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Mulberry Street Bar, photographed for New York on Tap
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Mulberry Street Bar

Formerly an institution now a sports bar

176 Mulberry St. · at Broome St.
NoLita, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 18, 2026.

Overview

Formerly Mare Chiaro, a Little Italy institution opened in 1908, it has recently beeen rechristened the Mulberry Street Bar and bedecked with no less than 8 plasma screens.
Formerly Mare Chiaro, a Little Italy institution opened in 1908, it has recently beeen rechristened the Mulberry Street Bar and bedecked with no less than 8 plasma screens. Tourists flock here to see the place where Johnny Depp met Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco, but while the brick and mortar may be the same the soul has departed.

History

The rechristening took

When we wrote it up, the old Mare Chiaro had just been renamed Mulberry Street Bar and hung with eight plasma screens, and we filed it under former institutions. Mulberry Street Bar is still there, at 176 Mulberry Street, or 176 1/2 by one listing1, 2.

Sources

  1. ny.eater.com
  2. restaurantji.com

Researched October 2026.

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