On: To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created an Inedible Sandwich

[Gibbon1]

Odd story. My grandmother worked for a while a fry cook. She worked at a diner. Next door was a bar.

The state passed a law that said bars couldn't have windows.

The bar next door to her work had a fine set of windows. The owners of the diner and bar next door installed a door and a window in the wall between the bar and the diners kitchen. And the bar got a restaurant license. Which was cheaper.

Neener neener.

[smelendez → Gibbon1]

That's the opposite of the Raines Law, which I believe said bars could only allow drinking in areas visible through the window.