Entry No. 35 — the Spokane file — filed under: speakeasy

Cease & Desist Book Club

A plain downtown storefront in the historic Legion Building hides a working bar behind a wall of bookshelves — find the right marked book and the bookcase swings open into a dim, intimate cocktail room lined with portraits of Hemingway and Bukowski. It was meant to open as Scofflaw's Book Club but got renamed after a real cease-and-desist letter from a Chicago bar called Scofflaw, which became its identity. First-come, first-served with no reservations, so finding it is half the game.

The move: Test whether your date can find the right book to trigger the bookcase door, then settle into the hidden room over a slow cocktail.

📍 Before you go No sign and no reservations; can be genuinely hard to locate from the street.

• 📍 Spokane (downtown)
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 108 N Washington St, Suite 100, Spokane, WA 99201

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-24