Where to Party Like It's 1933 For Repeal Day

Could you imagine living in the era when it was illegal to sell or consume alcohol? Would you want to? Many wouldn’t want to imagine a world of Coke without the Jack Daniels or a Tequila Sunrise without the tequila, but Americans were once prohibited from it for over a decade.

Fortunately we can enjoy a cocktail, aged scotch, or an iced cold beer at anytime and legally, thanks to the repeal of prohibition on  December 5,1933 — otherwise known as Repeal Day, the day of the 18th Amendment was repealed. In honor of the anniversary, a handful of bars in Houston are celebrating with Repeal Day parties of their own.

• Party like it’s 1933 with Royal Oak Bar & Grill. The Montrose bar is commemorating the ban of Prohibition with Old Fashioned, Sazeracs and Manhattans for $5.
• In celebration of Repeal Day, Downtown speakeasy Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar & Spirits Lodge (aka Bad News Bar) will offer their house cocktails for half price during happy hour.
• From 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., the swanky 1919 Wine & Mixology pays homage to the end of Prohibition with what else… whiskey, bourbon, and more. The River Oaks cocktail bar is shaking and stirring its way through the classics with $4 classic cocktails during the 4 o'clock hour. With each hour, drinks are a dollar more.
• Celebrate the prohibition ban being lifted with cocktails from the era at III Forks. Five prohibition-era cocktails will be specially priced at $5.32 all weekend. Why $5.32? It's the time President Roosevelt ratified the repeal. Take part in celebratory drinks during happy hour from 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.
• All Baker St. Pub & Grill locations are celebrating with such classic cocktails like the Old-Fashioned and Manhattan from 6 p.m. to close. More of a beer fan? A special Saint Arnold Brewing cask will be tapped later in the evening.
• Mark the end of prohibition in style at Prohibition Supperclub & Bar in Downtown. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., specially priced bites and cocktails will be offered as part of the restaurant's Repeal Day Happy Hour. On the menu: oysters ($1) or a half dozen of chargrilled oysters for $7, crudo bites ($1) and specials on champagne and Old Fashioned cocktails while bartenders dazzle with bottle acrobats. Stay for a dinner and a show at 9 p.m. with a performance from the burlesque troupe, Moonlight Doll.
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