# What replaced saloons and bars during Prohibition?

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**Created:** [July 11, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-replaced-saloons-and-bars-during-prohibition/946251 "2021-07-11T23:54:02Z")\
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My grandfather said that people in New York went to “Speakeasies”. I guess they were the booze equivalent to drug dens. He also said that it was fashionable to carry small, flat flasks.

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