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Chumley's

This historic New York speakeasy is another literary landmark, boozing up the likes of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck since 1922. The address, 86 Bedford Street, is said to have inspired the nightlife term "to 86," or kick customers out. Rumor has it cops called before a raid and told the bartenders to clear the place out through the Bedford door while they came in through another. How considerate. After almost a decade of closure, it reopened as a much higher-end, but no less iconic, bar and restaurant in 2016.

Chumley's, 86 Bedford Street

[Photo via @perriehartz]

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