Mars Bar Bathroom, East Village, New York City 12

Mars Bar.

East Village, New York City.

"Wendy Mitchell, the author of “New York City’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Five Boroughs" lists 10 criteria for what makes a bar a dive bar. Rule No. 1 – “There needs to be an old man who looks like he’s in there every night, or at least the bar should look like an old man might wander in at any moment. A grimy place that’s filled with 22-year-old hipsters doesn’t count.” Rule No. 3 – “If barkeeps are charging $7 for a bottle of beer, or you notice that most drinks are being served in martini glasses, you’re not in a dive.” and, of course, Rule No. 8 – “If the bathroom’s clean, it’s not a dive”.

-Source.

Mars Bar has been an East Village icon since the late 1980s. It's the very definition of a dive bar but it's the community's beloved dive bar and it's one of the last of its kind in a neighborhood that is changing at the speed of light.

It will be closing soon and in its place will rise a 12 story, 60 unit apartment building.

A Look Inside Mars Bar - the EV's Legendary Dive Bar

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Taken on: February 5, 2011

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