The Mill Restaurant in Cobourg will be transformed into a prohibition-era bar experience on Feb. 2 for the Rotary Club of Cobourg’s SpeakEasy event.

You will require a password to enter through the secret door. Once inside, attendees will be transported back to the roaring 1920s- an era known for its elegance, glamour and prohibition.

“This is an exciting, new fundraiser for our community. The organizing committee has been working tirelessly for months to make this event a huge success,” stated Beth Selby, chair of the Rotary SpeakEasy organizing committee.

The evening will include a gourmet menu prepared by Prep Food Co. along with two other professional chefs. There will be something for everyone including-passed gourmet delights, soup station, charcuterie buffet and dessert station featuring a chocolate fountain.

While not a sit-down dinner, there will be different foods served on all three levels of the venue to encourage mingling and fun.

Specialty Cocktails include a Satin Doll Martini, The Mary Pickford Cocktail, and the Old fashioned. Non-alcoholic cocktails will be available as well. Your ticket includes one complimentary drink.

Music will be provided by two live bands-Carling Stephen & Rob Phillips and The Chris Delvin Quartet.

Other fun prohibition experiences await you inside the doors. Silent Auction items will be available to bid on and also the Rotary Getaway Raffle tickets will be available.

The raffle draw will happen at the event. There are only 200 tickets available for the exclusive SpeakEasy Cobourg Rotary Raffle and they are on sale now at rotary-club-of-cobourg.square.site.

The ticket price is $100 and the exciting prizes include: 1st-$5000 Travel Voucher, 2nd - $1500 Visa Gift Card, 3rd - $750 Via Rail Gift Card.

The Rotary Club of Cobourg has been dedicated to raising funds and serving the community for more 100 years. The proceeds of the Rotary SpeakEasy event will go to Habitat for Humanity Northumberland and other community projects.

The Rotary Club of Cobourg would like to extend a heartfelt gratitude to all of the generous sponsors of this exciting event. The club thanks its “Top Secret Sponsor,” the Jacqueline Pennington Real Estate Team, for such a huge contribution to this event as well as all their “Gangster Sponsors”: Ley Wealth Management; DeThomas Wealth Management (Bruce McCartney); Farren Associates; Farrow and Associates Real Estate; Leisse Wilcox Consulting; Schmidt Law Legal Services (Scott McCracken); Spoolon Manufacturing Ltd.; SMM Law Professional Corporation; Stadtke Plumbing and Heating Ltd.; Staged Inc. (Aaron Farrow). The sponsors of the Rotary Getaway Raffle are: MacCoubrey Funeral Home Limited, Behan Construction, Marlin Travel Cobourg and Lynn Hardy.

Please help us to continue to support our community by purchasing your ticket today. SpeakEasy ticket price is $150 +HST. Tickets are going quickly, so don’t miss out!!!

Tickets can be purchased at Speak Easy (or go to www.cobourgrotary.ca/events)