Curious about the New York laws that prohibited bars from serving spirits between the hours of 4:00 to 8:00 a.m., this writer sallied forth into the pre-dawn darkness of a 1937 Manhattan wondering what kind of gin mills violate such dictates. He described well what those hours mean for most of humanity and then begins his catalog of establishments, both high and low, that cater to night crawlers.
“For something a shade rougher, more informal, smokier: Nick’s Tavern, at 140 Seventh Avenue South [the building went the way of Penn Station long ago], dark and smoky, with good food and carrying on in the artistic traditions of the old speakeasies.”
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Jimmy Kelly's Bar in 1937Jack White's New York Bar in 1937Leon and Eddie's New York Bar in 1937The Onyx Club New York in 1937New York's Monkey Bar during the 1930sDickie Wells Bar during the 1930sNew York's Nick's Tavern during the 1930sJack Bleek's Artists and Writers Restaurant in 1930s New YorkLindy's New York Bar 1937 articlePlantation bar in 1930s HarlemSmall's Paradise New York Bar 1937Club Yumuri on Broadway enjoyed by many 1930s LatinosReubens's New York Bar 1937Danny's New Grill New York 19371930s magazine article concerning New York nightlife during the great depressiongreat bars in NYC circa 1937new york saloons reviewed 1937New York Herald Tribune writer Stanley Walker article1937 magazine article by Stanley Walker of the New York Herald Tribune
