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NEWS ABOUT: speakeasy

speakeasy stories: 3 news summaries

 Gossip Girl Puts Another 
 Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin 

A good cocktail is timeless; this trend is not

Nov 8, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Not even a month after one mag wished for the speakeasy trend to die, Gossip Girl (yes, a show about high school and college kids, but that’s another topic) is pounding another nail in the cocktail conceit, Derek Brown writes. With one of the show’s characters opening a... More »

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entertainment • Prohibition • bars • cocktails • Gossip Girl • The CW • Jay-ZTV • speakeasy • Chuck Bass

OPINION

 12 Food Trends 
 That Need to Die 

Calorie counts are a bummer, and unisex bathrooms are embarrassing

Oct 12, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why must everything, from burgers to pizza to Vietnamese street sandwiches, have a high-end gourmet version? Those three things should die, along with 9 other food trends that bug Esquire:
  1. Faux speakeasies: spots with no phone number, sign
  2. "Farm to table": idea is fine, but the
... More »

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restaurant criticism • calories • pizza • Jay-ZTV • food trends • speakeasy • hamburger

 Speakeasies Make 
 Secret Comeback 

But they're not very similar to true Prohibition-era bars

Jun 3, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the US, trendy bars are cropping up—but good luck finding them. These homages to the 1920s speakeasy are obscured by wooden slats, hidden behind other stores, accessible only by password. “People have an affection for this period of American history, and they want the mystery,” one... More »

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alcohol • Prohibition • trend • Jay-ZTV • bar • speakeasy

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