Title supplied by cataloger. The structure occupied by Belmont Grill has since been demolished. A neighboring business offers "Cut rate drugs" (upper right) on the ground floor of the Pershing Hotel, located at 502 S. Main Street.; The Beer Bill, put into effect on April 7, 1933, was the first step in dismantling the National Prohibition Act. A few months later, on December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment was ratified, completely repealing the act. Photograph caption dated April 7, 1933 reads, "Huge, happy crowds today welcomed the return of beer to Los Angeles after 13 years and thronged cafes and other 'thirst parlors.' The photo shows hundreds flocking into the Belmont at 464 South Main Street, which was one of Los Angeles' oldest and largest bars and which flourished again today as beer became legal. In the old days, the place was run by Tom Darmody and boasted 'the biggest glass of beer in town for a nickel.'"
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Belmont Grill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pershing Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Los Angeles--Employees Beer--California--Los Angeles Drinking of alcoholic beverages--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Neon signs--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Prohibition--United States Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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