No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Brother Jimmy's (Grand Central)

109 E. 42nd St. · at Lexington Ave.
Midtown East, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Hyatt Grand Central New York

Checked October 18, 2026.

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Overview

Comfort food and cheap beer remain a winning recipe at all the locations of Brother Jimmy's. The locations are so similar if you drink enough of their infamous Swamp Water you just might forget which one you're at.

History

Now there are none to mix up

We once warned that the Brother Jimmy's branches were so alike that enough Swamp Water could make you forget which one you were in. This one, in Grand Central, has since closed¹. So has every other Brother Jimmy's in the city, a chain James Goldman started on the Upper East Side more than 30 years earlier; the last appears to have closed for good on April 4, 2022².

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

Cipriani 42nd Street under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Pershing Square (Buzz Bar) under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Campbell Apartment 0.1 mi Closed; now The Campbell
Public House 0.1 mi No license found in 2026
Dillon's 0.1 mi Still pouring
Bogart's 0.1 mi Closed; now Park Avenue Tavern
Wheeltapper Pub (Fitzpatrick Hotel) 0.1 mi Still pouring
Patrick Conway's 0.1 mi Closed; now One Vanderbilt
Grand Central Oyster Bar 0.1 mi Still pouring
Penthouse Bar (Library Hotel) 0.2 mi Same bar, now Bookmarks Lounge