Westfield Opera Singer Builds 'Speakeasy' In Basement

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield-based news producer and opera singer Philip Alongi has found another calling during the pandemic, reports the New York Post. He decided to take his collection of whiskey and create a model 1920-style speakeasy in his basement.

Alongi says it took him six weeks of working three hours a day to transform the basement. Now, his liquor is safe from Prohibition agents, as well as his three kids under five. Read more here.

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