Benny Roff

Prohibition in the US was instituted during the 1920s, making the sale of alcohol illegal, in an effort to ‘clean up’ the sins of those ‘evil’ imbibers. However, far from shutting down the country’s debauchery (and, let’s face it, fun),  it gave rise to a proliferation of speakeasies – underground drinking dens that became particularly popular in New York. Here,...