How do you get into The Constellation?
We have not confirmed it. The Constellation 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: French 75, Clover Club, and Aviation are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Constellation sits
The Constellation is in Silver Cliff, Colorado, in Custer County, in the West of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Silver Cliff. If you know another, tell us.
Colorado holds 37 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Colorado speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Colorado
Colorado 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, Colorado already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Colorado.
What the newspapers recorded in Colorado
Searching the Library of Congress run of Colorado newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Colorado:
- The Holly chieftain, January 29, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon, March 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Gilpin observer, March 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Gilpin observer, July 8, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Constellation by phone on (719) 659-8743 and on Facebook.
The address is 215 Main St, Silver Cliff, CO 81252. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Constellation we hold street address, telephone number, and social accounts. We do not yet hold official website, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because 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.