{"product_id":"new-cafe-gambrinus-mexicali-193334","title":"New Café Gambrinus, Mexicali 1933\/34","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring Prohibition (1920-33) when the consumption of alcohol was banned across the United States, many people crossed the border to Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, Mexico, where they could drink freely. At that time, Mexico was also a popular gambling destination with elegant resorts like Agua Caliente.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most elegant cantinas was the Café Gambrinus – Gambrinus is the name of the legendary king of beer. Photographs show a pink-walled building, shutters closed against the sun, with luxury cars like Dusenberg Js, Cadillacs and Lincolns parked outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe building looks modest but inside there was a long, polished mahogany bar with beveled mirrors and white-aproned bartenders where tequilas, cocktails, fizzes and punches were served to well-dressed patrons. A high-end restaurant served American, Mexican and Chinese food and a nightclub featured top entertainers and an in-house orchestra and dancing girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 1933, Café Gambrinus was destroyed in a fire and was reopened near the original site as The New Gambrinus Café, which is where this lovely menu cover showing a Mexican woman comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, in December of that same year, Prohibition was repealed and in 1935 Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling. Fewer Americans made the short trip to Mexicali and the New Gambrinus closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: there was a large community of Chinese immigrants in Mexicali – many were cooks at places like Gambrinus. They operated a system of 40 underground tunnels used by bootleggers to smuggle liquor and provide access to gambling dens, bordellos and other places of entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson Ultrachrome HD archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57492065222822,"sku":"red1790053354983","price":15.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57492065255590,"sku":"khr1790053354984","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57492065288358,"sku":"dyt1790053354985","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57492065321126,"sku":"sxw1790053354986","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57492065353894,"sku":"bbc1790053354987","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57492065386662,"sku":"hlc1790053354988","price":87.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/new-cafe-gambrinus-mexicali-193334_1.webp?v=1790053358","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/new-cafe-gambrinus-mexicali-193334","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}