Archive · modern edition Every bar New York on Tap knew, as it stood around 2008, with a 2026 check on each one. This page in the 2008 edition

No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Why Not

Formerly Bellevue Bar

538 9th Ave.
Chelsea, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Blue Ruin

Checked October 19, 2026.

Overview

The much loved Bellevue Bar has gone the way of the dodo, but its replacement has the same cheap beer, many of the same regulars, and of course the same prime location next to the Port Authority. With a winning combo like that Why Not is hoping its name will be its calling card to the Greyhound traveling legions.

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