CLOSED: Empire Plush Room, York Hotel

During the late 1920's at the height of Prohibition, the hotel quietly and illegally opened its now renowned Empire Plush Room Cabaret theatre. Merry-makers found their way through a maze of underground passageways, which still exist, to reach the secret nightclub. San Francisco socialites, world famous singers, gangsters and movie stars gathered nightly to enjoy illegal spirits and to hear the top entertainers of the era perform.

As prohibition faded into history, the Empire Plush Room once shrouded in secrecy became one of the city’s most popular live music venues. Young torch singers, comedians, dancers, and pianists flocked to the Empire Plush Room hoping to be discovered.
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