Best Speakeasies in California

San Diego holds most of the best speakeasies in California, each hidden behind something ordinary. Young Blood, No. 49 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2023, opens through a fridge door at 777 G Street, where Noble Experiment hides behind kegs. Raised by Wolves, Imbibe's 2019 Cocktail Bar of the Year, sits behind a swiveling mantel in a Westfield UTC liquor shop. Realm of the 52 Remedies, inside Common Theory, was No. 93 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026. Realm books on Tock two weeks ahead, with a walk-in waitlist from 5pm. These are the bars we would start with.