Mars Bar

Critics' Pick

25 E. 1st St., New York, NY 10003 40.724403 -73.990817
at Second Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-473-9842 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
8 out of 10
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5 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Dive Bar

Photo by Youngna Park

Map Rate & Review

Hours

Daily, noon-4am

Nearby Subway Stops

F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.; 6 at Bleecker St.

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Profile

This venue is closed.

There's always a bad smell over by the bathrooms; the drinks are stiff and the people are crazy. Welcome to Mars Bar. It's just a narrow room, mostly taken up by a scarred bar with a row of mismatched stools before an assortment of crude (and often rude) paintings behind. No credit cards, no draft beer—hell, you're lucky if there's toilet paper. The glass-brick walls facing Second Avenue provide decent people-watching, if you care enough to look up from your drink, which most patrons don't. After all, sometimes you want to go where nobody knows your name. — Lissa T. Rodgers