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.

Spy

Formerly Discotheque

17 W. 19th St.
Union Square/ Flatiron, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Oiji Mi

Later here: Zio (licensed 2017–19).

Checked October 20, 2026.

Overview

Mainstream radio favorites from the 80's and 90's blast into this barebones club, while obliterated Jersey boys slam $12 cocktails as they crane there necks to check out the go-go girls. There are clubs in suburban strip malls with more of an edge.

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