Author: Jenifer Sako / Source: did you know?
Imagine it’s 1931 – the height of prohibition. A young man at the end of a hard working week is walking the streets of Chicago. He’s made a few Lincolns (Benjamins today), and is now looking for some giggle juice and a relaxing bar vibe. But how does he find it?
Illegal drinking dens, or speakeasies, were some of the only places you could buy booze during the Prohibition Era of 1920-1933. Anyone who came to buy alcohol had to whisper a code word to enter. That’s how the name “speakeasy” came about.
During that time, Chicago was a hotbed of hooch bootlegging, and, as a result,…
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