How do you get into The Cellar?
We have not confirmed it. The Cellar 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 The Cellar
How the venue describes itself: “The Bell Inn is a historic mansion in Peabody featuring a restaurant, underground bar, hotel, and event venues. We are located 45 minutes North of Boston by Salem, MA.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Bronx, Monkey Gland, and Hanky Panky are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Cellar sits
The Cellar is in Peabody, Massachusetts, in Essex County, in the Northeast of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Peabody. If you know another, tell us.
Massachusetts holds 24 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Massachusetts speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Massachusetts
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.
What the newspapers recorded in Massachusetts
Searching the Library of Congress run of Massachusetts newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Massachusetts:
- Springfield weekly Republican, July 28, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Springfield weekly Republican, March 1, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Springfield weekly Republican, July 19, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Springfield weekly Republican, July 26, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Cellar by phone on (978) 587-2296 and through its own website.
The address is 2 Washington St, Peabody, MA 01960. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Cellar we hold street address, telephone number, and official website. We do not yet hold social accounts, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name places it below street level 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.