No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Scruffy Duffy's

743 8th Ave. · btwn 46th & 47th St.
Midtown West, Manhattan

Already closed by 2009 (March 2008)

In 2026

Moved to 639 10th Ave

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

A popular and fun place for an after work drink in an otherwise soulless area of midtown.

History

Two avenues west, then last call

Pat and Eileen Hughes took over a blue-collar, shot-and-a-beer bar on Eighth Avenue in 1991 and renamed it Scruffy Duffy's¹. When we listed it, we called it a popular, fun place for an after-work drink in an otherwise soulless area of midtown.

In 2012 its address turned up in the real-estate pages as one of five parcels on the west side of Eighth Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets, 743 to 763². Since March 2016 that stretch of Eighth Avenue has been home to the Riu Plaza New York Times Square, a 647-room hotel at 46th Street^{3, 4}.

The name came back in 2019, two avenues west at 639 Tenth Avenue¹. In October 2026 the bar announced that November 29 would be its last call there¹.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

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