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Except of course in that the milk had drugs added to it, while the point of the real milk bars was to provide a similar atmosphere to a pub without the intoxica
by jhbadger 2y ago
Except of course in that the milk had drugs added to it, while the point of the real milk bars was to provide a similar atmosphere to a pub without the intoxication.
- defrost 2y agoThe USofA variation on the milk bar added a drug: Proprietors of a soda fountain in Aspen, Colorado made the Aspen Crud, a cocktail of ice cream laced with bourbon, taking advantage of laws that enabled drugstores to sell alcohol for medicinal purposes. https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibition https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibitio...
- barrkel 2y agoThe Pathé newsreel in the video embed at the bottom of the page explicitly states that milk is tasty "when you know how to drink it" while showing a man pouring almost certainly alcoholic liquor into the milk.
- darby_nine 2y ago> while the point of the real milk bars was to provide a similar atmosphere to a pub without the intoxication. What does this entail that the concept of a restaurant or cafe or cafeteria does not?
- cyberax 2y agoMore socialization, I guess? Like the modern coffee houses.
- jhbadger 2y agoNormally in a pub you have multiple drinks over the course of an hour or more while you socialize. It's a very different scene than restaurant where you order a meal, eat it, and leave. Cafes/coffee houses could be similar but still, while I have been known to drink several pints at a pub, I can't imagine drinking several lattes in sequence -- the caffeine would seem too much.