Vernon’s Speakeasy – Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, New Mexico
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution ushered in the era of Prohibition in the United States, an era was to last from 1920 through 1933. Only liquors used for religious purposes were excluded. Because alcohol was declared illegal by the Congress, bootleggers and distributors of illicit alcohol thrived. There was no shortage of enthusiastic scofflaws willing to run afoul of the law in order to enjoy intoxicating beverages. One of the most popular milieus in which…