Leon and Eddie's, New York 1944 Covent Garden while a drunk John Barrymore

while a drunk John Barrymore gobbled down the Derby's famous hot cakes with sausage

including South Pacific

Those were the days

the remote location of the settlement proved difficult to manage

Leon and Eddie's, New York 1944 Covent Garden while a drunk John BarrymoreLeon & Eddie's started life as a Prohibition speakeasy and became one of New York's leading nightclubs and restaurants in the 1930s and 40s. Run by entertainer Eddie Davis, who was said to have a repertoire of 1,000 songs and even more jokes, he partnered with suave host Leon Enken to helm one of the hottest joints in town. the burlesque club and was popular with servicemen who were invited on stage to play boomps a daisy with the chorus girls. Leon