How do you get into The Pearl Reckless?
We have not confirmed it. The Pearl Reckless 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 Pearl Reckless sits
The Pearl Reckless is in Portland, Maine, in Cumberland County, in the Northeast of the United States.
Our directory currently lists two speakeasies and hidden bars in Portland — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the Maine page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Pearl Reckless are Blind Tiger, about 1.4 km away.
Maine holds seven listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Maine speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Maine
Maine did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1851, 69 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, Maine already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Maine.
Planning a visit
You can reach The Pearl Reckless by phone on (207) 523-9600 and through its own website.
The address is 444 Fore St, Portland, ME 04101. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Pearl Reckless 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 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.