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Motor City Bar

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127 Ludlow St., New York, NY 10002
nr. Delancey St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-358-1595 Send to Phone

Photo by Robert K. Chin

Hours

Daily, 4pm-4am

Happy Hour

Mon-Fri, 4pm-7pm; two-for-one beers, wine and well drinks

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Payment Methods

Cash Only

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This easy-going bar is headquarters for downtown gearheads and musicians from all over. The owners are hot-rod-crazy Detroit natives, so Motor City's cavernous, two-car-garage-sized interior is appointed with tuck 'n' roll upholstered barstools, a car seat couch and hubcaps on the wall. If you're a GM partisan who's offended by the huge Ford Mustang mural, there are two exits right up front. If not, then grab a beer and tap your motorcycle boot to the surge of punk, metal and rockabilly comin' at ya courtesy of visiting dignitary D.J.'s. Bartenders—like effervescent rock-babe Jody—pop the tops off bottled beers with a church-key that dangles from the ceiling like a grease-gun.

D.J.

Daily, 10 p.m.–4 a.m.

Absent Drink
Buy a drink for an absent friend and the bartender will write your name, your friend's name and what the drink is on a white-board behind the bar. Your friend, in turn, can redeem the fruits of your gesture on his or her next visit.

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SOUTH OF THE BASELINE

eljefe from 48080 | Posted on 8/20/08

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)

OK..I have not gone there just yet but I will be the second week of sept. See im from Detroit..and any bar that has all the comforts of home like..Rockabilly..Punk..D-town nostalgia..makes you feel like...Read More

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