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Are Elitist Cocktails Wrecking Our Bars?

Zester Daily | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Bars, Cocktails, Vodka, Drinking, Bartenders, Cocktail Bars, Speakeasies, Mixology, Food News
Zester Daily

As bartenders are downright fetishized for their ability to combine specific spirits, I feel we're losing some of the spirit of the bar. People are there to have a good time and meet people, not to pray at the altar of the cocktail.

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PHOTOS: LA's Super Secret Bar Guide

Zagat | Posted 05.16.2012

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INTERACTIVE MAP: Discover Facts About the Prohibition Era, Presented By PBS

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Temperance Movement, Pbs, History, Liquor, bmap_pbs, Bootleg, American History, Ken Burns, 18th Amendment, Alcohol, Eighteenth Amendment, Documentary, 21st Amendment, Twenty-First Amendment, Speakeasies, Moonshine, Prohibition, Politics News

The culmination of nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individu...

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For Sale: Al Capone Gun, Price Tag $100K

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Chicago Crime History, Christie's London, Crime, Chicago, Ralph Capone, Christie's, Speakeasies, Auctions, Madeleine Capone Morichetti, Prohibition Era, Al Capone, Chicago News

Collectors hoping to call an unusual and rare piece of Chicago history their own will be bidding Wednesday on a six-shot revolver formerly owned by le...

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The Secret Bowling Alley

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bowling, Bowling Alley, Queens, Scouting Ny, Speakeasies, Prohibition, Secret Bowling Alley, Hidden Bowling Alley, New York News
Nick Carr

A hidden Prohibition-era bowling alley? In Queens? Yes, I'm definitely interested. I took a trip to see it today -- just incredible.

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For The Perfect End-Of-Summer Cocktail, Keep It Simple: In Praise Of The Gin & Tonic

Tony Sachs | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Raines Law Room, Tanqueray, Tonic Water, Roger Sterling, Oxford, Speakeasies, Mixology, London Dry Gin, New York City, Gin, Mad Men, Cocktails, Labor Day, Labor Day Cocktails, Angus Winchester, Gin & Tonic, Beefeater, Manhattan, Quinine, Food News
Tony Sachs

I was intrigued when an invitation came down the pike to attend a talk/demo about the humble gin & tonic, sponsored by Tanqueray and featuring globe-trotting brand ambassador Angus Winchester.

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Some Hard Truth About Hard Times

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Economy, Poverty, Political Humor, Economic Downturn, Crisco, Depression, Flappers, Alphabet Soup, New Deal, Economic Crisis, Scrimping, Franklin Roosevelt, Speakeasies, Recession, Fdr, Silver Tea, Redwood City, Great Depression, Rice, Saving, Norman Rockwell, Jazz Age, Bailout, New-Deal, San Francisco, Gilded Age, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Using the Depression as a baseline for discussions of national prosperity ignores an important historical truth: for millions of average citizens, money was tight prior to the 1930s.

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