151, photographed for New York on Tap — Photo from the 2008 site

A New York on Tap pick

151

151 Rivington St. · btwn Suffolk & Clinton
Lower East Side, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Lullaby

Last licensed here under this name: 2018–20.

Checked October 18, 2026.

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Overview

Behind a forbidding unmarked door helps keep the weekend hordes away from this candlelit DJ dive. A 2-1 happy hour til 10pm keeps the locals happy and anxious to keep their secret.

History

The dive that Death & Co reopened

151 opened in a basement on Rivington Street in 2002 and became a divey refuge for musicians, artists and writers¹. The door was unmarked and the two-for-one happy hour ran till ten, and the regulars, we noted at the time, liked it that way. In 2014 the people behind Death & Co reopened it with light renovations and an overhauled drink menu^{1, 2}. Since 2022 the basement has been Lullaby, a new bar from a new team, and it still puts on live music^{3, 4, 5}.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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