Evening at The Old Town Bar

The Old Town Bar, on East 18th Street in Manhattan, is still one of the great neighborhood bars of New York City. As the blocks around it have consistently changed over the decades, the Old Town has remained a constant. Whether it be a quiet afternoon with a book and a burger or a packed Friday night, the Old Town draws an eclectic mix of New York´s people and visitors, young and old, drawn here by it´s unique character, the reasonable prices and the casual and unpretentious ambience that has outlasted every trend and fad that has passed through over the past century.

UPSTAIRS AT THE OLD TOWN

Formerly the “Ladies and Gentleman´s” Dining Room, the second floor at the Old Town serves from the same menu as downstairs. Also available for private parties and other functions, this century old room provides a quiet alternative to the first floor activities.

OF INTEREST

Over the years, many people have come into the Old Town, looked around and asked “Wasn´t this the bar at…?” The bar has been used in a number of movies, television shows, commercials, photo shoots, even the occasional music video. Some of the films that have been shot within the bar are: THE DEVIL´S OWN, STATE OF GRACE, LAST DAYS OF DISCO, Q & A, and BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. On television it has been featured in SEX IN THE CITY, provided the exterior for “Riff´s” in MAD ABOUT YOU and, in his NBC years, was the bar that the late night canera glided through to open the THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW every night. Even Madonna strutted the lenght of the bar in her BAD GIRL video.

LOCATION

The Old Town is located at 45 East 18 th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue. it is in Manhattan´s Flatiron District, one block north of Union Square. The nearest subway lines are the N, R, Q, W and L lines as well as the Nr.´s 4, 5 and 6 trains, all of which stop at Union Square.

A NY PLACE

The Old Town is New York as it was and as it is. But the mahoganybar, mammoth urinals, and tin ceilings are not the full esence of it. The patrons and staff are the primary attraction of our time tested tavern. Our managers, bartenders,  and wait staff are New York with roots going back in nearly all cases for one hundred years and, in most cases, nearly two hundred years. On the staff are seven great-great grandchildren of John Fassig who owned Manhattan lager bier taverns from the 1840´s to his death in 1885 in his apartment over his saloon at 885 Second Avenue. They know New York, its taverns, its history, its politics, its people. For a full taste of New York, come drink in the Old Town!

Address: 45 East 18th Street, New York, NY 10013