WATCH: Farmingdale Nightclub Returns To Its Speakeasy Roots

FARMINGDALE, NY — By day, Nick DeVito's focus is on Charlotte's Frozen Yogurt. By night, especially on weekends, a secret door opens to the basement speakeasy.

Only recently did DeVito know the nightclub space was actually a vintage hideout during prohibition.

A password is needed to gain access, although the ice cream workers will assist with clues. Each new password is also posted on the website.

"In the back of the bar, where the exit sign is, that's where they used to enter when it was a speakeasy in the 1920s," DeVito told Patch.

But, the speakeasy had a "Plan B" in case of raids a century ago.

"If the cops did show up, there is a door in the back, behind the bar, that goes underneath the ice cream parlor, under the show repair guy next door and then out his back door," he said.

After being in disrepair since the 1930s, a full restoration was needed as DeVito transports guests to Charlotte's Speakeasy on Main Street.

"We repurposed everything, even the original tin ceiling," he said.

Well, not everything.

"We play music that's really, probably most from the 1940s and 1950s," DeVito said. "It's big band music, jump blues and swing."

However, in his research of that era, tunes from Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor, he felt, didn't translate well with today's audience.

DeVito said the speakeasy is open to guests 21 and older.

Watch the full video below from the "Patch Weekly Spotlight."