After dinner, head downstairs to Curio, a basement bar with a Prohibition theme.
DRINKS If the Prohibition theme isn't obvious enough, the cocktail list reads like a catalog of hard-boiled detective-novel dames like Rosemary Tangerine Cooler ($13) and Essex Sour Blush with bourbon, sour mix and Barolo chinato ($14).
"We wanted to make a happier space," one of the Summit Bar's owners, Hamid Rashidzada, told me later, contrasting the bar with the not-quite-worn-out chic of Prohibition-themed bars.
Refreshments are not included in the admission prices.20100812 Museum of the City of New York Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m., the final Summer Speakeasy, with Prohibition-themed cocktails, live entertainment by the pianist Jesse Gelber and the singer Kate Manning, and free special-exhibition tours; $15, $10 for members (includes one drink).
Electro-swing also feeds into contemporary clubland's penchant for revisiting the flamboyant nightlife of yesteryear – over any weekend in the UK you're likely to find burlesque cabaret, 1950s rock'n'roll'n'bowling nights, and 1920s Prohibition-themed nights with pop-up speakeasies serving alcohol in teacups.
Just like the Prohibition-themed ad, Budweiser went for nostalgia with its 'Over The Decades' commercial during the Super Bowl.
On a Saturday night in Portland, I followed Huelga down a closed stairwell at Bible Club, a Prohibition-themed bar he runs with Brandi Leigh, Kimo Easterwood, and Jade Marsh.
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) This drama about the machinations -- criminal, political, social, sexual -- in Atlantic City during Prohibition combines themes of HBO's two best series.
Even the post-Oscar Governor's Ball had a Prohibition-era theme.
According to the prohibition-era theme, you won't find a sign illuminating the way to Midnight Cowboy.
