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Displaying all articles tagged:
Mars Bar
RIP
Nov. 6, 2015
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 Crowley
Change In Plans
Apr. 20, 2015
The Supposed Mars Bar Reboot Is Just Another Juice Bar
There’s a spa, too.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Seriously
May 12, 2014
Looks a Lot Like the Pink Elephant Is Opening in the Old Mars Bar Space
There goes the neighborhood, again.
By
Hugh Merwin
Reopenings
May 1, 2014
Mars 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.
By
Hugh Merwin
neighborhood news
May 1, 2013
East Village Survivors Really Did Land $10 Luxury Apartments
The Mars Bar veterans came out ahead.
By
Joe Coscarelli
nostalgia
Jan. 27, 2012
Mars Bar Lives! …. Well, Sort Of
The interior will be repurposed into furniture.
By
Noreen Malone
Closings
July 20, 2011
The Long, Slow Death of Mars Bar
As its closing sinks in, we look back at Manhattan’s last real shithole.
By
Lilly O'Donnell
and
Lilly O’Donnell
Closings
July 19, 2011
Mars Bar Has Maybe Really, Truly Closed for Good
In the role of grim reaper: the DOH.
By
Jenny Miller
Nightlife
July 6, 2011
Five Arrested in Tammany Hall Riot Hire Lawyer, Stage Rally
Plus: Mars Bar will live another month or so.
By
Jenny Miller
Closings
June 30, 2011
Little Veselka Says See Ya; Mars Bar Preps Its Own Departure
Two closings in the East Village.
By
Alan Sytsma
Closings
June 13, 2011
East Village Loses Mars Bar and Gains … IHOP!
Mars Bar finally gets a death date.
By
Daniel Maurer
Reopenings
May 23, 2011
Ray’s Candy Store Reopens
But there’s still the matter of Mars Bar.
By
Daniel Maurer
Openings
Dec. 14, 2010
Mars Bar May Be Bowery’s ‘Final Blow,’ But Veselka Opens in
Now this is going to throw the nostalgia bloggers for a loop.
By
Daniel Maurer
Nightclubbing
Dec. 13, 2010
East Village People: Blacks, Bohos, and Frat Boys Need Not Apply?
The nightlife landscape is getting increasingly divisive.
By
Daniel Maurer
Closings
Dec. 9, 2010
Mars Bar’s Fate Looks Grimmer and Grimmer
“New York seems destined to become a Disneyfied Vegas.”
By
Daniel Maurer
Closings
Dec. 9, 2010
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.
By
Daniel Maurer
Closings
Dec. 8, 2010
Max Fish Owner Ulli Rimkus: ‘We’ll Take the Spirit and Everything
A conversation with Max Fish’s owner of 21 years, as she says good-bye to Ludlow Street.
By
Daniel Maurer
Temporary Closings
Dec. 8, 2010
Mars Bar May Temporarily Close, and Bloggers Say ‘No, No, No, No,
Could Mars Bar be the next Cedar Tavern?
By
Daniel Maurer
Nightlife
Oct. 15, 2010
Mars Bar, a Place for Danzig and Romancing
The bathroom stench is laced with a special brand of pheromones.
By
Daniel Maurer
Dress Codes
May 29, 2009
Soho House Frowns on Suits
Plus, you can apparently walk into Mars Bar wearing a pink sweater and get away with it.
By
Daniel Maurer
Dives
Nov. 11, 2008
List of Dirtiest Dives Slanders Blarney Cove, Overlooks Bailarina Bars
A magazine feature takes us into the lives of ‘faux’ girlfriends who dance with men for $40 an hour.
By
Daniel Maurer
NewsFeed
July 21, 2008
Bartender Arrested for Pounding Guy With Pint
Then she tags the station house.