, June 9, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Albuquerque morning journal, April 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The evening herald, June 8, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Albuquerque morning journal, August 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Teddy Roe’s by phone on (505) 401-3282, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 3222 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Teddy Roe’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.
Two independent open datasets, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, both carry this venue at this location. Agreement between them is the strongest existence check we can make without visiting.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.