Having on occasion bumped into Eddie Egan, I can guarantee you he wasn't drinking hot chocolate:) These two were legends, and deservedly so.
Ha! Well they were technically on duty but I doubt that would have stopped them from imbibing.
The bar Popeye Doyle did his dialogue, "picking your feet in Poughkeepsie", was actually the Oasis bar & grill on Broadway in Brooklyn. It was a real dump. It was across the street from John & Al's Sporting Goods, the scene of a three day hostage situation in the mid 70s. Some of the more senior posters might remember that :)