The El Fey Club: Where Prohibition Met Glamour and Grit
The El Fey Club: Where Prohibition Met Glamour and Grit New York City in the 1920s pulsed with a rhythm all its own—jazz horns blaring from smoky basements, flappers in…
Speakeasy Mob Connections: How Hidden Bars Became Criminal Headquarters
The door was unmarked. No sign, no flicker of neon, no hint of life behind the brick or timber. Maybe it was a butcher shop, maybe a tailor’s back room…
Prohibition & the Mob: How America’s Dry Law Built a Criminal Empire in a Glass
On January 17, 1920, America went dry on paper—and soaked itself in crime. The Volstead Act outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. What it did not outlaw was…
The Park Avenue Club
The Little Club
The old Little Club was a cocktail of rebellion and razzle-dazzle, tucked in among the brash, roaring joints that defined early Prohibition. While the Palais Royal waltzed with Paul Whiteman…
The Stork Club
The Stork Club
51 1/2 E. 51st Street Tucked behind an unassuming doorway at 51 ½ E. 51st Street, the Stork Club wasn’t just swanky—it was a velvet-roped paradox. Officially licensed but cloaked…
Barney Gallant
Barney Gallant
Barney Gallant, a Hungarian-born entrepreneur with a flair for the illicit and the extravagant, carved out a name for himself in the roaring underbelly of 1920s Greenwich Village. A longtime…
The Silver Slipper
The Silver Slipper
48th Street In the shadowy world of Prohibition-era New York, Owney "The Killer" Madden reigned as a kingpin of nightlife, his fingers in more clubs than anyone could count. Fresh…
Pete's Tavern
Pete’s Tavern
Address: Somewhere in Gramercy Park Nestled in the Gramercy Park Historical District, Pete's Tavern is a living relic of New York City's storied past, proudly wearing its title as “the…
Place Piqualie
Place Piqualie
Address: W. 52nd Street Place Piqualie, nestled on West 52nd Street, was a curious gem of New York City during the Prohibition era. Unlike the bustling speakeasies of the time,…
