King Eddy's Saloon - at the base of the 120-year old King Edward Hotel - was the central hub of illegal alcohol bootlegging. Part of an enormous network of underground tunnels sprawling the greater part of downtown Los Angeles, this 90-yearold speakeasy made its home beneath the ground floor of a well-known piano shop.

After prohibition ended in 1933 there was no longer use for the suburban dwelling as the upstairs was converted back into the "dive" we know and love today. The genuine pretense-free demeanor of the patrons and staff seemed to draw an eclectically fashioned crowd - ranging from your local bar flies to exceptionally brooding novelists like John Fante and Charles Bukowski.