Green Leaf Cafe
2720 3rd Ave Ste. 5
Seattle, WA 98121
ph: 206.402.3840
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The term originated in the United States Navy. In the 1920s, “Happy Hour” was slang for a scheduled entertainment period on board a ship during which boxing and wrestling bouts took place, this was a valuable opportunity for sailors to let off the steam accumulated during the long periods at sea. “Happy” in this context meant slightly drunk.
The idea of drinking before dinner has its roots in the Prohibition era. When the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Actspeakeasy (an illegal drinking establishment) before eating at restaurants where alcohol could not be served. Cocktail lounges continued the trend of drinking before dinner. "Happy hour" entered civilian use around 1960, especially after a Saturday Evening Post were passed banning alcohol consumption, citizens would host “cocktail hours”, also known as “happy hours”, at a article on military life in 1959.
Green Leaf Cafe
2720 3rd Ave Ste. 5
Seattle, WA 98121
ph: 206.402.3840
greenlea