The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Address:
112 S 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone:
(267) 467-3277
Hours:
- Mon: 5pm-2am
- Tue: 5pm-2am
- Wed: 5pm-2am
- Thu: 5pm-2am
- Fri: 5pm-2am
- Sat: 5pm-2am
- Sun: 7pm-2am
Payment:
Nice to Know:
- Noise Level Average
- Parking Street
- Smoking No
- Accepts Credit Cards Yes
- Good For Groups Yes
- Music Background
Other Details:
IN THE LATE 1920'S, THE FRANKLIN MORTGAGE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY SERVED AS THE FRONT FOR THE LARGEST ALCOHOL RING IN THE COUNTRY. MAX "BOO BOO" HOFF AND HIS CRONIES RAN ABOUT 10,000 GALLONS A DAY VIA TRUCK, TRAIN AND BUS. THEIR OPERATION DWARFED EVEN THAT OF AL CAPONE. AFTER PROHIBITION, THE ART OF BAR-TENDING, WHICH HAD GONE INTO HIDING, WAS BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE OF MEN LIKE JERRY "THE PROFESSOR" THOMAS.
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