"Speakeasies" may fade away for a while, but they never die ...

[dogtag]

People are not going to be denied a drink with friends or even with strangers.
"Charlie sent me" will get you inside.
"You're under arrest" will also get you inside.

https://abc7.com/society/video-shows-more-than-150-at-illegal-ca-nightclub-amid-covid-19-crisis/6099972/

[barretcreek]

A neon pink front? That ain't a speakeasy. I was down on Navigation in Houston in the mid-70s; one of my co-workers said hey let's grab a drink in place. Boarded up clapboard house, waist high weeds in the yard. Place was hopping.

Let me find the link about the strip joint in Omaha that's open.

[lyman]

in certain neighborhoods they never close,

don't call them speakeasies tho, at least not around here,


gin joints or back alley pubs , and I have forgotten the hood name for them,


there are a handful in the poor parts of town here