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Dive Bars

  1. Bottoms Up
    What It’s Like to Visit 150 Dive Bars in 90 DaysAfter so many bars — and about a zillion tallboys — later, the author’s romanticism for dives has only been heightened.
    By Mary Jane Weedman
  2. best of new york
    The 50 Best Dive Bars in New YorkA (possibly controversial) ranking of the city’s dingiest, gnarliest, most glorious bars.
    By Mary Jane Weedman
  3. Relocations
    Hooray: The Emerald Inn Reopening on West 72nd StreetLet’s toast.
    By Hugh Merwin
  4. Lists
    Ten Bars That Should Have Made the Chron’s Top 100, ButNo Alembic? No 500 Club? Bah.
    By Jay Barmann
  5. Stabbings
    Ups N Downs Has More Downs Than Ups, Shuts Down After Knife MeleeVodka with a twist (of a knife!).
    By Kara Baskin
  6. Booze News
    Where Throwing Up In the Sink is EncouragedTony Chen explores the strange and shady bars of The San Gabriel Valley.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  7. User's Guide
    How to Prepare Your Carmageddon Survival ToolkitIn which our editor wonders what will help him keep his sanity while stuck in a hellish scape of gridlock.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  8. Nightlife
    Killjoys Come Down on Mulberry Street Bar and Murray Hill Pub CrawlsPlus, are there any dive bars left?
    By Daniel Maurer
  9. Closings
    Another Dive Down: Brooklyn’s ‘Scariest Bar’ Is No LongerThe Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge has been gutted.
    By Daniel Maurer
  10. Nightlife
    Got Any Good Dive-Bar Stories?Matt Levy, Joshua M. Bernstein, and Rachel Wharton sure do!
    By Daniel Maurer
  11. Closings
    Hollywood Losing a Classic Sunset HauntLegendary Richard Burton favorite Ye Coach and Horses is closing due to a rent increase.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  12. Reopenings
    The New Tony’s Darts Away Soft-Opens Tonight in BurbankNew owner Tony Yanow plans all craft and draft beer from within California.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  13. Openings
    Tony’s Darts Away Plans Bottle-less Bars in Burbank and Echo ParkCalifornia beer and wine are the specialty at the remake of a Burbank dive classic.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  14. Closings
    Del’s Saloon is DoneA dive bar classic closes when a new owner offers more money.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  15. Nightlife
    Murphy’s Law and Mary Anne’s Make Stuff’s Best Dive Bar ListDid your favorite bar make the cut?
    By Leila Cohan-Miccio
  16. Slideshow
    A First Look at the Manhattans, Opening TomorrowThe new Siberia?
    By Daniel Maurer
  17. Openings
    Tracy Westmoreland Says He’ll Open Siberia 2.0 After the Manhattans“Everybody’s just trying to make money and they have fake bars. This is a real place you can go and enjoy yourself and distract yourself.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  18. Lists
    Isn’t It Time for Some Not-Totally-Obvious ‘Best Dive’ Picks?Sure, O’Connor’s and Jimmy’s Corner are great, but we have a less obvious suggestion.
    By Daniel Maurer
  19. Reopenings
    Lucy’s is NOT Still Shuttered! Plus, Other Endangered StorefrontsA gorgeous slideshow of our favorite fading façades.
    By Daniel Maurer
  20. Temporary Closings
    Dive in Danger: Lucy’s Takes a Few Weeks OffJust one of Lucy’s sporadic vacations?
    By Daniel Maurer
  21. Reopenings
    A First Look at the New Holland BarCan a dive have a soft opening?
    By Daniel Maurer
  22. R.I.P.
    Holiday Cocktail Owner Stefan Lutak Passes AwayIt’s uncertain whether the dive will survive him.
    By Daniel Maurer
  23. Reopenings
    Breaking Booze News: Holland Bar Is Now ServingEyewitness account: “On the front door was a handwritten piece of paper that said OPEN.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  24. For Sale
    Dive in Danger: Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge May Lose Its HomeOne of the city’s truly gritty watering holes, the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge, may not have long for this world.
    By Daniel Maurer
  25. Reopenings
    Holland Bar Still Closed, Despite Paper of Record’s AssertionThe ‘Times’ gets it wrong in an article about rents being lowered.
    By Daniel Maurer
  26. Reopenings
    Holland Bar May Reopen This WeekBut will it be the same?
    By Daniel Maurer
  27. Reopenings
    State of the Hell’s Kitchen Dive: Holland Bar, Acapulco, España enHolland Bar is reopening soon. And finally, the secret of Espana en Llamas can be told.
    By Daniel Maurer
  28. Temporary Closings
    Holiday Cocktail Lounge’s (Temporary?) Closure May Drive Us to DrinkIt’s the latest dive bar with an uncertain future.
    By Daniel Maurer
  29. 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.
    By Daniel Maurer
  30. Dives
    Is There a Light at the End of Holland’s Tunnel?The late, great dive may find a second life.
    By Daniel Maurer
  31. Dives
    Holland Bar Is Gutted; Where Will We Drown Our Sorrows?One of our top five dive bars is gone.
    By Daniel Maurer