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The West End

2911 Broadway · btwn 113th and 114th Sts.
Morningside Heights, Manhattan

Already closed by 2009

In 2026

Closed; now Hex & Co.

Checked October 18, 2026.

Overview

Not just a Morningside Heights bar, The West End is the Morningside Heights bar. The beat generation was born here, dizzy Gillespie played here, and virtually every student to ever attend Columbia has passed through here.

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