To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created the World’s Worst Sandwich

Annotation by Deane Barker

While the law said that a drink can only be served with a meal, it didn’t say the meal had to be edible. The Raines Sandwich is a fascinating study in law interpretation and evasion.

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