Manhattan's premier saloonkeeper, Toots Shor, ran his popular establishment from 1940 to 1959. He started his career at 18 as a speakeasy bouncer in New York, later opening his own place at 51st St. The watering hole attracted a diverse clientele, including sports heroes, actors, mobsters, cops, politicians, dignitaries, and writers.
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New York City's nightlife in the 1940s and 1950s was a hub of glamour, where ordinary people could rub shoulders with celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason in the city's iconic saloons.
