East Village · New York, NY
McSorley's Old Ale House
Sawdust on the floor, two beers only, and a wall that has not been cleaned since 1910.
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12 bars in the catalog. This is not every room in town. It is a start.
Times Square · New York, NY
Jimmy's Corner
A boxing shrine squeezed into Times Square, still charging neighborhood prices.
Hudson Square · New York, NY
Ear Inn
A Federal-era tavern for longshoremen that kept the old sign by painting out one letter.
Gramercy · New York, NY
Pete's Tavern
New York's oldest continuously operating bar, still wearing its tin ceiling and rose-red facade.
Hell's Kitchen · New York, NY
Rudy's Bar & Grill
Free hot dogs, a pig out front, and the kind of room that still feels like old Ninth Avenue.
East Village · New York, NY
International Bar
I-Bar to regulars: cheap drinks, a mood-whiplash jukebox, and no interest in being curated.
East Village · New York, NY
7B Horseshoe Bar
The horseshoe bar at Avenue B, better known as Vazac's, still glowing red after last call.
Lower East Side · New York, NY
169 Bar
Once the Bloody Bucket, now a NOLA-tinged LES holdout with a leopard-print pool table.
East Village · New York, NY
Holiday Cocktail Lounge
A St. Marks basement that outlived the street's worst years and kept the neon.
SoHo · New York, NY
Milano's Bar
A ramshackle SoHo holdout where the drinks stay cheap and the room stays unbothered.
West Village · New York, NY
Julius'
New York's oldest gay bar, still a wood-paneled refuge after the 1966 sip-in.
Upper East Side · New York, NY
Subway Inn
The Bloomingdale's-adjacent dive that moved down the block and kept the red booths.