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Professor Thom's, photographed for New York on Tap
Photo from the 2008 site

Professor Thom's

Formerly Flamingo East

219 2nd Ave. · btwn 13th & 14th
East Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Little Rebel

Last licensed here under this name: 2018–21.

Checked October 15, 2026.

Overview

Seven TVs blight this otherwise handsome pub with a great beer selection.

History

Seven TVs, and that was the point

Professor Thom's was a Boston bar, behind enemy lines since 20051. We once grumbled that its seven TVs blighted an otherwise handsome pub, which rather missed the point. It closed with the pandemic pause in March 2020, after 15 years in its two-level space, and never reopened2. Little Rebel, from Dermot Lynch and Jarek Krukow, put up its signs in May 2021 and is still listed there as a two-story cocktail bar2, 3, 4.

Sources

  1. bedfordandbowery.com
  2. evgrieve.com
  3. theinfatuation.com
  4. restaurantji.com

Researched October 2026.

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