Speak of the Devil Cocktail Bar

Speak of the Devil Cocktail Bar A neighborhood cocktail bar in the heart of historic downtown Lorain, Ohio. A neighborhood cocktail bar in the heart of historic downtown Lorain, Ohio
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Our Jack Daniel’s 10, 12 & 14 Year Tasting this upcoming Wednesday has been sold out for a while now, but as sometimes h...
08/31/2026

Our Jack Daniel’s 10, 12 & 14 Year Tasting this upcoming Wednesday has been sold out for a while now, but as sometimes happens, plans change—and suddenly we’ve got a few seats back available.

We’ll be tasting all three of these increasingly hard-to-find Jack Daniel’s age-stated releases side by side, which is a pretty damn fun way to spend a Wednesday evening if you ask us.

There are only a few spots available, so if you’re interested, message us directly and we’ll get you the details.

First come, first served!

Ahh, Sunday.A day to chill, relax, maybe stare off into the middle distance for a while with a big beautiful bowl of ram...
08/30/2026

Ahh, Sunday.

A day to chill, relax, maybe stare off into the middle distance for a while with a big beautiful bowl of ramen in front of you.

And, conveniently enough, our friends from Black Vulture Ramen are here today! So that part of your Sunday has pretty much worked itself out.

Also… sigh.

Passport holders, this is it.

Our last day together on this strange little summer 2026 journey.

We’ve sailed a long way together, drank some things, learned some things, probably got a little lost somewhere off the coast of South America…and now here we are, anchored in San Diego with one last Balboa waiting for you.

So pop in. Get that final stamp. Have one more drink with us before we collect the passports and clear customs.

Then it’s adieu, at least until somebody around here gets the bright idea to drag us all off on another adventure.

Bittersweet, indeed.

But first: ramen. Balboas. Sunday. Chill.

See you at 3pm.

TOMORROW...you know the drill...
08/29/2026

TOMORROW...you know the drill...

Well, you animals did it.The 2026 Mai Tai glasses are officially SOLD OUT. Every last glowing little vessel has found a ...
08/29/2026

Well, you animals did it.

The 2026 Mai Tai glasses are officially SOLD OUT. Every last glowing little vessel has found a home.

But Mai Tai Week isn’t quite dead yet.

We’ve got one last night of Mai Tai-ing around, and Saturday already feels like it might have a little something going for it.

Passport holders: this is it. San Diego. Our final port of call. Drop in, drink your Balboa, get that last stamp and then hand over your well-traveled passport so we can clear you through customs.

Do not fret — you’ll get it back. We’re not evil!

And after an entire summer of sailing around the Americas, chasing strange drinks, fermenting pineapples, making ice cream, stamping tiny books and generally carrying on like a bunch of lunatics...

Tonight we’re just back to being what we always are.

A little neighborhood bar on a Saturday night.

Drinks. Music. Friends. A dark room to disappear into for a while.

That sounds pretty damn good to us.

Doors at 5pm.

See you then.

Yesterday morning, we woke up to news out of nowhere that hit us HARD.Our friends—our sibling bar, really—LBM announced ...
08/29/2026

Yesterday morning, we woke up to news out of nowhere that hit us HARD.

Our friends—our sibling bar, really—LBM announced that after nine years, they’ll close their doors for good on October 10.

We’ve been thinking about it ever since.

About them. About us. About all the wonderfully strange little places people dream into existence, and what happens when one of those places disappears.

Because somewhere along the way, if we’re lucky, a bar stops being just a bar. A bookstore stops being just a bookstore. A coffee shop, a record store, a diner, a library—these rooms quietly become woven into our lives.

We meet there. We celebrate there. We grieve there. We waste perfectly good afternoons there. We become regulars. We become friends.

And usually we don’t realize how much a place means to us until somebody tells us it’s going away.

So I sat down and wrote about it.

This one is for LBM.

But really, it’s for all the rooms we need.

A new Devil’s Desk:

THE ROOMS WE NEED
https://speakofthedevillorain.com/the-rooms-we-need/

Go to the places you love.

Yes, it is Mai Tai Week here at Speak of the Devil, but what of the Mai Tai itself - what's the story behind the madness...
08/28/2026

Yes, it is Mai Tai Week here at Speak of the Devil, but what of the Mai Tai itself - what's the story behind the madness this week?! We are glad you asked -

According to Trader Vic, the tale of the Mai Tai began in 1944. Victor Jules Bergeron, better known as Trader Vic, owned a tiki restaurant of the same name. Together with Donn Beach, of Donn the Beachcomber, they helped start tiki culture. Tiki culture blends Polynesian and Caribbean influences. It was a place where people could escape reality and be transported to the tropics while enjoying tropical-flavored cocktails. The cocktails were a careful combination of tropical flavors like lime juice, curaçao liqueur, and Caribbean rum.

Trader Vic tells the story of the day he was serving two friends, Eastham and Carrie Guild from Tahiti, at his restaurant in Oakland. Inspired by the simplicity of successful drinks like Martinis, Manhattans, and Daiquiris he set himself to create a new exotic rum drink.

“I took down a bottle of seventeen-year-old rum. It was J. Wray Nephew from Jamaica-surprisingly golden in color, medium bodied, but with the rich pungent flavor particular to the Jamaican blends”, he writes in his book Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide. This specific rum needed to be combined with something that didn’t overpower its taste. He took a fresh lime, some orange curaçao, a dash of rock candy sugar, and a bit of French orgeat syrup. He shook the mixture with shaved ice, placed half the lime shell on top of the drink and added a branch of mint to it to represent an island. He served this drink to its friends and after Carrie took one sip of it she said, “Mai Tai-Roa Aé,” which means “Out of this world-the best” in Tahitian. That is when he decided to call the drink Mai Tai.

But, like any popular tiki cocktail, there is some confusion about where the drink really started. Donn Beach, from Donn the Beachcomber, claims that Trader Vic’s recipe was inspired by his punch recipe. Trader Vic refuted this claim: “Anybody who says I didn’t create this drink is a dirty stinker.”

Ahhh, Friday...no agenda tonight. No self-improvement. No need for sensible shoes. Just cold, dope drinks, familiar face...
08/28/2026

Ahhh, Friday...no agenda tonight. No self-improvement. No need for sensible shoes. Just cold, dope drinks, familiar faces, strangers becoming a bit less strange, and that peculiar little Friday night electricity humming through the room.

The weekend is here...see you at 5pm.

PSA #276: This Sunday, THEY'RE BACCCKKK.Our dear friends from Black Vulture Ramen roll back to West Fifth with their bi...
08/27/2026

PSA #276: This Sunday, THEY'RE BACCCKKK.

Our dear friends from Black Vulture Ramen roll back to West Fifth with their big steaming pots of happiness.

Ramen returns. Once again, parked out by the patio.

On a Sunday.

At the end of August.

3pm until 8pm, unless they sell out (it happens).

We don't need to overthink this.

This Sunday, come hungry. Black Vulture handles the noodles; we'll handle the dope drinks, and Sunday can sort itself out from there.

Summer Smoke is out on the patio tonight, which feels like a pretty damn fine way to spend one of these last August even...
08/27/2026

Summer Smoke is out on the patio tonight, which feels like a pretty damn fine way to spend one of these last August evenings.

Mai Tai Week rolls on, too, and somehow we still have a handful of those glow-in-the-dark 2026 glasses left. Not many, mind you, but they're here — along with the classic Mai Tai and our three riffs.

And Passport Holders... San Diego. We made it. The Balboa is absolutely delicious, and this one feels a little bittersweet. Our last port after a whole summer of bouncing around the Americas together. Hard to believe this strange/cool little journey is already pulling into its final stop.

So yeah. Summer Smoke on the patio, Mai Tais everywhere, a few glowing glasses still looking for homes, and a Balboa waiting at the end of a very long, very fun trip.

Feels like a Thursday night at Speak of the Devil.

Come hang out. We start at 5pm!

Welcome to MAI TAI WEEK!And we’re kicking the whole thing off TODAY at 5pm with our 2026 Mai Tai glass drop.This year’s ...
08/26/2026

Welcome to MAI TAI WEEK!

And we’re kicking the whole thing off TODAY at 5pm with our 2026 Mai Tai glass drop.

This year’s little vessel of tropical nonsense GLOWS IN THE DARK, and we’ve only got about 80 of them, so… plan accordingly. They may disappear quickly.

$16 gets you the glass.
$25 gets you the glass filled with a classic Mai Tai OR one of our three Mai Tai Week riffs.

And not to oversell things here, but all three riffs are so damn good. We “quality controlled” them extensively. For science, of course.

Two glasses per person. Doors at 5.

Come get weird with us. It’s Mai Tai Week.

Address

201 W. 5th Street
Lorain, OH
44052

Opening Hours

Tuesday 5pm - 10pm
Wednesday 5pm - 10pm
Thursday 5pm - 11pm
Friday 5pm - 12am
Saturday 5pm - 12am
Sunday 3pm - 8pm

Telephone

+14404344286

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