No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Players

25 W. 32nd St. · btwn 5th Ave. & Broadway
Chelsea, Manhattan

In 2026

A different business is licensed at this address

A different licensed business now operates at this address (also: BB.Q OLIVE CHICKEN); the building has separately licensed spaces (3 fl) and the bar's is unknown; the same name is licensed 0.7 mi away, so the bar may have moved

Last licensed here under this name: 2014–16.

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

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Overview

New York on Tap listed this bar without a review.

History

Koreatown's answer to Nevada Smith's

In July 2010 a food blog called Players "seemingly the Nevada Smiths of Ktown": an hour before kick-off, the line ran down the stairs, out the door and down the block¹. In 2012 the second-floor bar at 25 West 32nd Street was lined with seven flat screens and had a definite sports-bar feel². We found no later trace of it. One floor up, on the third floor, is Chorus Karaoke, which says it has been in Midtown since 2003³.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

Chorus Karaoke under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Grammy Karaoke under 0.1 mi Closed; now Anytime Karaoke
Me Bar/Sky Bar (La Quinta Inn) under 0.1 mi Closed; now The Hotel @ Fifth Avenue
Rick's Cabaret under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Jack Dempsey's under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Pocha 32 under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Maxim Lounge under 0.1 mi A different business is licensed at this address
Maru 0.1 mi Still pouring
Foley's Pub 0.1 mi Closed; now Finnerty's
R-Music Bistro Bar 0.1 mi No license found in 2026