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In many rural towns, small speakeasies and blind pigs were operated by local business owners. These family secrets were often kept even after Prohibition ended. In 2007 secret underground rooms thought to have been a speakeasy were found by renovators on the grounds of the Cyber Cafe West in Binghamton, New York. [29]
After the first Sambo's was opened in 1957, the restaurant was expanded to more locations. In late 1963, it had restaurants in 16 cities – in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona. [ 3 ] By 1969, the company had grown to 98 locations, [ 4 ] and over the next two years diversified to create additional restaurant franchises, including Red Top ...
In most cases the restaurant area is kept in complete darkness, with all sources of light eliminated, including mobile phones and cameras. [2] In other venues the customers are blindfolded instead. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Before entering, customers choose their meal, often selecting from among several generic menus rather than specific items.
AUSTIN, TEXAS - APRIL 07: Riley Green attends the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 07, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for CMT)
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The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and his guide dog Buddy, played a key role in the school's founding and subsequent success.
The Partisan Coffee House was a radical venue of the New Left, at 7 Carlisle Street in the Soho district of London. It was established by historian Raphael Samuel in 1958 in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis and the Soviet invasion of Hungary. It closed in 1962, victim of a "business model" that was hospitable to the penniless intellectuals who ...