Renee Shoopman left this comment on an old posting recently, and while I’m pleased she was catching up on my “pies past” entry, I don’t think anyone is likely to see her question there. So here it is:

“I have lived and worked in Pomona off and on for many years and think parts of downtown are mystic. I knew and worked for former owners of the Mayfair lounge. There was a story about an escape tunnel that ran underground from the basement of the Mayfair building to somewhere by the railroad tracks. Used by bootlegers and cheating husbands. Has anyone ever heard this story?”

Anyone able to confirm or deny?

The rumor of tunnels under the streets, often for illicit purposes, seems to be common in various cities and I tend to be skeptical. However, I was impressed to learn from the Ontario Planning Department a couple of years back that there were tunnels under the buildings on the east side of Euclid Avenue, to aid in deliveries and, if memory serves, bank deposits. So maybe there was more going on underground that you’d think.