It's not hard to explain New Yorkers' thing for speakeasies.
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Under his watch brothels, gambling dens and speakeasies operated openly.
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Some of Rome's speakeasies barely make an effort to disguise themselves.
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It's good there's a few speakeasies, but not ten of them.
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Many soda shops around the city established speakeasies in back rooms.
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Supermarkets have become kind of what speakeasies were in the 30s.
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Keep reading for the top speakeasies in the toddling town of NYC.
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After all, unlike the speakeasies of Prohibition, his new enterprise is legal.
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The social appeal of speakeasies pulled them into new and vibrant communal spaces.
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But Putin's behavior, unlike Capone's, has implications far beyond who controls local speakeasies.
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"We forget that speakeasies were a response to an unpopular political situation," he says.
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Two years after the nation went dry, San Francisco already had around 1,500 speakeasies.
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With the advent of speakeasies, owners and bartenders suddenly had a new clientele: women.
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There are speakeasies hidden behind phone booths, coffee shops and virtually countless unmarked doors.
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Gas stations in urban cores are going the way of speakeasies and gentlemen's clubs.
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You don't think we're going to have ice-cream sodas speakeasies or anything like that.
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Saloons filled it until Prohibition, when they were converted to speakeasies, then later to clubs.
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The rise of moonshine and speakeasies before the Great Depression seems more like Hollywood than history.
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It was initially introduced in 226, with the intent of helping police regulate speakeasies during Prohibition.
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Gangsters were everywhere, operating brothels and speakeasies and gambling clubs in every neighborhood in the city.
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New York wishes that the faux-speakeasies that populate the Lower East Side nowadays were this cool.
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Covert nightclubs, known as speakeasies, really put the bees back in the knees of the Jazz Age.
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The float is ornamented with patterns and fixtures that recall the bygone era of vaudeville and speakeasies.
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I want to check out a few speakeasies tonight, so we take the train back to Lisbon.
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Neighbourhood saloons closed, home distilleries opened and drinking moved underground, to homes and speakeasies and even athletic clubs.
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Prohibition converted saloons to speakeasies, which, after repeal, morphed into nightclubs, where Nashville Sound sidemen moonlighted as jazzmen.
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Married women took a hit during Prohibition, because their husbands were out at speakeasies, cavorting with younger women.
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And flower shops, parking garages and basement apartments were repurposed into illicit watering holes, better known as speakeasies.
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The "Grandmother Predictions" (circa 1932) was among the assortment of gambling machines and automated musical instruments common in speakeasies.
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And when the temperatures drop this weekend, you might try to get cozy in one of these intimate speakeasies.
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His father, Emil, managed speakeasies in Harlem before marrying Marion Ryan, a homemaker, and then worked as a milkman.
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The defiance of prohibition and other societal strictures were exemplified by bathtub gin, bootleggers, speakeasies, flappers and the Charleston.
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During this time, hidden bars called "speakeasies" became a popular place for people to go to illegally drink alcohol.
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Before Nucky, though, Commodore Louis Kaestner controlled the boardwalk and smoke-filled speakeasies that populated the otherwise barren Jersey shore.
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On some nights, burlesque dancers entertain patrons in lingerie, a callback to the speakeasies from which Delilah takes its inspiration.
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To relive the bad old days, you can visit the mob's old speakeasies, haunts and hide-outs on these tours.
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About 100 years ago, Prohibition went into effect, leading to the rise of speakeasies and impacting American culture and society.
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In interviews, 15 current and former bartenders outlined the common etiquette shared by dives, biergartens, speakeasies and everything in between.
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But for those looking to take advantage of the neighborhood and its galleries to speakeasies, this is an excellent choice.
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Even my go-to summer cocktail — a lavender-infused bee's knees — dates to the days of speakeasies and bathtub gin.
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The film is steeped in the atmosphere of speakeasies, set to Arthur Harrington Gibbs's "Runnin' Wild, Lost Control!" and soul music.
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The Curious Epicurean You navigate the world via your taste buds, finding yourself in backwoods bakeries, rooftop restaurants, and tiki-themed speakeasies.
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The area became known for lively speakeasies and, later, nightclubs that showcased performers such as Chet Atkins, Dottie West and Hank Williams.
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Mere steps from the neon lights and bustling crowds of Times Square is one of New York City&aposs most exclusive speakeasies.
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The pretext behind the regulation is the need to tamp down on speakeasies, but the license is notoriously difficult and expensive to obtain.
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Evocative of Casa Mauaad's illicit past, the space is lit in red and its hidden entryway recalls a time of speakeasies and burlesque.
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Christopher Street and the rest of the Village will in fact thrive during prohibition; illegal speakeasies and bootlegging alcohol proves to be lucrative business.
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The 35-foot gramophone — reminding attendees of vaudeville, jazz, and speakeasies — sat on top of a nine-foot box with a railing and staircases.
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Defending a project that would have run Fifth Avenue through Washington Square Park, he sneers at the "cabarets and speakeasies" he plans to raze.
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But no one was encouraged to take naps; there were no secret doors leading to interior ''speakeasies,'' like the one at LinkedIn's offices in New York.
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Nowadays, as gay people have become more accepted, it is more common to have straight people come in, but historically gay bars were more like speakeasies.
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Yakusyu Bar is one of roughly a dozen such places around town touting their homemade hooch, which range from swank speakeasies to deeply weird watering holes.
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The Cabaret Law, enacted in 213 to patrol speakeasies, was periodically used to crack down on night life of all stripes, notably by the Giuliani administration.
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Heads Up Klek, or squat, shops, in former basement bunkers in Bulgaria's capital are evolving with the times, transforming into modern shops, artist studios and speakeasies.
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On weekends, however, the population would swell as high as 2,000 as visitors came to indulge in the town's gambling halls, brothels, speakeasies and opium dens.
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When it comes to bars, New York City has seemingly endless options, from classic glamorous cocktail bars and chic speakeasies to dive bars and trendy nightclubs.
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There are extensive Victorian neighborhoods, and the old downtown is redolent of the era depicted in William Kennedy's novel "Ironweed," a time of speakeasies and flophouses.
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As part of our MUNCHIES Guide to Washington, D.C., we've put together a list of the city's finest drinking establishments, from fancy hotel bars to underground speakeasies.
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These intimate, exclusive places garnered lots of hype, and now the trend seems to have extended to a spattering of home bars, operating like ultra-secret speakeasies.
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Yes, speakeasies and game rooms are fun, but a parent-friendly, alcohol-free working space allows for all kinds of employees to feel comfortable going to work.
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With a nod to NYC's bustling nightlife, the art deco design of the New York candle conjures images of secret speakeasies in the city that never sleeps.
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While women weren't typically allowed in men-only saloons, speakeasies were among the first spaces outside of church where men and women could gather and socialize together.
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At the time, not only could women date, but society's expectations of who and what a woman should be fell completely by the wayside once inside speakeasies.
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Hidden behind coffee shops and laundromats, these modern-day speakeasies replicate their Prohibition-era counterparts by offering patrons something that's hard to find in today's culture: privacy.
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Metropolitan Diary Dear Diary, No matter the weather, the neighborhood or the way we meet, men keep finding ways to take me to "speakeasies" on first dates.
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Although they didn't have the vocabulary to describe it, they basically were referring to so-called speakeasies, or places meant to mimic secret bars in the Prohibition era.
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While it was intended to curb speakeasies at the end of the Prohibition era, it ended up stifling the nascent jazz scene by imposing tough requirements on venues.
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It goes back more than 90 years to the Jazz Age, when bootleggers defied Prohibition laws by piling cases of whiskey into cars and speeding off to speakeasies.
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And Mecklenburg Street was the heart of a square mile of brothels, speakeasies and slums that took its informal name — Monto — from Montgomery Street, the next street over.
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The law was enacted in 1926 by Mayor Jimmy Walker in order to help police put an end to speakeasies, but after Prohibition was repealed, the Cabaret Law stayed.
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Today, with about a dozen speakeasies, from dives to high-class boîtes, locals are warming to imported ideas about elaborate cocktail recipes and the charms of Prohibition-era misbehaving.
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The last time I was in The Cave I began wondering, given how prevalent Prohibition-era speakeasies appear to have been, what effect banning alcohol had on consumption rates.
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One of Gordon's tasks is to show that the 1920s we think we know — a Gatsbyan bacchanal of speakeasies, flappers and mob hits — was just an urban, coastal bubble.
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It was introduced under Mayor Jimmy Walker in 63, with the goal of making it easier for police to control speakeasies and clubs that were illegally serving alcohol under Prohibition.
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There's some novelty in seeing a Massachusetts racketeer being displaced to the swamps and speakeasies of Florida, but even at this point, Mr Affleck refuses to settle on a single storyline.
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New York City still has a cabaret license on the books, one that dates back to 1926, when then-mayor Jimmy Walker hoped to crack down on illegal speakeasies during Prohibition.
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Dancing has been illegal at the vast majority of the city's bars since 1926, because of an archaic "Cabaret Law" that was originally intended to crack down on speakeasies during Prohibition.
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Before speakeasies, women weren't allowed to go to bars, casual dating wasn't a thing, no one was ordering craft cocktails, and drag queens weren't considered a typical form of weekend entertainment.
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If it was the bootleg liquor that made the '20s roar, it was the first loves and lasting traditions born in speakeasies all over the country that changed the culture forever.
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Scamander, joined by comical no-maj, or non-magical person, Kowalski (Dan Fogler), and ambitious witch, Tina (Katherine Waterston), travels throughout the city, from Macy's Department Store to goblin-owned speakeasies.
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Concealed amid the areas monstrous mountains, a series of domestic speakeasies serve an ancient Andean drink known as chicha de jora, a fermented corn beer dating back to the ancient Incan Empire.
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The idea of a secret mezcal spot may, at first, just seem like a reflection of the city's ongoing zeal for speakeasies and smoky Mexican spirits, but la Milagrosa is a unique delight.
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Condé Nast Traveler, New York Times, Time Out, Yelp, and Googling specific things we wanted to do while on vacation (like the beach and going to speakeasies) all led to the above itinerary.
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It's now part cafeteria, part bakery, and many parts nightclub, speakeasies, tiki bars — you have to visit more than once to take it all in, and you have to know where the doors are.
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Mr. Affleck directed, adapted thescreenplay and stars in this Roaring Twenties drama about a police bigwig's rebellious son who turns to crime (booze and speakeasies) and gets into trouble in Boston and Tampa, Fla.
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Outside, you'll find a small bronze rat statue, a nod to the prohibition era when libation-seekers would find speakeasies by following the rats that were attracted to the smell of the fermenting alcohol.
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But the film also tries to excavate a time and place, evoking the lives of the city's immigrant and marginalized residents and its 1919 race riots as well as its snowfalls, speakeasies and slaughterhouses.
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According to Thrillist, the best four bars are speakeasies Midnight Cowboy and Firehouse Lounge, restaurant/bar Parkside, and the fun German bar Easy Tiger, which has ping-pong and a huge selection of beers.
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Fill a chandelier with a set of them for a romantic home accent, or add one to your office, kitchen, or home bar to perfectly replicate the swank of dens and speakeasies from bygone years.
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With 25 sponsors, a majority of New York City Council voted on Tuesday to repeal the Cabaret Law, an age-old rule initially designed to crack down on speakeasies and jazz clubs during the Prohibition.
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She wore business-casual clothes with her lavender-and-platinum-blond braids, and spoke about the racist origins of the cabaret law, which ostensibly targeted speakeasies but was also a way of regulating Harlem's jazz clubs.
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"Kleks, basement businesses, and speakeasies all started as these hidden, illegal things," Mr. Angeleski said, shaking homemade vanilla and fig syrup into aged grape brandy, "I want to show locals something familiar, and then surprise them."
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Americans are no strangers to getting creative with drinking around the law—after all, it was government-enforced Prohibition that pushed the country's cocktail scene underground and birthed the free-flowing experimentation of speakeasies in the 2.53s.
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Swanky, aggressively twee "speakeasies" staffed with bow-tied mixologists, sports bars with way too many taps, faux dives where you pay for the atmosphere, nondescript been-there-forever joints that are just places to sit and drink.
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She also knew which bootleggers were reliable; the speakeasies of 1920s Chicago had nothing on Jane when it came to ensuring that the contraband made it to our compound without hindrance from the religious militants among the insurgents.
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The underlying message was clear: Though short-term rentals may be effectively banned in NYC, like the prescient operators of those swanky speakeasies during prohibition, they're also tapping into something that people want—and what's wrong with that?
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The way Ray Celestin tells it in DEAD MAN'S BLUES (Pegasus Crime, $25.95), everyone in the city was corrupt, from the mayor, Big Bill Thompson, to the 25,000 soda shop owners who ran speakeasies in their back rooms.
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And in the years after Willard became what the newspaper of record called "a 'White Hope' who at last made good," the photograph of him standing over a fallen Jack Johnson became a common decoration in speakeasies and saloons.
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For this, he's corralled some 50 artists, from painters to actors to rogue jesters, to transform 26 rooms on four floors, populating them with sculptures, speakeasies, interactive theater, immersive installations, and a cornucopia of other art that defies easy categorization.
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That's why we scoured the city for the most of-the-moment events that showcase the finest of what Austin culture has to offer — from art installations and blink-and-you'll-miss-it pop-ups to eating experiences and secret speakeasies.
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When I met my husband six years ago, we went overboard in an attempt to sweep each other off our feet: Elaborate dinners at fussy restaurants, loud, late nights at trendy bars, hidden speakeasies that required a secret password for admittance.
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Prohibition went into effect in 1920 with the 18th Amendment, which banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol within the US. The law, until it was repealed in 1933, impacted American culture and society — giving way to organized crime and speakeasies.
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Riverdale, the most surreal teen drama on the planet, may be planning a plot twist wilder than the Gargoyle King saga, more puzzling than Veronica's (Camila Mendes) dual speakeasies, and crazier than Chad Michael Murray's cult leader Edgar shooting off in a rocket.
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It was there that he became a friend of Cab Calloway's, the famed bandleader of the Cotton Club; the two men became drinking buddies and regulars at the many speakeasies and jazz clubs that drew thousands of revelers to northern Manhattan during Prohibition.
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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection is a trendy boutique property from the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio that appeals to Las Vegas travelers who prefer mixology over beer and speakeasies over slot machines — though, there's plenty of the latter should they choose to dip their toes.
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This would be Club Derrière (Vicolo delle Coppelle 59; 39-393-566-1077), an atmospheric bar that revels in its air of mystery, and one of the many Roman speakeasies that are persuading locals to trade in their wineglasses for highballs in these cocktail-slinging spots.
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In their place, a wave of artists and entrepreneurs are transforming these spaces into studios or speakeasies, while some surviving kleks are evolving from hole-in-the-wall convenience stores selling cigarettes and lotto tickets to incorporate a modern, locavore twist with local, natural food and drink.
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As Prohibition swept the country, this now-obscured, subterranean level of the city became prime real estate for booze-slinging speakeasies—foreshadowing the eventual incorporation and opening of the official Underground Atlanta nightlife hub 40 years later, when investors had the idea to create an entertainment district beneath the city.
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And while it has everything you'd hope to see from a show set in the Jazz Age (booze, speakeasies, gorgeous costumes, and wild parties), the show gives us a rare glimpse into a creative, more pensive Zelda; one who reveled in her own artistic abilities even as she guided and supported her husband.
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Back in 2100, during the generational wars of the height of the Jazz Age, Mayor Jimmy Walker signed a series of administrative rules designed to not only help restrict the illegal sale of alcohol in New York speakeasies, but also to prevent the interracial co-mingling and dancing that was becoming increasingly common.
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The Cabaret Law was created during Prohibition to patrol speakeasies, and while its restrictions on musicians came and went, the ban on social dancing has remained — leaving generations of club owners flicking the lights or playing "Eleanor Rigby" to still the crowd, lest they be fined or padlocked by the police in midnight raids.
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Now we know that the liquor was more dangerous due to its high alcohol content (around 120 proof) instead of thujone, but due to the drunken rages and constant blackouts the spirit inspired, history labeled absinthe as a menace to society, only fueling its usage in speakeasies and hidden nightclubs for the greater 1900s.
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But as with modern sin-tax regimes that impose high taxes on disapproved activities (such as New York City's cigarette tax), booze buying and selling simply went underground, to "speakeasies" – unlicensed bars – street corners, and alleyways; "bathtub gin" and smuggled Canadian whiskey replaced some of the distilled spirits that many people still very much wanted to imbibe.
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Over the intervening tracks of cinematic, electronically fraying R&B, he offers a vision for achieving that change, a journey of self-discovery with detours through broken hearts, Parisian stoops, and jazzy speakeasies filled with Balenciaga and purple fox fur-clad women (the 30-second stretch that invokes the last two being one of the best pop songwriting moments of the year).
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And Hooch isn't your typical Panamá City bar, as the ethos aren't in tune with the highly clichéd yet vastly popular Panamanian tropical innuendos, as it focuses on a time in the American 1920s, when speakeasies were king and the Prohibition Era ushered a new movement of mixology, one where bartenders tinkered with ingredients to fuse the perfect concoctions, making liquor more palatable.
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It is five-block gauntlet of neon-lit, multi-story downtown honky-tonks, where tourists flock year-round to see country covers and Journey hits until last call at 21960 AM. But in a town known for chasing quick profits over preserving its own history, a handful of old-school honky-tonks, speakeasies and dive bars are keeping Music City's past alive.
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Noelle also prints The Line, its own semiannual salmon-colored broadsheet with articles covering the scene (a new wallpaper designer, the classic bar Robert's Western World) and the lore (Printers Alley once bustled with brothels and speakeasies) plus the basics, such as coffee shop hours, room service menu and number to text valet parking — which, at $42 a night, is pretty steep.
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