Tonight was the first planning meeting of the Happy Hour Gang. But due to illness, work, and new jobs I was the only one to show up. This amazing little bar is hidden behind smoky glass and a steel door and if you blink you may miss it. Tonight’s crowd was small, as it isContinue reading “Downtown Cocktail Room”
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The Mob Bar – He Who Pays Well is Well Served
It was a dark and stormy night, when she walked into the bar. It was small swanky and filled the usual characters that are associated with a joint like that. She looked around until she saw him. He smiled a smile that can only mean one thing, trouble. Ok , so it wasn’t raining orContinue reading “The Mob Bar – He Who Pays Well is Well Served”
The History of a Speakeasy
Of course this will lead to our next location, The Mob Bar. A Speakeasy was an illicit liquor store or nightclub that operated during the Prohibition. There’s been reports of and estimated 100,000 locations in New York city by 1925. According to the author of the Wikipedia entry; “The term ‘speakeasy’ might have originated in Pennsylvania inContinue reading “The History of a Speakeasy”
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