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Thompson’s Bookstore FAQ’s

The password is posted on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter page every Wednesday morning at 9am. If you have a drink in the upstairs cocktail lounge, it will also be posted on your receipt.

We are open Sunday-Thursday 3pm-12am and Friday and Saturday 3pm-2am. The downstairs Speakeasy is open Wednesday-Thursday 7pm-12am and Friday and Saturday 7pm-2am.

Our dress code is neat, casual attire. No tank tops or athletic wear. Ball caps must be worn forward.

Yes, all guests must be 21 or older and provide a valid ID for entry.

No, we do not take reservations.
Yes, our entire facility is available for private events. More information can be found on the Events tab on our website.

Our happy hour is Sunday-Friday 3-8pm and all day Monday. We feature 16 classic craft cocktails for only $6.50.

Tequila Tuesday get 30% off all agave spirits and Whiskey Wednesday 30% off all whiskey.

Yes, there are ramps on the sidewalk out front and we have a ramp inside our front door. We also have an elevator for staff and mobility-impaired guests.

Our building, the Vybek, was built in 1910 and was formerly Fort Worth Pharmacy, Atlantic Coffee Co., a cut-rate drug store and Thompson’s Bookstore. The latter opened in 1972 and closed in 1993. Rumor has it, it was once a brothel. You never know, prohibition was intense, and this was Hell’s Half Acre. The bar you know today opened in the Spring of 2015.

Speakeasies sprang up in the 1920’s during Prohibition when liquor sales were illegal, hence the reason for a password. After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the term lay dormant for a few decades until the craft cocktail movement when bartenders started digging into the archives and mixing up classic Prohibition-era drinks.

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