How do you get into The Slammer?
We have not confirmed it. The Slammer 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 Slammer
How the venue describes itself: “From former jail to local speakeasy, The Slammer is a place for all to sip on a bit of history” (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: Adonis, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Slammer sits
The Slammer is in Franklinton, North Carolina, in Franklin County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Franklinton. If you know another, tell us.
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:
- Fri 05:00 pm – 12:00 am
- Sat 02:00 pm – 12:00 am
- Sun 12:00 pm – 06:00 pm
- Thu 05:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Wed 05:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach The Slammer through its own website and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 7 W Mason St, Franklinton, NC 27525. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Slammer we hold street address, official website, social accounts, and opening hours. We do not yet hold telephone number, 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.