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Cozy Cafe, photographed for New York on Tap
Photo from the 2008 site

A New York on Tap pick

Cozy Cafe

43 E. 1st St. · btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.
East Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 18, 2026.

Overview

The low key basement lounge feels more like the kind of Morrocan café you might actually stumble into in the South of France rather than the NYC idealized creation of one. There's only bottled beer, the food is just passable, and the average age of the clientel is what you'd expect in a country with no drinking age.

History

Morocco, by way of an East Village basement

Our old listing said this basement lounge felt like a Moroccan café you might actually stumble into in the South of France, not New York's idealized version of one. It's still at 43 East 1st Street1, and its website puts it simply: "We're open late"1. Sunday through Wednesday, that means noon to 2am1.

Sources

  1. cozycafenyc.org

Researched October 2026.

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