Archive · modern edition Every bar New York on Tap knew, as it stood around 2008, with a 2026 check on each one. This page in the 2008 edition

No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

A New York on Tap pick

The Slide Bar

356 Bowery St.
Coney Island, Brooklyn

Already closed by 2009

In 2026

Closed; now Yawning Cobra

Later here: M & R Bar, Kings Cross (licensed 2017–18).

Checked October 19, 2026.

Overview

One of the few bars in the city that manages to be simultaneously sleazy and warm.

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