How do you get into The Cotton Room?
We have not confirmed it. The Cotton Room 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 Cotton Room
How the venue describes itself: “Located in historic Brevard Court, across from Romare Bearden Park and Truist Ballpark, we embrace the authentic qualities of a true Irish pub. Come throw back award-winning pints of Guinn…” (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: French 75, Sidecar, and Clover Club are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Cotton Room sits
The Cotton Room is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
Our directory currently lists six speakeasies and hidden bars in Charlotte. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Charlotte.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Cotton Room are The Dock, about 400 m away, Runaway Whiskey & Wine, about 2.5 km away, and Members Only Tasting Room & Social, about 4.2 km away.
North Carolina holds 42 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our North Carolina speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in North Carolina
North Carolina did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1909, eleven 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, North Carolina already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in North Carolina.
What the newspapers recorded in North Carolina
Searching the Library of Congress run of North Carolina newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from North Carolina:
- Roanoke Rapids herald, September 30, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, June 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, May 8, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, March 25, 1927 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Monday to Friday, 3pm to 2am
- Saturday to Sunday, noon to 2am
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach The Cotton Room by phone on (704) 333-7160, through its own website, and on Instagram, Facebook, and X.
The address is 144 Brevard Court, Charlotte, NC 28202. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Cotton Room we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold an online booking link or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a room rather than a bar, the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy, and the map tags on the record mark it a cocktail bar.
OpenStreetMap carries this venue, contributed by a mapper; Overture Maps has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.