New York / New York
The Ear Inn
A Federal-era house that has poured through every era of the city, including the ones where pouring was illegal.
Getting in
Front door, low ceiling, mind your head.
Order this
Rye highball
Your passport
Prohibition Original rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every prohibition original bar.
Keep the night going
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Drink like The Ear Inn at home
The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.
Imbibe! — David Wondrich
The best history of the American bar before Prohibition closed it. Jerry Thomas as protagonist.
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
How a country talked itself into the dry years, and how it climbed back out.
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