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17th December, 2013

San Francisco Young Leaders Christmas Cocktails 2013

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The American Ireland Fund | San Francisco Young Leaders

Christmas Cocktails

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 6:00pm – 8:00pm

BOURBON & BRANCH 501 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

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$50 per person

Space is limited – no tickets at door

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MONDAY DECEMBER 16th

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Bourbon & Branch is a glimpse back to the 1920s and the era of Prohibition when the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverage was outlawed. You'll experience the ambiance of that time in an actual speakeasy that operated illegally at this location from 1921 to 1933.

From 1921-1923 the address is listed in the San Francisco Telephone Directory of the day as "The Ipswitch – A Beverage Parlor". In 1923, an industrious young man by the name of John J. Russell purchased the business as a "going conce" with its solid base of customers. With his connections to the most notorious bootleggers from Vancouver, BC., he operated his bar under the guise of "JJ Russell's Cigar Shop". He did not sell many cigars. The speakeasy managed to avoid the attention of the govement's Prohibition Agents for the remainder of prohibition. History was on JJ Russell's side, as it has been documented that a bar has operated at this Jones Street location since 1867.