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Mars Bar

  1. RIP
    Remembering Hank Penza, the Man Who Gave NYC Its Most Iconic Dive Bar“He took, like, 50 years of downtown with him. He was the king of the Lower East Side.”
  2. Change In Plans
    The Supposed Mars Bar Reboot Is Just Another Juice BarThere’s a spa, too.
  3. Seriously
    Looks a Lot Like the Pink Elephant Is Opening in the Old Mars Bar SpaceThere goes the neighborhood, again.
  4. Reopenings
    Mars Bar Will Reopen on Second Avenue in Some Form or AnotherIt won’t be a dive, and there’s going to be a food component, too.
  5. neighborhood news
    East Village Survivors Really Did Land $10 Luxury ApartmentsThe Mars Bar veterans came out ahead.
  6. nostalgia
    Mars Bar Lives! …. Well, Sort OfThe interior will be repurposed into furniture.
  7. Closings
    The Long, Slow Death of Mars BarAs its closing sinks in, we look back at Manhattan’s last real shithole.
  8. Closings
    Mars Bar Has Maybe Really, Truly Closed for GoodIn the role of grim reaper: the DOH.
  9. Nightlife
    Five Arrested in Tammany Hall Riot Hire Lawyer, Stage RallyPlus: Mars Bar will live another month or so.
  10. Closings
    Little Veselka Says See Ya; Mars Bar Preps Its Own DepartureTwo closings in the East Village.
  11. Closings
    East Village Loses Mars Bar and Gains … IHOP!Mars Bar finally gets a death date.
  12. Reopenings
    Ray’s Candy Store ReopensBut there’s still the matter of Mars Bar.
  13. Openings
    Mars Bar May Be Bowery’s ‘Final Blow,’ But Veselka Opens inNow this is going to throw the nostalgia bloggers for a loop.
  14. Nightclubbing
    East Village People: Blacks, Bohos, and Frat Boys Need Not Apply?The nightlife landscape is getting increasingly divisive.
  15. Closings
    Mars Bar’s Fate Looks Grimmer and Grimmer“New York seems destined to become a Disneyfied Vegas.”
  16. Closings
    Will Mars Bar Really Reopen in ‘Bigger and Better’ Form?The bartenders don’t seem to think so, but the owner says yes. Either way, the bar will be demolished.
  17. Closings
    Max Fish Owner Ulli Rimkus: ‘We’ll Take the Spirit and EverythingA conversation with Max Fish’s owner of 21 years, as she says good-bye to Ludlow Street.
  18. Temporary Closings
    Mars Bar May Temporarily Close, and Bloggers Say ‘No, No, No, No,Could Mars Bar be the next Cedar Tavern?
  19. Nightlife
    Mars Bar, a Place for Danzig and RomancingThe bathroom stench is laced with a special brand of pheromones.
  20. Dress Codes
    Soho House Frowns on SuitsPlus, you can apparently walk into Mars Bar wearing a pink sweater and get away with it.
  21. Dives
    List of Dirtiest Dives Slanders Blarney Cove, Overlooks Bailarina BarsA magazine feature takes us into the lives of ‘faux’ girlfriends who dance with men for $40 an hour.
  22. NewsFeed
    Bartender Arrested for Pounding Guy With PintThen she tags the station house.