cellar 24 After Dark - A Gatsby Affair

Flappers & Gents . . . NO Snitches!

Join us at the cellar 24 After Dark Speakeasy. Let's get dressed up in our most clever Roaring 20's garb and have some Thursday night fun. 

Look for the red door and have your password ready. No password, No entry! The password will be revealed with ticket purchase. 

Roaring 20's dress attire suggested with prizes for the best outfits.

$100 ++ per person. Tickets include 2 glasses of select wine and event buffet. Stay tuned for the menu. 

Space is limited for this exclusive event. 

What is a Speakeasy? 

(content borrowed from Wickipedia)

A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcololic beverages. 

Speakeasy bars came into prominence in the United States during the Prohibition era (1920–1933, longer in some states). During that time, the sale, manufacture, and transportation (bootlegging) of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States.

The phrase "speak softly shop", meaning a "smuggler's house", appeared in a British slang dictionary published in 1823. The similar phrase "speak easy shop", denoting a place where unlicensed liquor sales were made, appeared in a British naval memoir written in 1844. The precise term "speakeasy" dates from no later than 1837 when an article in the Sydney Harold newspaper in Australia referred to 'sly grog shops, called in slang terms "speakeasy's"  in this part – Boro Creek.

In the United States, the word emerged in the 1880s. Speakeasies were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". Although failing to account for earlier usage outside the U.S., a common American anecdote traces the term to saloon owner Kate Hester, who ran an unlicensed bar in the 1880s in McKeesport, supposedly telling her rowdy customers to "speak easy" to avoid attention from authorities. Many years later, in Prohibition-era America, the "speakeasy" became a common name to describe a place to get an illicit drink.

Different names for speakeasies were created. The terms "blind pig" and "blind tiger" originated in the United States in the 19th century. These terms were applied to establishments that sold alcoholic beverages illegally, and they are still in use today. The operator of an establishment (such as a saloon or bar) would charge customers to see an attraction (such as an animal) and then serve a "complimentary" alcoholic beverage, thus circumventing the law.