after-hours joint

While pubs across Britain were closed for business, the report suggests Downing Street served as a kind of after-hours joint for staffers, with some parties going until nearly dawn.

That film, “Harlem Nights,” is a gangster film, a blend of comedy and drama, set briefly in 1918 and then mainly in 1938, centered on a swanky after-hours joint called Sugar Ray’s.

But after considerable tweaking the band found its balance: carrying “Million Miles” toward some dimly lighted after-hours joint, lingering over the quiet ache in “Not Cause I Wanted To,” kicking through the backbeat of “Split Decision.”

It was home to various clubs starting in the 1930s, including an after-hours joint called the Hideaway.