No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Mercury Bar (East Side)

493 3rd Ave. · btwn 33rd & 34th St.
Murray Hill, Manhattan

In 2026

A different business is licensed at this address: Blue Haven

A different licensed business now operates at this address

Last licensed here under this name: 2017–19.

From New York State Liquor Authority active licenses, downloaded October 9, 2026.

On a section of street lined with frat bars, this is the most palatable.

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