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

Anchor

Formerly Sly

310 Spring St. · btwn Hudson & Greenwich St.
SoHo/Little Italy, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Lazy Point

Checked October 19, 2026.

Overview

When a publicist opens a bar you can expect a bit of hype. They've dingied up the entrance of the old Sly to give it a speakeasy feel and set the word out that celebrities frequent the place and yet there's no doorman. The result is expected, people packed in like sardines each wondering why they're here.

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