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.”
By Chris CrowleyMars Bar
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The Supposed Mars Bar Reboot Is Just Another Juice Bar
There's a spa, too.
By Sierra TishgartLooks a Lot Like the Pink Elephant Is Opening in the Old Mars Bar Space
There goes the neighborhood, again.
By Hugh MerwinMars Bar Will Reopen on Second Avenue in Some Form or Another
It won't be a dive, and there's going to be a food component, too.
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East Village Survivors Really Did Land $10 Luxury Apartments
The Mars Bar veterans came out ahead.
By Joe CoscarelliMars Bar Lives! .... Well, Sort Of
The interior will be repurposed into furniture.
By Noreen MaloneThe Long, Slow Death of Mars Bar
As its closing sinks in, we look back at Manhattan's last real shithole.
By Lilly O’DonnellMars Bar Has Maybe Really, Truly Closed for Good
In the role of grim reaper: the DOH.
By Jenny MillerFive Arrested in Tammany Hall Riot Hire Lawyer, Stage Rally
Plus: Mars Bar will live another month or so.
By Jenny MillerLittle Veselka Says See Ya; Mars Bar Preps Its Own Departure
Two closings in the East Village.
By Alan SytsmaEast Village Loses Mars Bar and Gains … IHOP!
Mars Bar finally gets a death date.
By Daniel MaurerRay’s Candy Store Reopens
But there's still the matter of Mars Bar.
By Daniel MaurerMars Bar May Be Bowery’s ‘Final Blow,’ But Veselka Opens in March
Now this is going to throw the nostalgia bloggers for a loop.
By Daniel MaurerEast Village People: Blacks, Bohos, and Frat Boys Need Not Apply?
The nightlife landscape is getting increasingly divisive.
By Daniel MaurerMars Bar’s Fate Looks Grimmer and Grimmer
"New York seems destined to become a Disneyfied Vegas."
By Daniel MaurerWill 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.
By Daniel MaurerMax Fish Owner Ulli Rimkus: ‘We’ll Take the Spirit and Everything Else With Us’
A conversation with Max Fish's owner of 21 years, as she says good-bye to Ludlow Street.
By Daniel MaurerMars Bar May Temporarily Close, and Bloggers Say ‘No, No, No, No, No’
Could Mars Bar be the next Cedar Tavern?
By Daniel MaurerMars Bar, a Place for Danzig and Romancing
The bathroom stench is laced with a special brand of pheromones.
By Daniel MaurerSoho House Frowns on Suits
Plus, you can apparently walk into Mars Bar wearing a pink sweater and get away with it.
By Daniel Maurer