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You Can Now Legally Drink at the Speakeasy in the William Penn

May 19, 2017 Lindsay

Pittsburgh SpeakeasyThis is one of this historic things about Pittsburgh that I think is so fascinating that I assume everyone knows. But I am amazed how many people don’t know that the new(ish) bar in the basement of the William Penn Hotel which is named Speakeasy, really was a speakeasy back in the day. I love old hotels. I love visiting old hotels. I love the book “Eloise,” which is about a girl who grew up in the Plaza hotel in New York city. I love the stories about the New Yorkers who lived in the Plaza hotel for years. (Check… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: #thisplacematters, cocktail history, Eloise, Historic Preservation, Pittsburgh Drinks, Plaza Hotel, preservation month, prohibition, The Speakeasy, William Penn

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