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Bellevue Bar

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538 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10018
at 40th St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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Reader Rating:
8.0 out of 10

4 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Bar Food, Dive Bar, Live Music

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Happy Hour

Daily, 11am-7pm; $2 pints of Budweiser; $3 margaritas

Nearby Subway Stops

A, C, E at 42nd St.-Port Authority Bus Terminal; 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, S, W at Times Sq.-42nd St.; B, D, F, V at 42nd St.-Bryant Park

Payment Methods

Cash Only

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This venue is closed.

Check into Bellevue and behold the sordid vibe, with beat-up couches and aging local barflies propped up against the bar. The place bills itself as "an elegant dive," a slightly self-conscious designation suggesting that Bellevue's down-market appeal is perhaps a bit irony-laden. But who cares? The mix of sixtysomething losers and twentysomething hipsters is, essentially, what everyone wants in a watering hole. That way, there's plenty of eye candy to enjoy at the same time as the place remains "authentic." — Matt Dobkin

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Bellevue Bar does not have a phone.

Extra
Check out the blues on Monday; $1 sandwiches.

Reader Ratings

8.0

Great Live Acoustic Rock

timsored from Mid-Town | Posted on 10/11/05

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)

It looks like the place was an old luncheonette. the stools are attached to the bar (well, most of them) and they are low to the ground. I stumbled in on a Tuesday night around 11pm and there was this long...Read More

heavenly hell

antinowhereleague from east village | Posted on 1/25/04

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)

am a huge fan of the late 70s-early 80s punk/hard rock/heavy metal movement...before it became saturated.bellevue's jukebox is the best i've seen-no better place to get maximum drunk for minimum cost with the...Read More