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Chumley's was a historic pub and former speakeasy at 86 Bedford Street, between Grove and Barrow Streets, in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1922 by the socialist activist Leland Stanford Chumley, who converted a former blacksmith's shop near the corner of Bedford and Barrow ...
PDT, also known as Please Don't Tell, is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. The bar is often cited as the first speakeasy-style bar and thus originator of the modern speakeasy trend, [1] [2] and has influenced the American bar industry in numerous ways, [3] including beginning a sea change in New York City's cocktail culture. [2]
The 21 Club, often simply 21, was a traditional American cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City. [1] Prior to its closure in 2020, the club had been active for 90 years, and it had hosted almost every US president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Gallagher's Steakhouse is a steakhouse restaurant at 228 West 52nd Street in the Theater District in Manhattan, New York City. [1] It was founded in November 1927 [2] by Helen Gallagher, a former Ziegfeld girl, and wife of Edward Gallagher (1873–1929), [3] and Jack Solomon, a colorful gambler with a large loyal following from the sporting element.
During Prohibition, the 45 E. 18th St. Bar changed its name to Craig's Restaurant and started serving food in order to operate as a speakeasy. [1] [2] In 1933, [2] 45 E. 18th St., the German-American Lohdens, [2] bought the bar, changing the name to the Old Town Bar, and the neon sign was erected, in 1937. [1]
Milk & Honey was a cocktail bar originally founded in New York City on 31 December 1999, with another location in Soho, London, founded by Sasha Petraske.The New York location was first located on the Lower East Side and later moved to the Flatiron District.
The bar became immensely popular by around 2015, with long lines and waits of up to an hour, taking away from its element of secrecy. The bar's owners decided to open another speakeasy, sometimes referred to as an annex of Angel's Share, above Sharaku, a restaurant owned by Yoshida.
The bar has been consistently considered one of the best cocktail establishments in the U.S. In 2022, the bar was named the best in North America, according to the World's 50 Best Bars . [ 6 ] [ 1 ] This was the first year for North America's 50 Best Bars , a ranking by the same organization.