Name

Central Bar New York

ADDRESS

109 East 9th Street
Between 3rd & 4th Aves
New York, NY 10003

Phone

212-529-5333

Neighborhood

Greenwich Village, Downtown

About

The leading edge of the East Village isn't edgy at all. This sparkling, two-story giant comes off as an Irished-up version of Heartland Brewery or a downtown spoof on a Dublin pub. While the aesthetic isn't bad--dark-wood walls and tables, arched ceilings and elegant glass partitions--the overall effect feels contrived for the masses. And masses it draws: Pint-hoisting 20-somethings from NYU business school shriek over the din, shots lined up at attention. Oscar Wilde, on the wall in pictures and quotes, looks like a stranger in a strange land.