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Mars Bar

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

Reader Rating:
9.3 out of 10

3 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Dive Bar

Photo by Youngna Park

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Hours

Daily, noon-4am

Nearby Subway Stops

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

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Profile

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

Reader Ratings

9.3

Posers stay away!

pagantom from 21209 | Posted on 6/28/08

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)

Stumbled in one night and loved it immediately; a true dive in every sense of the word, from the (2) 20 watt bulbs lighting the joint to the jukebox stocked with excellent sleazy tunes, graffiti and dust everywhere and cheap drinks...Read More

oh please

EdLawless from soho | Posted on 12/6/05

Overall Reader Rating: 8 (Recommended)

this is how real dive bars are supposed to be: dirty, filled with crazy regulars, never dull, and always always always entertaining. the naked guy dipping his penis in drinks? say hi to him, buy him a drink, and then tip...Read More