How do you get into The Edison?
We have not confirmed it. The Edison 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 Edison
How the venue describes itself: “BentoBox offers restaurants beautiful, mobile friendly websites that drive revenue and customers — complete with a simple, hospitality-focused management system, hosting and exceptional customer support.” (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.
The building
Documented — The Edison occupies the Higgins Building, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 100009358. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 100009358 · NPS nomination document
Where The Edison sits
The Edison is in Los Angeles, California, in the county of the same name, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists 33 speakeasies and hidden bars in Los Angeles. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Los Angeles.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Edison are Birds & Bees, about 250 m away, Slipper Clutch, about 400 m away, and LoveNote, about 450 m away.
California holds 173 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our California speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in California
California 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 California.
What the newspapers recorded in Los Angeles
Searching the Library of Congress run of California newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Los Angeles:
- La opinión, August 9, 1931 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La opinión, August 16, 1931 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La opinión, March 30, 1930 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- La opinión, October 10, 1933 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Edison by phone on (213) 613-0000, through its own website, and on X and Facebook.
The address is 108 W 2nd St Apt 101, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Edison we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
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.