10 Classic Speakeasies In New York City

Tomorrow you can celebrate 80 years of being able to drink legally in the United States.

Prohibition, established by the 18th Amendment to stop people from making, moving or selling alcohol, was repealed on December 5th 1933.

But in Prohibition's heyday, speakeasy bars - so called because of the need to speak quietly about them in public to not alert the authorities - popped up to keep the aqua vitae flowing to citizens.

You may not need to exercise so much caution at the bars these days, but you can still enjoy a drink in all the glitz of the 1920s, thanks to these retro speakeasies in New York City. We took recommendations and checked out review websites to round up ten of the best speakeasies in the city.