Florida / Miami
Sweet Liberty
A front room built for regulars and a curtained back bar for reservations only, run by a team obsessed with hospitality over spectacle.
Getting in
Front door, community bar tables up front, hidden back bar for reservations.
Order this
Bartender's choice at the community table
Your passport
Prohibition Original rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every prohibition original bar.
Keep the night going
Nearest doors
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Drink like Sweet Liberty at home
The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.
Imbibe! — David Wondrich
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
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