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A Sip of a 100-year Old Whiskey at the Townhouse
Townhouse bar is one of the oldest bars in the Los Angeles era. On the hunt for Prohibition pathways in Los Angeles, host Nathan Masters pays a visit to the bar's current owner Louie Ryan and ducks inside the bar's Del Monte Speakeasy, as well as gets a taste of the bar's 100-year-old whiskey. See the Prohibition-era world of Townhouse's founder, Italian immigrant, Cesar Menotti.
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