No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Rawhide

212 8th Ave.
Chelsea, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Heavenly Markets & Deli

Last licensed here under this name: 2013–15.

Checked October 16, 2026.

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Overview

Landmark NYC leather bar is surprisingly friendly and low key.

History

From leather bar to deli counter

Rawhide, the landmark leather bar we found surprisingly friendly and low key, opened in 1979¹. In 2013 a new landlord raised the rent from $15,000 to $27,000 a month, and the bar's last day at 212 Eighth Avenue was set for March 31¹. The ground floor is now Heavenly Markets & Deli². The name came back in 2026 at 250 West 26th Street, where Club Rawhide is billed as a tribute to the bars and clubs of the decades when Rawhide was open³.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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