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A speakeasy, also called a beer flat [1] or blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. The term may also refer to a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.
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Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
The brewery building is six stories tall and remains the tallest building in Ybor City. Florida Brewing Company was the first brewery in the state of Florida . When operational in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, the building housed the leading exporter of beer to Cuba and was a leader in western Florida.
The Castle is a nightclub in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, United States, associated largely with the goth subculture. [2] Located in the Ybor City Historic District, the building previously served as the second site of the Cooperative El Primero Progresso (officially the Agrupacion Benefica y Cultural del Centro Obrero), [3] or the Labor Temple, a place for Ybor City's cigar and restaurant ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Around 10:30 a.m., a vehicle reportedly crashed into the Blind Tiger. A pedestrian stated on social media that they witnessed a vehicle being pulled out from the ...
The Ybor cigar makers' strike of 1931 took place in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, starting on November 26 [1] and ended in December. Some strikers were jailed, "Lectors" were banned and there was a lockout. Following legal intervention, some workers returned to work at previous wage levels but others were not re-employed.