Speakeasies and bootleggers were a product of: Prohibition.
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A bootlegger takes alchohol a speakeasies is an illegal alchohol establishment
Speakeasies
One of those "still" operating is the Champagne Paradise: Flute Formerly Texas Guinan's speakeasy at 205 West 54th Street visit Flute Bar for more information on this place. 86 Bedford Street-- Chumley;s. Ever heard the term "let's 86 it"? Based on this place-- needed to exit quickly when they got a signal from thr police there are probably hundreds of bars in nyc that were speakeasies in the 1920's. here are 2 i know in east village: bar none 98 3 avenue NYC, ohanlons 349 E 14st NYC.
1920's
"Speakeasies" were illegal because of a combination of the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment which, in effect, banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
Secrets of New York - 2005 Speakeasies was released on: USA: 12 July 2011
Speakeasies were bars or other places that served alcohol illegally and secretly during Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933). They were named speakeasies because they would only admit those who quietly and easily whispered at the front door to be let in.
Speakeasies