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A password and a phone booth in Cal Heights.

Long Beach does it properly: The Exhibition Room in Cal Heights requires a password and a walk through a vintage phone booth, then rewards you with craft cocktails and live jazz in a 1920s room.

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Cal Heights

The Exhibition Room

1117 E Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA
Wed–Sat evenings · password required

A password-only 1920s cocktail room behind a phone booth, live jazz nights and proper craft drinks.

Pip’s Tip Password required, entrance behind a phone booth. Wednesday to Saturday, live jazz some nights.

Downtown

Secret Island

209 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA
Evenings · beneath Shannon's on Pine

Descend beneath Shannon's on Pine into a moody underground tiki grotto with flaming rum drinks, hula nights, and live bands.

Pip’s Tip Underneath Shannon's on Pine. Tiki grotto, flaming rum, hula nights.

East Village

The Blind Donkey

149 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA
Daily 5pm–2am · down the hidden staircase

La La Land filmed in this subterranean Linden Avenue whiskey den with film-noir lighting, deep bourbon shelves, and Skee-Ball.

Pip’s Tip Down the hidden staircase on Linden. Open till 2am daily, deep bourbon shelf.

The Promenade

The Ordinarie

210 The Promenade N, Long Beach, CA
Daily · from the Exhibition Room team

From the Exhibition Room team, a colonial-style tavern where hidden-bar pedigree meets craft cocktails and seasonal takeovers.

East Village

The Stache Bar

941 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA
Daily 11am–2am

Mustachioed Retro Row hideout mixing serious craft cocktails with divey charm, all-day happy hours, and late-night local energy.

Anaheim Packing District

The Blind Rabbit

440 S Anaheim Blvd, Ste 104, Anaheim, CA
Reservations via Tock · enter through sake barrels

Prohibition-era den behind sliding sake barrels in the Anaheim Packing House, pouring theatrical craft cocktails to a reservation-only crowd.

Anaheim

Strong Water Anaheim

270 S Clementine St, Anaheim, CA
Nightly from 5pm · indoor by reservation, 21+

Reservation-only shipwreck saloon in the Packing District, layering immersive nautical theater over some of Southern California's best tiki cocktails.

Huntington Beach

Graceland Speakeasy

155 5th St, Huntington Beach, CA
Daily till midnight · enter through HQ Gastropub

Slip through HQ Gastropub to an ocean-view speakeasy with personal spirit lockers, chic modern decor, and elevated craft cocktails.

Santa Ana

Vacation Bar

204 W 4th St, Santa Ana, CA
Thu–Sat evenings only

Weekend-only tropical escape hidden off Fourth Street, slinging kitschy island cocktails under thatch and neon in downtown Santa Ana.

Santa Ana

The Copper Door

225 1/2 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
Nights, 21+ · basement entrance off Broadway

Underground 6,000-square-foot basement bar beneath the 1920s Pacific Building, pairing craft drinks with DJs, art shows, and Edison-bulb glow.

Costa Mesa

Cowboys and Poodles

2948 Randolph Ave, Costa Mesa, CA
Evenings · hidden bookcase entrance near The Camp

Western-glam speakeasy behind a bookcase near The Camp, where rhinestone cowboy kitsch meets legit agave-forward craft cocktails.

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The Exhibition Room

Get the password, step through the phone booth, Long Beach's 1920s room does the speakeasy ritual full-tilt.

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