Luigi's Bar

**Luigi's Bar** is an illegal speakeasy during the Prohibition Years, appearing as a major location in *Hell bent for Whiskey.*

## Background

Based in Chicago, the bar is run by Luigi, the eponymous owner of the dive. Due to the non secretive exterior, a generic light-red brick building with a sign with bold lettering reading "Luigi's Bar" and a large window showcasing the interior, it can be assumed that Luigi has already been operating the bar since before the Prohibition. Should that be the case, Luigi had presumably officially closed down the bar, but privately continued or reopened it.

The inside of the bar consists of two rooms. The largest is the drinking area, lined a brown floor, dotted orange wallpaper, with wood protection, with posters, sign-in tables and pictures taped to the walls. It is furnished with an oak wood bar table, two red umbrellaed lamps, white curtains, five tables and multiple bar stools and chairs.

The other room is Luigi's office, which is only separated from the bar with a thin wood-lined glass pane and door. It is a small room, also with dotted wallpaper, with a record player, a framed picture of a ship, a poster featuring a theatrical dancer, a red umbrella table lamp, a red fire axe case and a single long table and chair. The room has two exits, one leads to the bar, the other is a metal backdoor leading to the alley to the bar's right.

## Hell Bent for Whiskey

In one October night of 1928, Luigi's Bar, supplied by Belluccio's Whiskey and Beer, was the first business to receive tonight's newest asset, a load of whiskey barrels, a generous "donation" from Costelli's Brewery. As usual, the bar was closed during the day, but opened after nightfall, with some two dozens of customers arriving to get their fix.

While the customer were frolicking about, dancing, chatting, flirting and knocking back a few glasses, the two deliverymen, mobsters Vinnie and Paulie, went to the office with Luigi to haggle with him about the payment. Luigi, being a hearty drinker himself, pours himself a couple of glasses while they talk and starts to appear increasingly tipsy. This quickly changes as he begins to hack and wheeze, gets blotchy grey skin and experiences violent spasms, ending with his right eye popping right out of its socket. Luigi goes on a rampage inside the room, flipping the table aside and attacking his two business partners, stopping only when Paulie shoots his dome clean off. They quickly come to the realization that it must have been the liquor they brought, as the customers, having also turned zombie, break into the office. They kill a few with lucky shots through the head, while hitting the majority in the chest and flee through the rear exit to get into their delivery truck. They are followed outside, but run through the horde with ease, driving off to tell their boss of the news.

The boss, Belluccio, tasks them with destroying Costelli's Brewery and Luigi's Bar with dynamite, but they only make it to the former and fail to detonate the explosives, as the zombies from Luigi's Bar show up at the brewery for more of the tainted booze. They escape with their lives, but the zombies flood the brewery with a cascade of the stored alcohol, which soon spills into the sewer and the water pipes in large quantities. A massive fiery detonation, caused by a certain careless mob boss and his love for cigars, shreds through the underground soon after, culminating in a huge mushroom cloud-shaped explosion, destroying large parts of Chicago. Vinnie and Paulie are the only seen survivors and then drive away to find another bar, one with drinks that aren't laced with deadly poison.

The bar is presumed to be destroyed by the huge explosion at the end.

## Known employees

* Luigi, proprietor & manager
* Unnamed barmaid

## Trivia

* During the shot panning over the interior of Luigi's Bar, an older corpulent man, drawn in a style heavily differing from the rest of the patrons, who is sat next to a scarred man wearing a fedora. drinking out of a mug can be seen. This is clearly meant to resemble Fat Tony, a Springfieldian mobster from the animated series The Simpsons.
* The poster in Luigi's office is of Loïe Fuller, an American dancer known for her unique performance style, popular during the turn of the 19th century. This suggests Luigi may have had an affinity for foreign arts, given that her fame was primarily limited to France. Additionally, in real life, Fuller had passed away on January 1st, 1928, over 10 months before the events of the film.