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Alongside oil, water, movies, and ships, bootlegging was a booming industry in Prohibition-era Los Angeles. A dozen major speakeasies operated downtown, in the heart of the city. Country clubs, restaurants, and gambling houses served alcohol, too, from Little Tokyo's Tokyo Club—up three flights of stairs and famed for sake, gambling, and comely hostesses—to Signal Hill's Old Baker Winery Barn, where fights erupted alongside natural gas explosions. Today, downtown L.A. once again teems with bars that evoke the speakeasy, hiding below or behind galleries, restaurants, or storefronts, asking for passwords at the door, pouring Gin Fizzes and Sidecars, and featuring burlesque dancers and jazz bands. Join Jonathan Gold and 213 as they fete Zócalo at the second annual, Jonathan Gold's Union Station Cocktail Party, celebrating the speakeasy style of downtown L.A. with craft cocktails, gourmet fare from the city's finest restaurants, and entertainment.
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